America’s infrastructure report card is better, but not brag-to-the-neighbors good Updated Mar 03, 2021; The nation received slightly better grades for the condition of its roads, bridges, transit systems, dams, water and electric systems in a report card released Wednesday. While a report card for New Jersey’s infrastructure will come at a separate time, some statistics show New Jersey made some gains compared to the nation and since the last state report card in 2016. Generally, the national report card didn’t have the kind of grades that parents would brag to nana and pop-pop about. Still, for the first time in 20 years, the nation’s grade is a C-minus, up from 2017′s D-plus, said Kristina Swallow, American Society of Civil Engineers chairperson.