Author: Monte Whaley/ The Denver Post / June 26, 2014

 

Denver, Colorado – June 24, 2014

 

Nearly 25% of the 607,380 bridges in the U.S. are rated as structurally deficient or functionally obsolete, and the average age of those bridges is 42 years. Even worse, in the wake of a natural disaster when communities face unprecedented and urgent infrastructure needs, these challenges are amplified.

 

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