According to the 2008 American Society of Civil Engineers infrastructure report, 57% of Rhode Island's bridges are structurally deficient.

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In 2009, when assigning grades for 15 sectors of America's infrastructure, the American Society of Civil Engineers awarded 11 D's and 4 C's.

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To ensure things are being done right, a team from the American Society of Civil Engineers is looking over the work and the National Academy of Sciences will also review things.

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Major universities, including the University of California, have spent millions of dollars over the past 20 years upgrading their existing buildings, said Ronald Hamburger of the American Society of Civil Engineers.

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Starting salaries are some of the highest for all college graduates, although job offers have decreased drastically, according to David Mongan, immediate past president of the American Society of Civil Engineers.

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In its most recent report card on the nation's infrastructure, the American Society of Civil Engineers gave the nation's bridges a grade of "C" and said that in 2003 27.1 percent of them were deficient.

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