The harsh reality is that infrastructure here in the United States is in bad shape. The overall grade given by the ASCE (American Society of Civil Engineers) in 2021 was a C-, and many sub-sectors were even worse: aviation, D+; dams, D; hazardous waste, D+; inland waterways, D+; levees, D; parks and recreation, D+; storm water, D; transit, D-; wastewater, D+; and roads, D.
Numbers published by the White House state that one in five miles of our highways and major roads, as well as 45,000 bridges, are in poor condition. I live in western Pennsylvania, where we saw the Fern Hollow Bridge Collapse in 2022.
