[Publius]

Bridges? Good. Let's think about tunnels, like the Big Dig in Boston, too.

There are stretches of plain, old highway in some states where you might think you were driving in Honduras.

[patton]

Good point - actually, anything touched by the various DOTs. The PA Turnpike was the 1st interstate built in the US - and, largely due to corruption, it is still not finished.

[Betis70]

>>There are stretches of plain, old highway in some states where you might think you were driving in Honduras.

I still recall the first time I drove on US 101 in Silicon Valley, from Pacheco Pass up to Mtn View, right through San Jose, Santa Clara, past some of the biggest names in high tech. I thought I had a flat tire. thump-thump-thump as I went over each concrete seam on the roadway, my car taking a beating. That was in 1999 and by the time I left in 2006 it was still the same.

The airport there didn’t have jetways for one of their terminals, so when I flew out we had to go on the tarmac and up the gangway. I thought I was flying out of San Jose CA, not San Jose Costa Rica, WTH Mickey-Mouse operation is this?

This in the high tech capital of the world.