In every state of the United States there are bridges over highways and other roads. Whether you drive a truck, auto or motorcycle, you likely travel on, below or above a bridge almost daily. There are more than 617,000 bridges in the United States. According to the American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE), 42% of those bridges are at least 50 years old, and more than 46,000, or 7.5% of the bridges, are considered structurally deficient, meaning they are in “poor” condition.
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The American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE) gave the nation’s infrastructure an overall grade of C-minus, up from a grade of D-plus four years ago, the association revealed Wednesday in its quadrennial report card.
The evaluation was based on an evaluation of 17 infrastructure categories, including roads, bridges, ports, rail, aviation and inland waterways.
2021 report card (with comparison to four years ago):
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