Bridges
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Infographics
Daily Infographic: Condition of highway bridges by state: 2020
Percent of bridge area rated poor in state
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FreightWaves Classics
FreightWaves Classics: Fix U.S. bridges! (Part 1)
There are too many deficient bridges in the United States. Read this FreightWaves Classics article that provides a profile of the issue.
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FreightWaves Classics
FreightWaves Classics: Connecting Staten Island to the rest of New York City
The groundbreaking for the Verrazzano-Narrows Bridge took place 62 years ago today. Read why it is a key bridge in New York City in this…
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Top Stories
‘Painful mess’: I-40 bridge closure costing trucking industry $1M daily
The trucking industry has been taking it on the chin ever since the Interstate 40 bridge over the Mississippi River closed six weeks ago. The…
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News
5 states with most structurally deficient bridges
Truckers are likely using many of the 46,000 U.S. bridges that are classified as “structurally deficient.” These are the states with the most.
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Infrastructure
Infrastructure upgrade: US improves from D+ to C-
The American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE) gave the nation’s infrastructure an overall grade of C-, up from a grade of D+ four years ago,…
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Weather and Critical Events
America’s scariest bridges for truckers: Part 3
From narrow lanes to sheer old age, these are some more bridges that truckers fear the most.
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Weather and Critical Events
America’s scariest bridges for truckers: Part 2
Steep ascents and dizzying heights make these U.S. bridges downright frightening for some truck drivers.
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Weather and Critical Events
America’s scariest bridges for truckers
From tight spaces to ghostly faces, some bridges make the hairs stand up on the necks of many truck drivers.
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Rail
Commentary: Railroad freight moves across a vertically integrated asset base
Railroad market voice Jim Blaze writes about technological advances that are making railroads' capital expenditures on infrastructure more efficient.
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