[e_hup]

I don't know anything about the American Society of Civil Engineers, but don't they have every reason to make these grades as low as possible?

[themartorana]

This seems unnecessarily conspiratorial considering we know for a fact that the US's infrastructure is literally crumbling beneath our cars and trucks.

[ghaff]

Not to say that there aren't issues, but "crumbling US infrastructure" has been an on-again off-again news story for literally decades during which time we've had periods like the stimulus package for "shovel-ready" projects. I suspect infrastructure spending, especially in a country as large as the US, is essentially an unlimited sinkhole.