Paying for Roads and Bridges
By Henry Petroski
American infrastructure is vitally important, yet decaying. Where are the funds going to come from to fix it, and how can the persistent plague of graft be eliminated?
This Article From Issue
September-October 2016
Volume 104, Number 5
Page 278
DOI: 10.1511/2016.122.278
The generally unsatisfactory condition of our nation’s roads, bridges, and other transportation infrastructure—and how to restore it to first-world-class standards—should be among the issues being discussed and debated in this presidential election year. Unfortunately, other than uttering the word “infrastructure” now and then, often preceded by an adjective such as “crumbling” or “deteriorating,” and being in favor of improvement, the presidential hopefuls have not demonstrated a sophisticated awareness of the problems involved or the options available to address them.
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