Tag: bridge repair

Nearly 10% of All U.S. Bridges Need Major Repair, Group Reports

Nearly 10% of All U.S. Bridges Need Major Repair, Group Reports

| October 30, 2017

According to a group which calls itself Infrastructure Preservation Corporation (IPC), of 612,000 bridges in the U.S., more than 55,000 need major repair —”and Americans cross these endangered structures 185 million times daily.” The organization went on to note: A bridge with an average daily traffic of 26,500 vehicles collapsed in North Palm Beach on […]

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AASHTO Calls on Trump to Find Common Ground with Democrats on Infrastructure

AASHTO Calls on Trump to Find Common Ground with Democrats on Infrastructure

| December 27, 2016

  The American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials (AASHTO) has called on President-elect Donald Trump to advance his infrastructure plan and emphasized that to “put his own mark on transportation with a historic-sized investment program, Trump could reportedly find common ground with many congressional Democrats but might need to overcome reluctance among Republican […]

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