2001 Bridge Inventory

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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 2001.

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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 1,294 23% 10,047 3,342 33% 15,589 4,636 30%
Alaska 840 162 19% 144 50 35% 984 212 22%
Arizona 4,441 129 3% 2,122 216 10% 6,563 345 5%
Arkansas 6,989 1,450 21% 5,253 1,889 36% 12,242 3,339 27%
California 12,253 1,708 14% 12,100 2,688 22% 24,353 4,396 18%
Colorado 3,716 523 14% 4,555 678 15% 8,271 1,201 15%
Connecticut 2,923 861 29% 1,235 430 35% 4,158 1,291 31%
Delaware 819 142 17% 7 4 57% 826 146 18%
District Of Columbia 200 119 60% 14 11 79% 214 130 61%
Florida 6,317 1,026 16% 4,956 1,219 25% 11,273 2,245 20%
Georgia 5,882 1,047 18% 8,474 2,328 27% 14,356 3,375 24%
Hawaii 734 285 39% 399 148 37% 1,133 433 38%
Idaho 1,250 238 19% 2,248 381 17% 3,498 619 18%
Illinois 8,070 1,725 21% 17,684 3,403 19% 25,754 5,128 20%
Indiana 5,624 717 13% 12,570 3,695 29% 18,194 4,412 24%
Iowa 4,126 563 14% 20,855 6,257 30% 24,981 6,820 27%
Kansas 5,257 886 17% 20,661 5,511 27% 25,918 6,397 25%
Kentucky 9,054 2,699 30% 4,720 1,718 36% 13,774 4,417 32%
Louisiana 7,928 2,298 29% 5,612 2,225 40% 13,540 4,523 33%
Maine 2,045 609 30% 222 119 54% 2,267 728 32%
Maryland 2,728 683 25% 2,125 728 34% 4,853 1,411 29%
Massachusetts 3,452 1,170 34% 1,545 594 38% 4,997 1,764 35%
Michigan 4,361 1,612 37% 6,336 1,537 24% 10,697 3,149 29%
Minnesota 3,635 369 10% 9,816 1,596 16% 13,451 1,965 15%
Mississippi 5,401 1,202 22% 10,993 3,680 33% 16,394 4,882 30%
Missouri 10,117 2,777 27% 13,501 5,363 40% 23,618 8,140 34%
Montana 2,287 401 18% 2,048 600 29% 4,335 1,001 23%
Nebraska 3,489 268 8% 12,175 4,136 34% 15,664 4,404 28%
Nevada 1,006 57 6% 579 60 10% 1,585 117 7%
New Hampshire 1,464 317 22% 929 446 48% 2,393 763 32%
New Jersey 2,398 503 21% 3,962 1,279 32% 6,360 1,782 28%
New Mexico 2,952 497 17% 699 238 34% 3,651 735 20%
New York 8,281 2,151 26% 9,087 4,394 48% 17,368 6,545 38%
North Carolina 17,482 6,088 35% 702 197 28% 18,184 6,285 35%
North Dakota 1,108 62 6% 3,376 1,072 32% 4,484 1,134 25%
Ohio 11,582 3,151 27% 18,873 8,361 44% 30,455 11,512 38%
Oklahoma 6,898 1,467 21% 15,599 7,766 50% 22,497 9,233 41%
Oregon 2,646 765 29% 3,836 739 19% 6,482 1,504 23%
Pennsylvania 16,398 6,091 37% 6,895 3,047 44% 23,293 9,138 39%
Rhode Island 604 326 54% 146 66 45% 750 392 52%
South Carolina 8,214 1,798 22% 843 324 38% 9,057 2,122 23%
South Dakota 1,793 307 17% 4,100 1,459 36% 5,893 1,766 30%
Tennessee 7,487 1,481 20% 12,009 3,049 25% 19,496 4,530 23%
Texas 32,518 5,498 17% 16,476 6,957 42% 48,994 12,455 25%
Utah 1,795 420 23% 947 239 25% 2,742 659 24%
Vermont 1,073 348 32% 1,581 590 37% 2,654 938 35%
Virginia 11,427 2,694 24% 1,037 269 26% 12,464 2,963 24%
Washington 3,193 679 21% 4,097 912 22% 7,290 1,591 22%
West Virginia 6,589 2,535 38% 128 93 73% 6,717 2,628 39%
Wisconsin 4,858 579 12% 8,629 1,859 22% 13,487 2,438 18%
Wyoming 1,928 114 6% 863 305 35% 2,791 419 15%
TOTALS 283,174 64,891 22.9% 307,810 98,267 31.9% 590,984 163,158 27.6%

*SD/FO = Structurally Deficient or Functionally Obsolete
reprinted from the November 2001 issue of Better Roads Magazine


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