For that faint praise you can thank the American Society of Civil Engineers, which is out this week with its most recent report card on the state of the nation's highways, byways, waterways, railways, levees, landfills, ports, airports, parks, power stations, hazardous waste dumps and other fixed ornaments.
The engineers give the U.S. a grade of D+ overall. But lest you think that's bad, it's better than what the ASCE gave the U.S. in 2009, when they last performed this same exercise. At that time the U.S. got a straight D.
No category got a lower grade in this year's report than they did the last time around, and a few saw improved marks.
The crumbliest categories, according to the report, are levees and inland waterways, both of which got grades of D-.
Bridges, railways and solid waste facilities -- all in relatively good shape -- earned the engineers' highest marks (C+, C+ and B-, respectively). Read more >>
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