U.S. has 63,000 bridges that need significant repairs

New federal data released yesterday revealed there are 63,000 U.S. bridges in need of significant repair.

“These are bridges where drivers and first-responders are crossing over 250 million times each and every day,” said Alison Premo Black, an economist with the American Road and Transportation Builders Association, the group that compiled the federal data.

The traditional source some rely on for federal dollars — the Highway Trust Fund — is projected to run into the red sometime this summer. It's leaving some to wait to see what Congress can come up with, according to the Washington Post.

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