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Tag: U.S. bridges
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Majority of U.S. bridges show some structural deterioration
For 2020, most bridges have been rated as fair as bridges rated good are declining. View the national snapshot of bridge conditions on Equipment World.
December 3, 2020
Roadbuilding
FHWA to begin collecting bridge condition data by the square foot
The Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) will begin gathering new data on bridges that will report conditions down to the square foot surface area, rather than simply the overall condition. The “Moving Ahead for Progress in the 21st Century” (MAP-21) Act requires this shift in data collection. As opposed to the previous overall scores given to […]
April 29, 2015
Business
America’s infrastructure given D+ grade by ASCE
America’s infrastructure has been the topic of many conversations lately—few, if any, of them good. President Barack Obama said U.S. infrastructure is “badly in need of repair” during the most recent State of the Union address and has proposed a “fix-it-first initiative to, well, fix the problem. Even outgoing Transportation Sec. Ray LaHood has called U.S. […]
March 21, 2013
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