Washington D.C.’s Wards 6 and 8 are right next to each other, but the two could not be more different.

Talk of “infrastructure” may be one of the few things—if not the only thing—that comes close to uniting Democrats and Republicans at the moment.

Atlanta Mayor Kasim Reed announced a new fund to help residents in the Beltline pay their rising tax bills as home prices increase in the area.

The 11th Street Bridge Park will physically connect both sides of the Anacostia River. It’s a 1,200-foot-long, pedestrian-only expanse that will let people stroll between Capitol Hill and Anacostia.

For Ryan Gravel—an urban planner by training who initially proposed the concept of the BeltLine in his Georgia Tech master’s thesis—urban infrastructure can serve as a metaphor for an entire culture.

Like bold pioneers, volunteers under the leadership of the Rotary Club of Cleveland continue to nurture a stretch of abandoned railroad right-of-way that parallels the RTA’s Red Line rapid tracks.

The city of Dayton would like to transform an unused, elevated rail line that begins downtown and runs southeast into a bike trail and public park.

Those who’ve spent years planning a transformation of Seattle’s waterfront closely watched the final leg of Bertha’s journey and celebrated when the tunnel boring machine finished digging on Tuesday morning.

In the coming months, construction crews will begin building a pair of affordable housing developments along The 606 in Humboldt Park.

It goes without saying that building bridges connects things, both literally and figuratively.