The road taken: the history and future of America's infrastructure

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"The American Society of Civil Engineers has, in its latest report, given American roads and bridges a grade of D and C+, respectively, and has described roughly sixty-five thousand bridges in the United States as 'structurally deficient.' This crisis--and one need look no further than the I-35W bridge collapse in Minnesota to see that it is indeed a crisis--shows little sign of abating short of a massive change in attitude amongst politicians and the American public. In [this book], ... historian Henry Petroski explores our core infrastructure from historical and contemporary perspectives and explains how essential their maintenance is to America's economic health"--
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Infrastructure (Economics) -- United States -- History
Interstate Highway System -- History
Roads -- Economic aspects -- United States -- History
Roads -- Government policy -- United States -- History
Roads -- United States -- History
Roads -- United States -- Maintenance and repair -- History
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The road taken : the history and future of America's infrastructure
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Government policy
History
Infrastructure (Economics)
Interstate Highway System
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