At a Glance: Highlights from ASCE’s 2017 Infrastructure Report Card

Our Aging Infrastructure

The nation’s infrastructure is crumbling. The highways, railroads, pipelines, wastewater systems, bridges, ports and inland waterways essential to America’s economy are suffering from a combination of spiraling demand, benign neglect and advancing age.
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Infographic showing the negative effect the nation's aging infrastructure is having on growth and commerce. Annual cost of traffic delays and congestion, in wasted time and fuel: $160 billion. Percentage of vessels on inland waterways experiencing daily delays: 49%. Number of new users to be connected to centralized wastewater treatment systems in the next 2 decades: 56 million. Percentage of American households without access to a grocery store via public transit: 51%. Average age of the 641,387 bridges in the United States: 43 years. Percentage of U.S. bridges rated as 'structurally deficient' in 2016: 9.1%.

*Source: American Society of Civil Engineers, 2017. http://infrastructurereportcard.org

At a Glance: Highlights from ASCE’s 2017 Infrastructure Report Card

Our Aging Infrastructure

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Restoring Our Infrastructure: Resilient. Reliable. Sustainable.

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Our Aging Infrastructure

This Issue

Restoring Our Infrastructure: Resilient. Reliable. Sustainable.