Highway Bridge Program: Condition of Nation's Bridges Shows Limited Improvement, But Further Actions Could Enhance the Impact of Fed Investment
Title | Highway Bridge Program: Condition of Nation's Bridges Shows Limited Improvement, But Further Actions Could Enhance the Impact of Fed Investment PDF eBook |
Author | Phillip R. Herr |
Publisher | DIANE Publishing Inc. |
Pages | 19 |
Release | 2011 |
Genre | Technology & Engineering |
ISBN | 1437936741 |
This is a print on demand edition of a hard to find publication. One in four bridges in the United States is either structurally deficient and in need of repair, or functionally obsolete and is not adequate for today's traffic. The Highway Bridge Program (HBP), the primary source of federal funding for bridges, provided about $7 billion to states in fiscal year 2010. This testimony addresses: (1) the current state of the nation's bridges and the impacts of the HBP; and (2) the extent to which the HBP aligns with principles developed to guide the re-examination of surface transportation programs. This testimony is based on prior reports, updated with bridge data and information provided by agency officials. Charts and tables.
Highway Bridge Program
Title | Highway Bridge Program PDF eBook |
Author | United States Government Accountability Office |
Publisher | Createspace Independent Publishing Platform |
Pages | 34 |
Release | 2018-05-14 |
Genre | |
ISBN | 9781719071628 |
Highway Bridge Program: Condition of Nation's Bridges Shows Limited Improvement, but Further Actions Could Enhance the Impact of Federal Investment
Highway Bridge Program
Title | Highway Bridge Program PDF eBook |
Author | |
Publisher | |
Pages | 15 |
Release | 2010 |
Genre | Bridges |
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One in four bridges in the United States is either structurally deficient and in need of repair, or functionally obsolete and is not adequate for today's traffic. The Highway Bridge Program (HBP), the primary source of federal funding for bridges, provided about $7 billion to states in fiscal year 2010. This testimony addresses (1) the current state of the nation's bridges and the impacts of the HBP and (2) the extent to which the HBP aligns with principles GAO developed to guide the re-examination of surface transportation programs. This testimony is based on prior GAO reports, updated with bridge data and information provided by agency officials.
Highway Bridge Program
Title | Highway Bridge Program PDF eBook |
Author | U S Government Accountability Office (G |
Publisher | BiblioGov |
Pages | 22 |
Release | 2013-06 |
Genre | |
ISBN | 9781289076313 |
The U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO) is an independent agency that works for Congress. The GAO watches over Congress, and investigates how the federal government spends taxpayers dollars. The Comptroller General of the United States is the leader of the GAO, and is appointed to a 15-year term by the U.S. President. The GAO wants to support Congress, while at the same time doing right by the citizens of the United States. They audit, investigate, perform analyses, issue legal decisions and report anything that the government is doing. This is one of their reports.
Oversight of the Highway Bridge Program and the National Bridge Inspection Program
Title | Oversight of the Highway Bridge Program and the National Bridge Inspection Program PDF eBook |
Author | United States. Congress. House. Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure. Subcommittee on Highways and Transit (2007- ) |
Publisher | |
Pages | 152 |
Release | 2010 |
Genre | Social Science |
ISBN |
High-Risk Series: An Update
Title | High-Risk Series: An Update PDF eBook |
Author | |
Publisher | DIANE Publishing |
Pages | 183 |
Release | |
Genre | |
ISBN | 143798178X |
Departments of Transportation, and Housing and Urban Development, and Related Agencies Appropriations for 2013: DOT FY 2013 budget; HUD; DOT major modes FY 2013 budget request; HUD and DOT management issues; outside witness testimony
Title | Departments of Transportation, and Housing and Urban Development, and Related Agencies Appropriations for 2013: DOT FY 2013 budget; HUD; DOT major modes FY 2013 budget request; HUD and DOT management issues; outside witness testimony PDF eBook |
Author | United States. Congress. House. Committee on Appropriations. Subcommittee on Transportation, Housing and Urban Development, and Related Agencies |
Publisher | |
Pages | 480 |
Release | 2012 |
Genre | Administrative agencies |
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