Construction crews will start surveying the Patapsco River and the land near the fallen Francis Scott Key Bridge in January to collect data for designing a new bridge, Maryland officials confirmed.

The $2 billion rebuilding of the Francis Scott Key Bridge is slated to start with preconstruction activities Jan. 7 in the Port of Baltimore.

The work on rebuilding the Francis Scott Key Bridge will begin in January, according to the Maryland Transportation Authority.

There’s a start date now for the enormous task of rebuilding the Francis Scott Key Bridge. Crews will begin work Jan. 7 with preconstruction activities such as surveying, scanning the riverbed and collecting soil samples. Demolition is expected in the spring, said Jim Harkness, Maryland Transportation Authority’s chief engineer.

Preconstruction work to collect data to design a new Francis Scott Key Bridge in Baltimore is scheduled to begin in January, according to Maryland officials. The Baltimore Sun reports that work is sch