Better Roads Magazine, 11 November 2011
by Tina Grady Barbaccia
Our exclusive annual research into bridge conditions in the United States.
Over regulated, underfunded and disheartening.”
That’s how Brian Olson, bridge replacement engineer with the South Dakota Department of Transportation, describes the past 12 months for his department in terms of work and funding.
There is no avoiding the obvious – our economy and spending on transportation infrastructure are both weak and showing precious little signs of a sudden, strong and prolonged revival. But despite the doom and gloom that’s been cast on U.S. infrastructure, the state of the nation’s bridges could be said to be a little bit encouraging.