Comment by Brybry
Barges (and other watercraft) collide with stationary objects (which includes bridges) monthly, it's just not usually in the national news and doesn't usually cause a lot of damage.
For example, from 2001 to 2017 there were 1020 medium/high severity recorded "allision" incidents by just towing vessels/barges. That's over 5 times a month. [1]
10%+ of recreational watercraft accidents are with fixed objects. [2][3]
There were 18 bridge collapses (in the US) due to vessel collisions over 53 years (1960 to 2013), so averaging roughly one bridge collapse every 3 years. [4]
[1] https://www.dco.uscg.mil/Portals/9/DCO%20Documents/5p/CG-5PC... [page 9, chart 9]
[2] https://www.tuscaloosa.com/__aws/media/6553702_bridge-strike...
[3] https://www.uscgboating.org/library/accident-statistics/Recr... [page 7]
[4] https://www.wsdot.wa.gov/eesc/bridge/WBES/2013/Session9/9C_3...
[5] https://www.scribd.com/document/550271478/SHIP-AND-BARGE-COL...
It's like the inverse of "everyone having a smartphone proved Bigfoot doesn't exist". Additionally we now get "everyone with a phone, yt, insta, tiktok, etc. shows all the accidents you never knew occurred".