The Problem With Infrastructure Isn’t Government Spending — It’s Out-of-Control Costs

The collapse of a bridge in Pittsburgh — hours before President Biden was to visit the city to discuss infrastructure — was a coincidence stranger than fiction.

But while it is tempting to sensationalize the bridge collapse as part of a national crisis, America’s infrastructure has steadily improved over the past two decades. A recent Congressional Research Service report titled “The Condition of Highway Bridges Continues to Improve” noted that “the number and share of bridges in poor condition have dropped significantly over the past 20 years.”

It added that “[The Federal Highway Administration’s] own analysis of bridge data suggests a relatively modest increase in spending could substantially reduce or eliminate the backlog of economically justifiable investments if sustained over a 20-year period.”

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Brian M. Riedl is a senior fellow at the Manhattan Institute. Follow him on Twitter here.

This piece originally appeared in New York Post