Calling for long-term investment in America’s transportation system after a sizable crack in the Memphis I-40 bridge shut down the crossing over the Mississippi River might seem like crisis messaging.

As America’s infrastructure continues to age without sustainable investment, it’s worth considering that much of our road system was built during President Dwight D. Eisenhower’s administration.

Weeks after Donald Trump was elected president with a promise to improve America’s infrastructure, Brian Turmail, a government affairs and communications expert with the Associated General Contractors of America (AGC) and Ken Simonson, AGC’s chief economist, stood in front of the antiquated Broadway Bridge in Arkansas ...