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The State of the Union's Roads: An Investigative Report - Feature
BY ZACH ROSENBERG
June 2011
The U.S. has the most comprehensive system of roadways on the planet. We boast 4 million miles of roads, more than the entire European Union. The backbone that ties everything together is the National System of Interstate and Defense Highways, known to most as the Interstate Highway System. It is a staggering feat of engineering and construction, cutting giant sections through mountains and forests and fields and cities, binding together and separating in tangled masses.
Now massive sections of the interstate, including almost all of them near major cities, have reached the end of their useful life; the interstates were designed to last 20 or 30 years, but now some areas are pushing 50 years and handling far more traffic than their planners anticipated. But as we reach into our wallets, we run into our generation’s big dilemma: We’re nearly broke.
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