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Condition of U.S. Highway Bridges by State: 2008

As of March 2009

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State All Bridges (number) Structurally Deficient (number) Functionally Obsolete (number) Percent of State Bridges
Structurally Deficient (percent) Functionally Obsolete (percent)
Alabama 15,909 1,783 2,144 11% 13%
Alaska 1,201 143 178 12% 15%
Arizona 7,405 207 632 3% 9%
Arkansas 12,542 944 1,903 8% 15%
California 24,412 3,199 3,886 13% 16%
Colorado 8,408 597 814 7% 10%
Connecticut 4,180 368 1,041 9% 25%
Delaware 857 22 111 3% 13%
District of Columbia 243 20 127 8% 52%
Florida 11,679 292 1,629 3% 14%
Georgia 14,578 991 1,878 7% 13%
Hawaii 1,125 136 351 12% 31%
Idaho 4,125 344 448 8% 11%
Illinois 26,102 2,454 1,815 9% 7%
Indiana 18,543 2,005 2,172 11% 12%
Iowa 24,798 5,164 1,381 21% 6%
Kansas 25,517 2,877 2,319 11% 9%
Kentucky 13,630 1,310 3,102 10% 23%
Louisiana 13,319 1,748 2,161 13% 16%
Maine 2,392 345 444 14% 19%
Maryland 5,168 396 962 8% 19%
Massachusetts 5,042 604 1,978 12% 39%
Michigan 10,937 1,520 1,310 14% 12%
Minnesota 13,125 1,163 405 9% 3%
Mississippi 17,024 2,891 1,310 17% 8%
Missouri 24,204 4,333 3,063 18% 13%
Montana 4,970 403 541 8% 11%
Nebraska 15,471 2,397 1,167 15% 8%
Nevada 1,735 49 166 3% 10%
New Hampshire 2,371 382 369 16% 16%
New Jersey 6,473 710 1,462 11% 23%
New Mexico 3,866 401 301 10% 8%
New York 17,366 2,135 4,390 12% 25%
North Carolina 17,889 2,448 2,683 14% 15%
North Dakota 4,451 716 250 16% 6%
Ohio 28,066 2,810 3,952 10% 14%
Oklahoma 23,591 5,566 1,658 24% 7%
Oregon 7,292 466 1,167 6% 16%
Pennsylvania 22,344 6,106 4,295 27% 19%
Rhode Island 741 165 232 22% 31%
South Carolina 9,221 1,231 796 13% 9%
South Dakota 5,920 1,224 249 21% 4%
Tennessee 19,880 1,274 2,733 6% 14%
Texas 50,603 1,873 7,949 4% 16%
Utah 2,853 184 266 6% 9%
Vermont 2,715 498 471 18% 17%
Virginia 13,422 1,231 2,253 9% 17%
Washington 7,684 423 1,606 6% 21%
West Virginia 7,044 1,064 1,529 15% 22%
Wisconsin 13,831 1,256 765 9% 6%
Wyoming 3,036 381 277 13% 9%
United States, total 599,300 71,249 79,091 12% 13%
U.S. total (incl. Puerto Rico) 601,470 71,474 79,937 12% 13%

NOTE:

Explanations for the terms Structurally Deficient and Functionally Obsolete can be found on pages 14 and 15 in Chapter 3 of the Federal Highway Administration, 2006 Conditions and Performance Report; the following is a link to Chapter 3 of the report: http://www.fhwa.dot.gov/policy/2006cpr/pdfs.htm.

SOURCE:

U.S. Department of Transportation, Research and Innovative Technology Administration, Bureau of Transportation Statistics; based on data from Federal Highway Administration, National Bridge Inventory, Deficient Bridges by State and Highway System, special tabulation. Data as of March 18, 2009.



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