Crumbling Highway System Faces Crisis

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Oklahoma's transportation infrastructure is crumbling and highway users groups are pushing for money to avoid what they warn could be a crisis.

Highways and bridges in the state are deteriorating at a time when more transportation infrastructure is needed and a time when money for highway maintenance is declining.

That's the message the American Automobile Association of Oklahoma brought to a press conference Wednesday, part of a national campaign to make citizens aware of highway and airway problems that exist in the country.

Similar press conferences by AAA staff members were held in 25 cities, according to Chuck Mai, managing director of AAA …