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New StoryMap Highlights U.S. Transportation Expansion

ASCE continues to celebrate the United States’ 250th anniversary with our latest interactive StoryMap release, “Paths to Prosperity: How Transportation Infrastructure Built Modern America.” This StoryMap explores the transportation systems that connected a growing nation, starting with the Erie Canal in 1825 and evolving into the expansion of railroads, the development of urban transit systems,......

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Register Now! Roads/Bridges Examined in Upcoming Webinar

On October 13th, the American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE) will host leading practitioners and experts to examine road and bridges infrastructure. Led by ASCE with partnership from KCI Technologies, the event will provide an overview of the 2025 Report Card for America’s Infrastructure which graded roads a ‘D+’ and bridges a ‘C’. Key issues......

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Register Now! Upcoming Webinar focuses on America’s Public Parks

America’s public parks play a critical role in the nations communities, providing space to unwind, congregate and in some cases, provide protection from natural disasters such as flooding. On September 29th at 2 p.m. ET, the American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE) will host a webinar, Making the Grade: Public Parks, bringing together infrastructure experts to......

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Virginia’s Infrastructure Maintains ‘C’ Grade

Virginia’s 2026 Infrastructure Report Card Released On August 25th, ASCE’s Virginia section released the 2026 Report Card for Virginia’s Infrastructure outside of the historic Bell Tower at the Virginia Capitol Complex in Richmond. Virginia’s overall ‘C’ grade is unchanged from the last report card in 2022 and matches the national infrastructure grade. The event brought......

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Arizona’s Infrastructure Earns a ‘C’: Growth Creates New Demands on the State’s Infrastructure

The Arizona Section of ASCE released the 2026 Report Card for Arizona’s Infrastructure on August 11 at the Historic Senate Chambers at the Arizona State Capitol, assigning the state an overall grade of ‘C’. The grade is unchanged from Arizona’s 2020 report card and matches the national grade in ASCE’s 2025 Report Card for America’s......

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Making the Grade: Transit

ASCE and GCW Engineering were joined by other transit experts to explore emerging issues and critical solutions in transit infrastructure. The event, Making the Grade: Transit, followed the release of ASCE’s 2025 Report Card for America’s Infrastructure, and examined how transit infrastructure is performing across key criteria including safety, resilience, capacity, and innovation. The conversation......

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Massachusetts’ Infrastructure Earns a D+: A Call to Build for the Future

Massachusetts Infrastructure Faces Aging Systems and Growing Demands Massachusetts is known for its world-class universities, vibrant economy, and historic communities. But beneath the surface of the Commonwealth’s success lies a challenge that affects every resident, business, and visitor: aging infrastructure. Today, the Boston Society of Civil Engineers Section (BSCES) released the inaugural 2026 Report Card......

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Making the Grade Webinar Spotlights America’s Dams and Levees

America’s dams and levees play a critical role in protecting communities, supporting water management, and strengthening economies. On August 26, the American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE) held a webinar, Making the Grade: Dams/Levees, which brought together leading engineers and infrastructure experts to discuss both challenges and solutions sustaining these essential facilities. The webinar explored......

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Congress Advances WRDA 2026 Water Infrastructure Bills

House Committee Advances WRDA 2026 Legislation This week, Congress moved another step closer to passing its biennial water resources infrastructure legislation on time for the seventh consecutive cycle. On Tuesday July 14, the House Transportation & Infrastructure (T&I) Committee unanimously approved H.R. 9497, the Water Resources Development Act (WRDA) of 2026. The committee had originally......

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