2000 Bridge Inventory

Inventory Index Page

Better Roads has reported annually the state of the nations bridges since 1979.  Our thanks to all the state highway engineers for their continuing cooperation and special effort to provide current data.  To see the previous year - click here.

FHWA, in consultation with the States, has assigned a sufficiency rating (SR) to each bridge (20 ft. or more) inventoried.  Formula (SR) rating factors are as outlined in the current "recording and Coding Guide for Structures Inventory and Appraisal (SI&A) of the Nation's Bridges."

*SD/FO = Structurally Deficient or Functionally Obsolete

Information current through October 2000.

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State

Total Interstate & State Bridges

Total *SD/FO

%

Total City/ County/
Township
Bridges

Total *SD/FO

%

Total All Bridges

Combined Total *SD/FO

%

Alabama

5,542

1,323

24%

10,029

3,361

34%

15,571

4,684

30%

Alaska

818

171

21%

139

52

37%

957

223

23%

Arizona

4,409

136

3%

2,360

225

10%

6,769

361

5%

Arkansas

6,982

1,458

21%

5,290

1,917

36%

12,272

3,375

28%

California

12,184

1,768

15%

12,118

2,647

22%

24,302

4,415

18%

Colorado

3,704

494

13%

4,533

684

15%

8,237

1,178

14%

Connecticut

2,926

151

5%

1,242

225

18%

4,168

376

9%

Delaware

808

146

18%

7

4

57%

815

150

18%

District of Columbia

200

120

60%

13

11

85%

213

131

62%

Florida

6,249

1,079

17%

4,984

1,388

28%

11,233

2,467

22%

Georgia

5,874

1,051

18%

8,498

2,492

29%

14,372

3,543

25%

Hawaii

732

370

51%

405

178

44%

1,137

548

48%

Idaho

1,254

201

16%

2,251

395

18%

3,505

596

17%

Illinois

8,077

1,795

22%

17,635

3,479

20%

25,712

5,274

21%

Indiana

5,621

841

15%

12,504

3,713

30%

18,125

4,554

25%

Iowa

4,056

526

13%

21,014

6,632

32%

25,070

7,158

29%

Kansas

5,272

891

17%

20,645

5,739

28%

25,917

6,630

26%

Kentucky

9,036

2,720

30%

4,690

1,758

37%

13,726

4,478

33%

Louisiana

7,936

2,306

29%

5,669

2,339

41%

13,605

4,645

34%

Maine

1,950

575

29%

306

181

59%

2,256

756

34%

Maryland

2,725

671

25%

2,098

716

34%

4,823

1,387

29%

Massachusetts

3,449

1,287

37%

1,545

605

39%

4,994

1,892

38%

Michigan

4,325

1,700

39%

6,481

2,203

34%

10,806

3,903

36%

Minnesota

3,803

559

15%

10,013

1,525

15%

13,816

2,084

15%

Mississippi

5,342

1,249

23%

10,970

3,760

34%

16,312

5,009

31%

Missouri

9,924

2,812

28%

13,443

5,615

42%

23,367

8,427

36%

Montana

2,292

431

19%

2,072

687

33%

4,364

1,118

26%

Nebraska

3,478

292

8%

12,214

4,276

35%

15,692

4,568

29%

Nevada

983

54

5%

455

41

9%

1,438

95

7%

New Hampshire

1,444

304

21%

939

461

49%

2,383

765

32%

New Jersey

2,386

524

22%

3,952

1,288

33%

6,338

1,812

29%

New Mexico

2,953

477

16%

693

268

39%

3,646

745

20%

New York

7,797

2,225

29%

11,717

5,360

46%

19,514

7,585

39%

North Carolina

16,585

5,680

34%

646

181

28%

17,231

5,861

34%

North Dakota

1,101

72

7%

3,387

1,083

32%

4,488

1,155

26%

Ohio

11,588

3,231

28%

18,763

8,560

46%

30,351

11,791

39%

Oklahoma

7,397

1,605

22%

15,479

7,524

49%

22,876

9,129

40%

Oregon

2,651

768

29%

3,848

745

19%

6,499

1,513

23%

Pennsylvania

16,363

6,086

37%

6,865

3,030

44%

23,228

9,116

39%

Rhode Island

602

364

60%

148

98

66%

750

462

62%

South Carolina

8,211

1,698

21%

838

322

38%

9,049

2,020

22%

South Dakota

1,801

259

14%

4,122

1,478

36%

5,923

1,737

29%

Tennessee

7,476

1,625

22%

11,995

3,451

29%

19,471

5,076

26%

Texas

32,411

5,651

17%

16,421

7,056

43%

48,832

12,707

26%

Utah

1,763

352

20%

947

235

25%

2,710

587

22%

Vermont

1,073

349

33%

1,583

650

41%

2,656

999

38%

Virginia

11,390

2,770

24%

1,029

271

26%

12,419

3,041

24%

Washington

3,182

702

22%

4,071

897

22%

7,253

1,599

22%

West Virginia

6,538

2,637

40%

143

104

73%

6,681

2,741

41%

Wisconsin

4,815

577

12%

8,608

1,844

21%

13,423

2,421

18%

Wyoming

1,932

117

6%

864

317

37%

2,796

434

16%

TOTAL 281,410 65,250 23.2% 310,681 102,071 32.9% 592,091 167,321 28.3%

*SD/FO = Structurally Deficient or Functionally Obsolete
reprinted from the November 2000 issue of Better Roads Magazine


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