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Tag: American Society of Civil Engineers 2013 Report Card
Roadbuilding
ASCE breaks down American infrastructure, rates it “poor”
Earlier this year, the American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE) gave American infrastructure a D+ on its 2013 Report Card. According to ASCE’s grading system, a D+ means the infrastructure is “poor.” ASCE evaluates infrastructure by categories, basing grades on capacity, condition, funding, future need, operation and maintenance, public safety and resilience. Here is a quick […]
July 17, 2013
Roadbuilding
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In bridges, there’s American old and then there’s old. You want old? The Pont Vieux (literally “old bridge”) had been in use for 657 years when the oldest surviving roadway bridge in America, the 73-foot Frankford Avenue Bridge in Pennsylvania, was constructed in 1697. The 500-foot long Pont Vieux in Albi, in the Midi Pyrenees […]
May 13, 2013
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