One responsibility of the government is to provide public works, which includes building bridges and roads. It is a question about the subject "introduction to government".
Public works include public buildings, transport infrastructure (roads, railroads, bridges, ports, airports), public spaces, public services, and other, usually long-term, physical assets and facilities. They are a broad category of infrastructure projects, financed and constructed by the government.
Public work represents any constructed object that augments a nation's physical infrastructure.