{"id":37860,"date":"2015-07-10T17:34:13","date_gmt":"2015-07-10T21:34:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/smart-union.dev\/news\/dot-highlights-grim-state-of-u-s-infrastructure\/"},"modified":"2015-07-10T17:34:13","modified_gmt":"2015-07-10T21:34:13","slug":"dot-highlights-grim-state-of-u-s-infrastructure","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.smart-union.org\/dot-highlights-grim-state-of-u-s-infrastructure\/","title":{"rendered":"DOT highlights grim state of U.S. infrastructure","gt_translate_keys":[{"key":"rendered","format":"text"}]},"content":{"rendered":"
Washington, D.C. \u2013 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.<\/p>\n
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.<\/p>\n
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.<\/p>\n
State<\/strong><\/td>\nStructurally Deficient \/ Functionally Obsolete Bridges*<\/strong><\/td>\n | Annual Total Extra Vehicle Repairs \/ Operating Costs Due to Driving on Roads in Need of Fixing**<\/strong><\/td>\n | Percentage of Roads in Poor \/ Mediocre Condition**<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n | ALABAMA<\/td>\n | 3,608 of the 16,078 (22.4%)<\/td>\n | $530 million ($141 per motorist)<\/td>\n | 25%<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n | ALASKA<\/td>\n | 290 of the 1,196 (24.2%)<\/td>\n | $181 million ($359 per motorist)<\/td>\n | 49%<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n | ARIZONA<\/td>\n | 954 of the 7,862 (12.1%)<\/td>\n | $887 million ($205 per motorist)<\/td>\n | 52%<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n | ARKANSAS<\/td>\n | 2,894 of the 12,748 (22.7%)<\/td>\n | $634 million ($308 per motorist)<\/td>\n | 39%<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n | CALIFORNIA<\/td>\n | 6,953 of the 24,955 (27.9%)<\/td>\n | $13.892 billion ($586 per motorist)<\/td>\n | 68%<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n | COLORADO<\/td>\n | 1,438 of the 8,612 (16.7%)<\/td>\n | $1.034 billion ($287 per motorist)<\/td>\n | 70%<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n | CONNECTICUT<\/td>\n | 1,472 of the 4,218 (34.9%)<\/td>\n | $847 million ($294 per motorist)<\/td>\n | 73%<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n | DELAWARE<\/td>\n | 177 of the 864 (20.5%)<\/td>\n | $168 million ($257 per motorist.<\/td>\n | 36%<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n | FLORIDA<\/td>\n | 2,044 of the 12,070 (16.9%)<\/td>\n | $1.792 billion ($128 per motorist)<\/td>\n | 26%<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n | GEORGIA<\/td>\n | 2,600 of the 14,769 (17.6%)<\/td>\n | $374 million ($60 per motorist)<\/td>\n | 19%<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n | HAWAII<\/td>\n | 494 of the 1,125 (43.9%)<\/td>\n | $456 million ($515 per motorist)<\/td>\n | 49%<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n | IDAHO<\/td>\n | 859 of the 4,232 (20.3%)<\/td>\n | $316 million ($305 per motorist)<\/td>\n | 45%<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n | ILLINOIS<\/td>\n | 4,246 of the 26,621 (15.9%)<\/td>\n | $2.4 billion ($292 per motorist)<\/td>\n | 73%<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n | INDIANA<\/td>\n | 4,168 of the 18,953 (22%)<\/td>\n | $1.249 billion ($225 per motorist)<\/td>\n | 17%<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n | IOWA<\/td>\n | 6,271 of the 24,398 (25.7%)<\/td>\n | $756 million ($381 per motorist)<\/td>\n | 46%<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n | KANSAS<\/td>\n | 4,465 of the 25,171 (17.7%)<\/td>\n | $646 million ($319 per motorist)<\/td>\n | 62%<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n | KENTUCKY<\/td>\n | 4,436 of the 14,116 (31.4%)<\/td>\n | $543 million ($185 per motorist)<\/td>\n | 34%<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n | LOUISIANA<\/td>\n | 3,790 of the 13,050 (29%)<\/td>\n | $1.2 billion ($408 per motorist)<\/td>\n | 62%<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n | MAINE<\/td>\n | 791 of the 2,402 (32.9%)<\/td>\n | $246 million ($245 per motorist)<\/td>\n | 53%<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n | MARYLAND<\/td>\n | 1,418 of the 5,291 (26.8%)<\/td>\n | $1.598 billion ($422 per motorist)<\/td>\n | 55%<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n | MASSACHUSETTS<\/td>\n | 2,694 of the 5,136 (52.5%)<\/td>\n | $1.461 billion ($313 per motorist)<\/td>\n | 42%<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n | MICHIGAN<\/td>\n | 3,018 of the 11,022 (27.4%)<\/td>\n | $2.534 billion ($357 per motorist)<\/td>\n | 38%<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n | MINNESOTA<\/td>\n | 1,513 of the 13,137 (11.5%)<\/td>\n | $797 million ($250 per motorist)<\/td>\n | 52%<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n | MISSISSIPPI<\/td>\n | 3,636 of the 17,044 (21.3%)<\/td>\n | $811 million ($419 per motorist)<\/td>\n | 51%<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n | MISSOURI<\/td>\n | 6,633 of the 24,350 (27.2%)<\/td>\n | $1.6 billion ($380 per motorist)<\/td>\n | 31%<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n | MONTANA<\/td>\n | 882 of the 5,126 (17.2%)<\/td>\n | $136 million ($184 per motorist)<\/td>\n | 52%<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n | NEBRASKA<\/td>\n | 3,765 of the 15,370 (24.5%)<\/td>\n | $380 million ($282 per motorist)<\/td>\n | 59%<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n | NEVADA<\/td>\n | 253 of the 1,853 (13.7%)<\/td>\n | $391 million ($233 per motorist)<\/td>\n | 20%<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n | NEW HAMPSHIRE<\/td>\n | 790 of the 2,438 (32.4%)<\/td>\n | $267 million ($259 per motorist)<\/td>\n | 54%<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n | NEW JERSEY<\/td>\n | 2,334 of the 6,566 (35.5%)<\/td>\n | $3.476 billion ($601 per motorist)<\/td>\n | 66%<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n | NEW MEXICO<\/td>\n | 654 of the 3,935 (16.6%)<\/td>\n | $397 million ($291 per motorist)<\/td>\n | 44%<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n | NEW YORK<\/td>\n | 6,775 of the 17,442 (38.8%)<\/td>\n | $4.551 billion ($403 per motorist)<\/td>\n | 60%<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n | NORTH CAROLINA<\/td>\n | 5,534 of the 18,168 (30.5%)<\/td>\n | $1.555 billion ($241 per motorist)<\/td>\n | 45%<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n | NORTH DAKOTA<\/td>\n | 966 of the 4,439 (21.8%)<\/td>\n | $112 million ($237 per motorist)<\/td>\n | 44%<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n | OHIO<\/td>\n | 6,647 of the 27,015 (24.6%)<\/td>\n | $1.685 billion ($212 per motorist)<\/td>\n | 42%<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n | OKLAHOMA<\/td>\n | 5,828 of the 22,912 (25.4%)<\/td>\n | $978 million ($425 per motorist)<\/td>\n | 70%<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n | OREGON<\/td>\n | 1,754 of the 7,656 (22.9%)<\/td>\n | $495 million ($173 per motorist)<\/td>\n | 65%<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n | PENNSYLVANIA<\/td>\n | 9,561 of the 22,660 (42.2%)<\/td>\n | $2.947 billion ($341 per motorist)<\/td>\n | 57%<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n | RHODE ISLAND<\/td>\n | 433 of the 766 (56.5%)<\/td>\n | $350 million ($467 per motorist)<\/td>\n | 70%<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n | SOUTH CAROLINA<\/td>\n | 1,920 of the 9,275 (20.7%)<\/td>\n | $811 million ($255 per motorist)<\/td>\n | 40%<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n | SOUTH D | \nAKOTA<\/td>\n 1,459 of the 5,875 (24.8%)<\/td>\n | $194 million ($324 per motorist)<\/td>\n | 61%<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n | TENNESSEE<\/td>\n | 3,802 of the 20,058 (19%)<\/td>\n | $809 million ($182 per motorist)<\/td>\n | 38%<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n | TEXAS<\/td>\n | 9,998 of the 52,561 (19%)<\/td>\n | $5.27 billion ($343 per motorist)<\/td>\n | 38%<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n | UTAH<\/td>\n | 437 of the 2,974 (14.7%)<\/td>\n | $332 million ($197 per motorist)<\/td>\n | 25%<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n | VERMONT<\/td>\n | 903 of the 2,731 (33.1%)<\/td>\n | $230 million ($424 per motorist)<\/td>\n | 45%<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n | VIRGINIA<\/td>\n | 3,588 of the 13,765 (26.1%)<\/td>\n | $1.344 billion ($254 per motorist)<\/td>\n | 47%<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n | WASHINGTON<\/td>\n | 2,066 of the 7,902 (26.1%)<\/td>\n | $1.349 billion ($272 per motorist)<\/td>\n | 67%<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n | WEST VIRGINIA<\/td>\n | 2,514 of the 7,125 (35.3%)<\/td>\n | $372 million ($273 per motorist)<\/td>\n | 47%<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n | WISCONSIN<\/td>\n | 1,970 of the 14,088 (14%)<\/td>\n | $1.147 billion ($281 per motorist)<\/td>\n | 71%<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n | WYOMING<\/td>\n | 723 of the 3,099 (23.3%)<\/td>\n | $96 million ($236 per motorist)<\/td>\n | 47%<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n | *According to 2013 data from the Federal Highway Administration.<\/p>\n **According to the American Society of Civil Engineers 2013 Report Card for America\u2019s Infrastructure.<\/p>\n","protected":false,"gt_translate_keys":[{"key":"rendered","format":"html"}]},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Washington, D.C. \u2013 The Highway Trust Fund is set to expire on July 31. 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