Washington, D.C. – The Highway Trust Fund is set to expire on July 31. Without action from Congress, federal funding for transportation will come to a screeching halt. And with it, so will traffic in many places across the country.
Over the last six years, Congress has passed 33 short-term measures rather than funding transportation for the long term. And our transportation system –our roads and bridges, especially– is in a dire state of disrepair because of it. The table of state-by-state road and bridge conditions, shown below, demonstrates this.
Experts agree: The only way to prepare our transportation system for the next generation is to stop this cycle of short-term measures and pass a long-term transportation bill.
U.S. road and bridge data by state
| State | Structurally Deficient / Functionally Obsolete Bridges* | Annual Total Extra Vehicle Repairs / Operating Costs Due to Driving on Roads in Need of Fixing** | Percentage of Roads in Poor / Mediocre Condition** |
| ALABAMA | 3,608 of the 16,078 (22.4%) | $530 million ($141 per motorist) | 25% |
| ALASKA | 290 of the 1,196 (24.2%) | $181 million ($359 per motorist) | 49% |
| ARIZONA | 954 of the 7,862 (12.1%) | $887 million ($205 per motorist) | 52% |
| ARKANSAS | 2,894 of the 12,748 (22.7%) | $634 million ($308 per motorist) | 39% |
| CALIFORNIA | 6,953 of the 24,955 (27.9%) | $13.892 billion ($586 per motorist) | 68% |
| COLORADO | 1,438 of the 8,612 (16.7%) | $1.034 billion ($287 per motorist) | 70% |
| CONNECTICUT | 1,472 of the 4,218 (34.9%) | $847 million ($294 per motorist) | 73% |
| DELAWARE | 177 of the 864 (20.5%) | $168 million ($257 per motorist. | 36% |
| FLORIDA | 2,044 of the 12,070 (16.9%) | $1.792 billion ($128 per motorist) | 26% |
| GEORGIA | 2,600 of the 14,769 (17.6%) | $374 million ($60 per motorist) | 19% |
| HAWAII | 494 of the 1,125 (43.9%) | $456 million ($515 per motorist) | 49% |
| IDAHO | 859 of the 4,232 (20.3%) | $316 million ($305 per motorist) | 45% |
| ILLINOIS | 4,246 of the 26,621 (15.9%) | $2.4 billion ($292 per motorist) | 73% |
| INDIANA | 4,168 of the 18,953 (22%) | $1.249 billion ($225 per motorist) | 17% |
| IOWA | 6,271 of the 24,398 (25.7%) | $756 million ($381 per motorist) | 46% |
| KANSAS | 4,465 of the 25,171 (17.7%) | $646 million ($319 per motorist) | 62% |
| KENTUCKY | 4,436 of the 14,116 (31.4%) | $543 million ($185 per motorist) | 34% |
| LOUISIANA | 3,790 of the 13,050 (29%) | $1.2 billion ($408 per motorist) | 62% |
| MAINE | 791 of the 2,402 (32.9%) | $246 million ($245 per motorist) | 53% |
| MARYLAND | 1,418 of the 5,291 (26.8%) | $1.598 billion ($422 per motorist) | 55% |
| MASSACHUSETTS | 2,694 of the 5,136 (52.5%) | $1.461 billion ($313 per motorist) | 42% |
| MICHIGAN | 3,018 of the 11,022 (27.4%) | $2.534 billion ($357 per motorist) | 38% |
| MINNESOTA | 1,513 of the 13,137 (11.5%) | $797 million ($250 per motorist) | 52% |
| MISSISSIPPI | 3,636 of the 17,044 (21.3%) | $811 million ($419 per motorist) | 51% |
| MISSOURI | 6,633 of the 24,350 (27.2%) | $1.6 billion ($380 per motorist) | 31% |
| MONTANA | 882 of the 5,126 (17.2%) | $136 million ($184 per motorist) | 52% |
| NEBRASKA | 3,765 of the 15,370 (24.5%) | $380 million ($282 per motorist) | 59% |
| NEVADA | 253 of the 1,853 (13.7%) | $391 million ($233 per motorist) | 20% |
| NEW HAMPSHIRE | 790 of the 2,438 (32.4%) | $267 million ($259 per motorist) | 54% |
| NEW JERSEY | 2,334 of the 6,566 (35.5%) | $3.476 billion ($601 per motorist) | 66% |
| NEW MEXICO | 654 of the 3,935 (16.6%) | $397 million ($291 per motorist) | 44% |
| NEW YORK | 6,775 of the 17,442 (38.8%) | $4.551 billion ($403 per motorist) | 60% |
| NORTH CAROLINA | 5,534 of the 18,168 (30.5%) | $1.555 billion ($241 per motorist) | 45% |
| NORTH DAKOTA | 966 of the 4,439 (21.8%) | $112 million ($237 per motorist) | 44% |
| OHIO | 6,647 of the 27,015 (24.6%) | $1.685 billion ($212 per motorist) | 42% |
| OKLAHOMA | 5,828 of the 22,912 (25.4%) | $978 million ($425 per motorist) | 70% |
| OREGON | 1,754 of the 7,656 (22.9%) | $495 million ($173 per motorist) | 65% |
| PENNSYLVANIA | 9,561 of the 22,660 (42.2%) | $2.947 billion ($341 per motorist) | 57% |
| RHODE ISLAND | 433 of the 766 (56.5%) | $350 million ($467 per motorist) | 70% |
| SOUTH CAROLINA | 1,920 of the 9,275 (20.7%) | $811 million ($255 per motorist) | 40% |
| SOUTH D AKOTA | 1,459 of the 5,875 (24.8%) | $194 million ($324 per motorist) | 61% |
| TENNESSEE | 3,802 of the 20,058 (19%) | $809 million ($182 per motorist) | 38% |
| TEXAS | 9,998 of the 52,561 (19%) | $5.27 billion ($343 per motorist) | 38% |
| UTAH | 437 of the 2,974 (14.7%) | $332 million ($197 per motorist) | 25% |
| VERMONT | 903 of the 2,731 (33.1%) | $230 million ($424 per motorist) | 45% |
| VIRGINIA | 3,588 of the 13,765 (26.1%) | $1.344 billion ($254 per motorist) | 47% |
| WASHINGTON | 2,066 of the 7,902 (26.1%) | $1.349 billion ($272 per motorist) | 67% |
| WEST VIRGINIA | 2,514 of the 7,125 (35.3%) | $372 million ($273 per motorist) | 47% |
| WISCONSIN | 1,970 of the 14,088 (14%) | $1.147 billion ($281 per motorist) | 71% |
| WYOMING | 723 of the 3,099 (23.3%) | $96 million ($236 per motorist) | 47% |
*According to 2013 data from the Federal Highway Administration.
**According to the American Society of Civil Engineers 2013 Report Card for America’s Infrastructure.
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