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Upgrading our infrastructure: Targeting repairs for locks, dams and bridges

  • Written by Hussam N. Mahmoud, Assistant Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering and Director, Structural Laboratory, Colorado State University
imageMaintenance work on Lock and Dam 8 on the Mississippi River near Genoa, Wisconsin.Patrick Moes, USACE/Flickr, CC BY

For the second time in a row, America’s infrastructure has earned a grade of D+ from the American Society of Civil Engineers. ASCE issues these report cards every four years, grading the state of U.S. bridges, dams, parks,...

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