August 2, 2013
MAKE DRIVERS PAY WHAT THEY COST:
DANGER AHEAD: America's bridges and roads crumbling, and the Highway Trust Fund is set to go broke in 2014 (DAVID KNOWLES, 8/02/13, NEW YORK DAILY NEWS)
When it comes to improving its infrastructure, America seems to be on a bridge to nowhere.One out of every nine bridges in the United States--a grand total of 66,503 bridges altogether--has been found to have one or more significant defects, according to a June report by Transportation for America.For the 260 million drivers who put themselves at risk on these aging structures each day, that statistic may not come as a shock.
Posted by Orrin Judd at August 2, 2013 9:42 PM
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