Engineers rip condition of D.C. roads, bridges

By April Burbank

Published March 19, 2013 4:00am ET

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Engineers rip condition of D.C. roads, bridges — The American Society of Civil Engineers rated 99 percent of roads in D.C. as "mediocre" or "poor" in its "2013 Report Card for America's Infrastructure." (Photo: Graeme Jennings/Examiner file) | Graeme Jennings

A national group of civil engineers said Tuesday that nearly all of the District’s roads need significant work — and that the nation’s overall infrastructure had improved only slightly since 2009.

The American Society of Civil Engineers rated 99 percent of roads in D.C. as “mediocre” or “poor” in its “2013 Report Card for America’s Infrastructure.”

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