Record Transportation Funding Spurs Spike in Bridge Projects

摘要

As transportation funding reaches record levels nationwide, state and local authorities are making bridge work a fiscal priority in their budgets, focusing on reducing the number of structurally deficient and functionally obsolete bridges in their inventories. In the wake of the Interstate 35-W bridge collapse in Minneapolis in August, the spotlight is shining even brighter on the need for infrastructure improvements on the nation's highways, sparking a reaction among legislators that could funnel more funding into the sector.