Why America’s Infrastructure Struggled to Keep Up With Growth

Описание: America built the world's greatest infrastructure in the 20th century—but somewhere along the way, we stopped maintaining it. This is the untold story of how small delays, fragmented planning, and deferred maintenance created a crisis that would cost trillions to fix.
From the early 1900s through the post-war boom, America grew faster than anyone anticipated. Cities expanded, suburbs sprawled, and populations surged. But the pipes, bridges, roads, and power grids built for smaller communities were never upgraded to match the growth. What started as minor delays in the 1920s became a chronic problem by the 1960s—and by the 21st century, it turned into a national emergency.
This documentary explores the overlooked decisions, political pressures, and economic factors that left America's infrastructure crumbling. Discover why engineers' warnings went unheeded, how the Great Depression and World War II delayed critical repairs, and why fixing what we have was always less appealing than building something new.
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