The Road Taken: The History and Future of America's Infrastructure

by Henry Petroski

Book Overview

Renowned historian and engineer Henry Petroski explores the past, present, and future of America's crumbling infrastructure.

Physical infrastructure in the United States is crumbling. The American Society of Civil Engineers has, in its latest report, given American roads and bridges a grade of D and C+, respectively, and has described roughly sixty-five thousand bridges in the United States as structurally deficient. This crisis--and...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 163286360X
• ISBN13: 9781632863607
• Release Date: February 2016
• Publisher: Bloomsbury USA
• Length: 336 Pages
• Weight: 1.44 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 6.4" x 9.4"