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Highways isolate urban communities nationwide. $3 billion from Washington aims to fix that.

by Kimberly Adams
Mar 15, 2024
The grants are an attempt to correct decisions made decades ago.
Communities of color generally have greater health impacts, such as higher asthma rates, as a result of these infrastructure decisions, says Christopher Coes of the Department of Transportation.
Frederic J. Brown/AFP via Getty Images
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Inside the evolving infrastructure of Laredo, the No 1. port in the U.S.

by Elizabeth Trovall
Nov 14, 2023
With tens of thousands of trucks passing through Laredo each day, bridges and roads are critical to this center of North American trade.
About 10,000 northbound trucks pass through the Port of Laredo each day, a number expected to grow as trade between the U.S. and Mexico increases.
Elizabeth Trovall/Marketplace
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A divide over how to heal a community divided by a highway

by Carly Berlin
Mar 17, 2023
A midcentury expressway tore through New Orleans' historic Black neighborhood of Tremé. A federal initiative wants to address that damage.
Amy Stelly, of the Claiborne Avenue Alliance Design Studio, in front of two expressway ramps. She lives in her childhood home near the interstate.
Carly Berlin
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A wildlife crossing near Los Angeles aims to expand the terrain where animals can roam

by Michelle Loxton
Apr 19, 2022
Most of the $90 million price tag for the crossing — about 60% — comes from private donations.
An artistic rendering of what the crossing will look like from the south of Highway 101. The crossing will be 175 feet wide and 210 feet long – that’s about the width of an American football field going over 10 lanes of highway.
Courtesy Living Habitats LLC and The National Wildlife Federation
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America’s infrastructure is underachieving

by Marketplace Contributor
Mar 9, 2017
The grade: D+. But there were a few categories improved upon.
Heavy traffic moves southbound and northbound along I-95 in Quantico, Virginia.
Win McNamee/Getty Images
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The Weak Link: The state of infrastructure

Closing the 710 freeway gap

by Kai Ryssdal and Daisy Palacios
Jun 17, 2015
A look at one of Los Angeles County’s most persistent infrastructure controversies.
The gap between the 710 and 210 freeways near Los Angeles.
Tony Wagner/Marketplace
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The Weak Link: The state of infrastructure

U.S. is locked in to an aging highway system

by Adam Allington
Jun 15, 2015
Even after rehab, New Jersey's Pulaski Skyway will be functionally obsolete.
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America's infrastructure isn't sexy

by Kai Ryssdal
May 19, 2015
What it'll take to put America's infrastructure back in the lead.
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Congress could hit dead end with highway funding

by Conrad Wilson
Jul 7, 2014
The Highway Trust Fund could be slashed in August, unless Congress acts soon.
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The highway repair fund is going broke

by Dan Weissmann
Feb 27, 2014
Some say it's because the gasoline tax hasn't gone up since 1993.
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