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President Obama warned that Congress's failure to pass transportation funding could cost 700,000 jobs and effectively force states to halt 100,000 improvement projects.

President Obama traveled to New Yorks Tappan Zee Bridge in Tarrytown, N.Y., to implore Congress to pass a languishing transportation bill that the White House says would secure 700,000 jobs and begin to restore the nations crumbling infrastructure.

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If they dont act by the summer, funding for transportation projects will run out, the president warned. The cupboard will be bare.

Without federal funding, states may have to put the brakes on 100,000 active projects restoring roads, modernizing transit systems, and strengthening bridges, Mr. Obama said.

More than 63,000 bridges in the United States are in woeful need of repair, according to an American Road and Transportation Builders Association report released late last month.

The Tappan Zee Bridge is routinely overcrowded and holes in the pavement offer occasional views of the river.

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Obama warns transportation money will run out if Congress dawdles (+video)