Another bridge down.

Rhamlin

Man what are they building bridges with? erector sets. Our infrastructure sucks.

Rail Jockey

sometimes going with the lowest bidder is not always right....i think about this every time i fly somewhere......

perkinke

I had a meeting with members of my Congressional Rep's staff in January 2012 and one of the things we talked about the infrastructure in the country, and particularly here in the Northwest. We were trying to find a way to get the message across to the population that we need a huge increase in investment in the national infrastructure. this sort of thing unfortunately helps, but we now have 3-4 generations since the interstate system was built now its all taken for granted. we forget that the majority of our major bridges are between 50 and 80 years old and engineering has changed since then as has the traffic count and size of vehicles, the bridge in WA is a great case in point. But people just don't want to hear that when they see the price tag of a bridge these days.

Amos Umwhat

Well, our tax dollars are being spent on infrastructure every day....in Afghanistan, in Iraq, pretty much every place but here

perkinke

That's the other point that makes it hard to argue for increased expenditure.

Amos Umwhat

I'd bet we could decrease expenditure, and by re-directing funds now wasted in the afore-mentioned regions toward our own interests, the interests of the public, not the few who profit from sending our wealth abroad, we could build infrastructure here like we did in the Eisenhower years, or better.

Rhamlin

And something most of the younger generation isn't aware of, is most of our infrastructure was part of the whole putting America back to work after the Great Depression. That includes most of the locks and dams. The ones on the upper Mississippi and Illinois are falling apart and are always being closed down for repairs causing millions in lost revenue due to the barges just sitting and waiting to be moved. If it put America to work once I don't see why it couldn't work again.

perkinke

Amos Umwhat

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perkinke