The Road Taken: The History and Future of America's Infrastructure

by Henry Petroski

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Renowned historian and engineer Henry Petroski explores the past, present, and future of America's crumbling infrastructure.

Physical infrastructure in the United States is crumbling. The American Society of Civil Engineers has, in its latest report, given American roads and bridges a grade of D and C+, respectively, and has described roughly sixty-five thousand bridges in the United States as structurally deficient. This crisis--and...

Format:Hardcover

Language:English

ISBN:163286360X

ISBN13:9781632863607

Release Date:February 2016

Publisher:Bloomsbury USA

Length:336 Pages

Weight:1.44 lbs.

Dimensions:1.1" x 6.4" x 9.4"

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Engineering History Technology Transportation

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