“America’s highway system may be a crucial lifeline for interstate commerce as well as an engineering marvel, but we haven’t shown much commitment to keeping it in working shape.
 
Legislators kicked the can down the road for another three months, temporarily renewing authorization for the Highway Trust Fund just ahead of its expiration last Friday. The fund, which reimburses states for billions of dollars of work on roads, bridges and tunnels, has been limping along on short-term extensions and general fund transfers for the better part of a decade.”

Mark Fahey, CNBC