Annual world-wide production of concrete is over 5 billion cubic yards

A ten-year study of 2000 miles of municipal streets in Kansas revealed that asphalt pavement was nine times more expensive to maintain than concrete. Concrete also proves safer due to better traction.

The first concrete street was built in 1891 in Bellefontaine, Ohio and is still in service today.

Due to a smoother surface of less resistance, concrete highways are fuel-efficient, reducing fumes and saving fuel.

Concrete is composed of water, cement or lime and  an aggregate such as sand or gravel and was used in this basic form for decades, back to Roman times.

Each year, more than 4700 pounds of concrete is produced per each person in the United States.

Because of concrete's light color, it reflects much of the sunlight. This concrete benefit has been shown to lower a city's average temperature by several degrees and improves night driving on highways.

Concrete is environmentally friendly in many ways: the ingredients are in abundant supply, quarries can easily be reclaimed for further usage and concrete is an ideal product for recycling waste or commercial byproducts.

Concrete homes boast energy efficiency, sound proofing and pest control. Concrete doesn't burn or rot.

The average American house contains 120,528 pounds of concrete.

Twice as much concrete is used in construction around the world than the total of all other building materials, including wood, steel, plastic and aluminum.