April 21, 2021 Sheriff's deputies are on duty near a bridge destroyed by a fire in California. By starting with an adaptive design, the U.S. can save billions of dollars compared with having to build new systems decades down the road. The Biden administration is proposing a massive infrastructure plan to replace the nation’s crumbling bridges, roads and other critical structures. But to make those investments pay off, the U.S. will need designs that can endure the changing climate. Most U.S. infrastructure is designed to stand for decades, including through what engineers expect to be rare storms and floods.