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U.S. keeps building new highways while letting old ones crumble

The Sacramento Bee -- WASHINGTON -- Oil-rich Texas has built more highways and bridges than any other state, but over the next two decades it will fall $170 billion short of what it needs to keep the sprawling network in good repair.

In California, transportation officials estimate that 60 percent of the state’s roads and a quarter of its bridges need to be repaired or replaced, at a projected cost of $70 billion over a decade, some $52 billion more than the available funds.

North Carolina anticipates that it will fall short of keeping its highways in current condition by $22 billion over the next 30 years, and would need more than twice that amount to improve them.

America’s highway system, once a symbol of freedom and mobility envied the world over, is crumbling physically and financially, the poten

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Submitted Feb 03, 2013 By: aservant

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honda0105 Champion Author Tallahassee Posts:18,610 Points:1,608,545 Joined:Nov 2008	Message Posted: Feb 6, 2013 5:58:34 AM Ignore honda0105 Report Abuse bad move. What else is new though?
52MPG Champion Author Dayton Posts:7,257 Points:1,740,730 Joined:Apr 2006	Message Posted: Feb 4, 2013 7:56:08 PM Ignore 52MPG Report Abuse Priorities sending.
DanMtz Champion Author Oakland Posts:3,350 Points:1,242,350 Joined:Oct 2009	Message Posted: Feb 4, 2013 7:47:24 PM Ignore DanMtz Report Abuse More good news.
doctorindyj Champion Author Santa Fe Posts:3,448 Points:839,585 Joined:Nov 2009	Message Posted: Feb 4, 2013 4:18:02 PM Ignore doctorindyj Report Abuse I don't know about anywhere else but here in the orange barrel capitol of the world they are constantly upgrading the old one. I have been living with 14 years of construction where they started working on the bridges closest to me and started working south.
blupupher Champion Author Houston Posts:3,545 Points:747,070 Joined:Feb 2011	Message Posted: Feb 4, 2013 8:19:15 AM Ignore blupupher Report Abuse the US is heading to an infrastructure nightmare in the next decade, no just roads but power lines, sewer and water also.
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goldrose1 Champion Author Cleveland Posts:10,936 Points:1,924,605 Joined:Feb 2005	Message Posted: Feb 4, 2013 1:54:05 AM Ignore goldrose1 Report Abuse Not going to get any cheaper.
bvrbill Champion Author Eugene Posts:3,217 Points:517,775 Joined:Jul 2011	Message Posted: Feb 4, 2013 12:30:15 AM Ignore bvrbill Report Abuse We must maintain our roads and bridges.
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C.Carpets All-Star Author Oakland Posts:543 Points:2,089,135 Joined:Feb 2005	Message Posted: Feb 4, 2013 12:24:41 AM Ignore C.Carpets Report Abuse Face it we're Broke. Cities States Feds All Broke
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wshokie12 Champion Author Winston-Salem Posts:1,320 Points:215,810 Joined:Aug 2012	Message Posted: Feb 4, 2013 12:23:23 AM Ignore wshokie12 Report Abuse NC has been under poor management for a while IMO.
10k Champion Author North Carolina Posts:21,249 Points:2,254,020 Joined:May 2006	Message Posted: Feb 4, 2013 12:20:12 AM Ignore 10k Report Abuse heyyyyyyyyyyyy..don't drag north carolina into the same barrel with land of fruits and nuts (that would be california, to y'all libs)..
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ShadowACE Champion Author Boston Posts:9,018 Points:2,149,575 Joined:Jun 2006	Message Posted: Feb 4, 2013 12:17:36 AM Ignore ShadowACE Report Abuse rahcat seems to have a very good idea when he says "Put welfare recipients and prisoners to work on our crumbling highways." Sounds something like to old WPA that FDR created. Somehow I can't imagine today's Democrats doing that unless all those workers suddenly became union members. [Edited by: ShadowACE at 2/4/2013 12:18:08 AM EST]
bevmill Champion Author Georgia Posts:2,577 Points:599,570 Joined:Apr 2006	Message Posted: Feb 4, 2013 12:16:56 AM Ignore bevmill Report Abuse You got to keep old roads repaired.
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kingpin6 Champion Author Arkansas Posts:2,920 Points:1,560,850 Joined:Jul 2007	Message Posted: Feb 4, 2013 12:10:54 AM Ignore kingpin6 Report Abuse Sooner or later, we have to do more or the roads and bridges will fail!
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rahcat Champion Author Grand Rapids Posts:2,468 Points:662,200 Joined:Jan 2010	Message Posted: Feb 4, 2013 12:07:48 AM Ignore rahcat Report Abuse Put welfare recipients and prisoners to work on our crumbling highways.
Ferdman17 Champion Author Albany Posts:1,283 Points:373,560 Joined:Feb 2012	Message Posted: Feb 4, 2013 12:06:48 AM Ignore Ferdman17 Report Abuse The government will never keep up with it.
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Tsunamiron Champion Author Jacksonville Posts:1,424 Points:556,750 Joined:Mar 2011	Message Posted: Feb 4, 2013 12:04:13 AM Ignore Tsunamiron Report Abuse Stop building new highways before the old ones are taken care of.
Blue_Cruzer Champion Author Lexington Posts:7,515 Points:1,668,610 Joined:Mar 2007	Message Posted: Feb 4, 2013 12:03:56 AM Ignore Blue_Cruzer Report Abuse America's existing roads need to be repaired, before building new ones.
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bobcatfan Champion Author Kentucky Posts:1,597 Points:617,545 Joined:Apr 2011	Message Posted: Feb 3, 2013 11:59:24 PM Ignore bobcatfan Report Abuse The real question is how many of the "old roads" are decommissioned and eliminated.
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