[Fraxinus]

It is known that infrastructure has very low maintenance requirements for a significant fraction of the design life, with the major maintenance costs concentrated toward the end of the design life. Thus I consider it likely that the road in question here is nearing the end of it's design life, and would likely be cheaper to replace and rebuild than to constantly chase problems until something catastrophic happens.

As for Wikipedia, I just used that to find out how old that stretch of Highway was, figured it would be accurate enough for that info.

[BfloGuy]

As for Wikipedia, I just used that to find out how old that stretch of Highway was, figured it would be accurate enough for that info.

Yes, it probably is.

My only point is that we "once" could afford to maintain our infrastructure. I didn't specify a time-period. My comment was entirely anecdotal as I remember [oldster that I'm becoming] when residents of New York State were very proud that we had the best roads and the best schools in the nation.

None of us thinks that anymore, because it isn't true. We do acknowledge, however, that we have the most lavish Medicaid program in the country and that people flock here to get on our welfare rolls. Social welfare spending has crowded out the traditional expenditures of limited government.