2002 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 2002.

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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

5,592

1,271

23%

10,069

3,329

33%

15,661

4,600

29%

Alaska

844

180

21%

155

55

35%

999

235

24%

Arizona

4,438

134

3%

2,221

201

9%

6,659

335

5%

Arkansas

6,993

1,406

20%

5,254

1,840

35%

12,247

3,246

27%

California

12,312

1,728

14%

12,076

2,728

23%

24,388

4,456

18%

Colorado

3,702

517

14%

4,660

624

13%

8,362

1,141

14%

Connecticut

2,916

914

31%

1,238

413

33%

4,154

1,327

32%

Delaware

825

146

18%

7

4

57%

832

150

18%

District Of Columbia

200

116

58%

14

11

79%

214

127

59%

Florida

6,273

882

14%

5,151

1,395

27%

11,424

2,277

20%

Georgia

5,899

1,026

17%

8,453

2,264

27%

14,352

3,290

23%

Hawaii

734

285

39%

399

148

37%

1,133

433

38%

Idaho

1,252

235

19%

2,245

382

17%

3,497

617

18%

Illinois

8,063

1,666

21%

17,754

3,268

18%

25,817

4,934

19%

Indiana

5,613

747

13%

12,556

3,414

27%

18,169

4,161

23%

Iowa

4,148

579

14%

20,823

6,476

31%

24,971

7,055

28%

Kansas

5,253

861

16%

20,730

5,485

26%

25,983

6,346

24%

Kentucky

9,093

2,676

29%

4,741

1,680

35%

13,834

4,356

31%

Louisiana

7,869

2,295

29%

5,405

2,138

40%

13,274

4,433

33%

Maine

2,049

604

29%

222

119

54%

2,271

723

32%

Maryland

2,732

683

25%

2,120

724

34%

4,852

1,407

29%

Massachusetts

3,451

1,161

34%

1,547

609

39%

4,998

1,770

35%

Michigan

4,395

1,404

32%

6,309

1,876

30%

10,704

3,280

31%

Minnesota

3,800

390

10%

9,823

1,640

17%

13,623

2,030

15%

Mississippi

5,420

1,251

23%

10,938

3,623

33%

16,358

4,874

30%

Missouri

10,117

2,777

27%

13,501

5,363

40%

23,618

8,140

34%

Montana

2,316

404

17%

2,007

573

29%

4,323

977

23%

Nebraska

3,498

259

7%

12,126

4,006

33%

15,624

4,265

27%

Nevada

1,013

53

5%

604

45

7%

1,617

98

6%

New Hampshire

1,466

322

22%

929

435

47%

2,395

757

32%

New Jersey

2,401

510

21%

3,958

1,266

32%

6,359

1,776

28%

New Mexico

2,945

570

19%

720

288

40%

3,665

858

23%

New York

8,281

2,151

26%

9,087

4,394

48%

17,368

6,545

38%

North Carolina

17,526

6,009

34%

661

178

27%

18,187

6,187

34%

North Dakota

1,108

63

6%

3,364

1,050

31%

4,472

1,113

25%

Ohio

11,591

2,132

18%

18,798

5,251

28%

30,389

7,383

24%

Oklahoma

7,500

1,798

24%

15,606

7,807

50%

23,106

9,605

42%

Oregon

2,680

820

31%

3,910

781

20%

6,590

1,601

24%

Pennsylvania

16,424

6,025

37%

6,908

3,022

44%

23,332

9,047

39%

Rhode Island

600

332

55%

146

70

48%

746

402

54%

South Carolina

8,254

1,791

22%

851

311

37%

9,105

2,102

23%

South Dakota

1,805

310

17%

4,089

1,368

33%

5,894

1,678

28%

Tennessee

7,529

1,584

21%

12,069

3,240

27%

19,598

4,824

25%

Texas

32,561

5,642

17%

16,537

6,734

41%

49,098

12,376

25%

Utah

1,791

392

22%

962

196

20%

2,753

588

21%

Vermont

1,072

351

33%

1,584

590

37%

2,656

941

35%

Virginia

11,498

2,662

23%

1,057

261

25%

12,555

2,923

23%

Washington

3,208

679

21%

4,108

898

22%

7,316

1,577

22%

West Virginia

6,646

2,484

37%

119

84

71%

6,765

2,568

38%

Wisconsin

4,877

598

12%

8,663

1,788

21%

13,540

2,386

18%

Wyoming

1,938

191

10%

863

204

24%

2,801

395

14%

TOTALS

284,511

64,066

22.5%

308,137

94,649

30.7%

592,648

158,715

26.8%

*SD/FO = Structurally Deficient or Functionally Obsolete
reprinted from the November 2002 issue of Better Roads Magazine


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