Early Impact of IIJA on Roads
Surety Bond Professionals is a family owned and operated bonding agency with over 30 years of experience. With access to a broad range of surety markets, our expert agents are ready to assist with all of your construction bond needs. What Is IIJA? When President Eisenhower signed legislation appropriating funds to build the U.S. Interstate Highway System of roads, bridges, and tunnels that greatly increased the ease of traveling from one state to another, coast to coast throughout the nation. Officially known as the Dwight D. Eisenhower National System of Interstate and Defense Highways, one of its purposes was to facilitate quick mobilization and movement of military troops and equipment when necessary. By the early 1990s, there were nearly 45,000 miles of interstate highway, giving people unprecedented mobility and spurring the growth of interstate commerce. However, nobody expected the highway system to last forever. The money appropriated for maintaining it ran out in 1972, and since then funding has relied on a gasoline tax. Over the decades, it became increasingly apparent that the nation’s highways were falling into disrepair. That was made abundantly clear by the 2007 collapse of a section of a bridge on I-35 outside of Minneapolis...
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