# ASCE Highlights U.S. Roads and Bridges Funding Gap

The American Society of Civil Engineers’ infrastructure assessment estimates a $3.7 trillion U.S. investment gap across infrastructure sectors for 2024–2033, including $680 billion for roads and $370 billion for bridges. For transportation agencies and contractors, the assessment signals potential sustained demand for resilience planning, flood-risk monitoring, pavement preservation and reconstruction, bridge renewal, and safety improvements. It identifies no specific solicitation or award, and uncertainty around federal surface transportation funding remains a planning risk.

- The assessment identifies substantial needs across road and bridge assets, creating potential work in preservation, reconstruction, resilience, and safety rather than a single near-term contract opportunity.
- Engineering and construction firms can evaluate whether their capabilities align with these needs, including flood-risk analysis, pavement work, and bridge renewal.
- Agencies and contractors should account for federal surface transportation funding uncertainty when planning project pipelines and investment timing.

**Jurisdictions:** federal
**Industries:** Transportation, Construction & Infrastructure
**Topics:** Physical Infrastructure, Grants & Funding
**Published:** November 14, 2026

### Government Entities
- North Carolina Department of Transportation (NCDOT)
- Congress

### Vendors
- KCI Technologies ()

### Key Quotes
> We have an aging system that’s essentially going to need to be reconstructed. It costs a lot to build. It costs a lot to maintain, but the benefits far outweigh those costs.
> — Rocky Moretti, Policy Director, TRIP

### Sources
- [Roads and bridges, like all infrastructure, require resilience, sustained funding | ASCE
](https://www.asce.org/publications-and-news/civil-engineering-source/article/2026/11/14/roads-and-bridges-like-all-infrastructure-require-resilience-sustained-funding) - American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE)