Infrastructure

America is literally falling apart around us. Roads, built decades ago, are littered with potholes from carrying ten times the number of cars they were designed to carry. Crumbling Cold War-era gas pipes are exploding.

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President Obama believes America must build 21st century infrastructure-modern ports, stronger bridges, faster trains and the fastest Internet, and in his State of the Union this week he asked the Republican-controlled Congress to pass a bipartisan infrastructure plan, likely the trillion-dollar legislation Senator Bernie Sanders proposed earlier this month.

May 11-15 is national Infrastructure Week in the U.S., but don't get out the party hats. It's not a celebration. It's more like a cry for help. Bridges are crumbling, buses are past their prime, roads badly need repair, airports look shabby, trains can't reach high speeds, and traffic congestion plagues every city.

From Yahoo News: Americas infrastructure could be reaching a breaking point. Literally. When it comes to our transportation infrastructure - thats railroads, water pipelines, ports, dams, bridges, airports and roads - the United States has gotten way off track.

There are 16 critical infrastructure sectors whose assets, systems, and networks, whether physical or virtual, are considered so vital that their incapacitation or destruction would have a debilitating effect on security, national economic security, national public health or safety, or any combination thereof.

The Report Card shows we have overdue maintenance for our infrastructure systems, a need for modernization, and an opportunity to create long-term funding.

Infrastructure definition, the basic, underlying framework or features of a system or organization. See more.

Define infrastructure: the basic equipment and structures that are needed for a country, region, or organization to function usage, synonyms, more.

Infrastructure refers to the fundamental facilities and systems serving a country, city, or area, including the services and facilities necessary for its economy to function.