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

Physical infrastructure in the United States is crumbling. 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...

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Main Author:	Petroski, Henry (Author)
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	New York : Bloomsbury, 2016.
Subjects:	Roads > Economic aspects > United States > History. Roads > Government policy > United States > History. Roads > United States > Maintenance and repair > History. Roads > United States > History. Interstate Highway System > History. Infrastructure (Economics) > United States > History. United States > Economic conditions > 1945- TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING > History. POLITICAL SCIENCE > Public Policy > General.

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