1999 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."
Information current through October 1999. |
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Total
Interstate
& State
Bridges |
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Total
City/Cnty/
Township
Bridges |
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Combined
Total
Substandard |
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Total
All
Bridges |
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Substandard |
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Substandard |
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| State |
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Total |
(%) |
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Total |
(%) |
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|
Total |
(%) |
Alabama |
5,527 |
|
1,334 |
24% |
|
10,068 |
|
3,398 |
34% |
|
15,595 |
|
4,732 |
30% |
Alaska |
819 |
|
171 |
21% |
|
133 |
|
48 |
36% |
|
952 |
|
219 |
23% |
Arizona |
4,243 |
|
144 |
3% |
|
2,366 |
|
192 |
8% |
|
6,609 |
|
336 |
5% |
Arkansas |
6,957 |
|
1,494 |
21% |
|
5,361 |
|
1,963 |
37% |
|
12,318 |
|
3,457 |
28% |
California |
12,176 |
|
1,756 |
14% |
|
12,002 |
|
2,611 |
22% |
|
24,178 |
|
4,367 |
18% |
Colorado |
3,691 |
|
558 |
15% |
|
4,473 |
|
785 |
18% |
|
8,164 |
|
1,343 |
16% |
Connecticut |
2,907 |
|
143 |
5% |
|
1,240 |
|
234 |
19% |
|
4,147 |
|
377 |
9% |
Delaware |
795 |
|
152 |
19% |
|
7 |
|
4 |
57% |
|
802 |
|
156 |
19% |
District of
Columbia |
200 |
|
71 |
36% |
|
12 |
|
7 |
58% |
|
212 |
|
78 |
37% |
Florida |
6,243 |
|
1,376 |
22% |
|
4,947 |
|
1,532 |
31% |
|
11,190 |
|
2,908 |
26% |
Georgia |
5,851 |
|
1,028 |
18% |
|
8,522 |
|
2,448 |
29% |
|
14,373 |
|
3,476 |
24% |
Hawaii |
734 |
|
369 |
50% |
|
400 |
|
176 |
44% |
|
1,134 |
|
545 |
48% |
Idaho |
1,247 |
|
259 |
21% |
|
2,246 |
|
417 |
19% |
|
3,493 |
|
676 |
19% |
Illinois |
8,066 |
|
1,972 |
24% |
|
17,582 |
|
3,603 |
20% |
|
25,648 |
|
5,575 |
22% |
Indiana |
5,478 |
|
877 |
16% |
|
12,498 |
|
3,784 |
30% |
|
17,976 |
|
4,661 |
26% |
Iowa |
4,052 |
|
505 |
12% |
|
21,057 |
|
6,593 |
31% |
|
25,109 |
|
7,098 |
28% |
Kansas |
5,274 |
|
910 |
17% |
|
20,798 |
|
5,916 |
28% |
|
26,072 |
|
6,826 |
26% |
Kentucky |
9,034 |
|
2,781 |
31% |
|
4,668 |
|
1,793 |
38% |
|
13,702 |
|
4,574 |
33% |
Louisiana |
7,927 |
|
2,385 |
30% |
|
5,738 |
|
2,469 |
43% |
|
13,665 |
|
4,854 |
36% |
Maine |
1,943 |
|
562 |
29% |
|
314 |
|
185 |
59% |
|
2,257 |
|
747 |
33% |
Maryland |
2,697 |
|
671 |
25% |
|
2,056 |
|
705 |
34% |
|
4,753 |
|
1,376 |
29% |
Massachusetts |
3,449 |
|
1,261 |
37% |
|
1,541 |
|
581 |
38% |
|
4,990 |
|
1,842 |
37% |
Michigan |
4,331 |
|
1,510 |
35% |
|
6,440 |
|
1,951 |
30% |
|
10,771 |
|
3,461 |
32% |
Minnesota |
3,503 |
|
434 |
12% |
|
9,241 |
|
1,606 |
17% |
|
12,744 |
|
2,040 |
16% |
Mississippi |
5,319 |
|
1,311 |
25% |
|
11,116 |
|
4,652 |
42% |
|
16,435 |
|
5,963 |
36% |
Missouri |
9,901 |
|
2,821 |
28% |
|
13,293 |
|
5,897 |
44% |
|
23,194 |
|
8,718 |
38% |
Montana |
2,361 |
|
297 |
13% |
|
2,404 |
|
727 |
30% |
|
4,765 |
|
1,024 |
21% |
Nebraska |
3,479 |
|
311 |
9% |
|
12,236 |
|
4,423 |
36% |
|
15,715 |
|
4,734 |
30% |
Nevada |
1,008 |
|
62 |
6% |
|
373 |
|
38 |
10% |
|
1,381 |
|
100 |
7% |
New Hampshire |
1,441 |
|
302 |
21% |
|
944 |
|
472 |
50% |
|
2,385 |
|
774 |
32% |
New Jersey |
2,388 |
|
539 |
23% |
|
3,942 |
|
1,322 |
34% |
|
6,330 |
|
1,861 |
29% |
New Mexico |
2,940 |
|
995 |
34% |
|
665 |
|
262 |
39% |
|
3,605 |
|
1,257 |
35% |
New York |
7,789 |
|
2,233 |
29% |
|
11,717 |
|
5,465 |
47% |
|
19,506 |
|
7,698 |
39% |
North Carolina |
16,390 |
|
5,759 |
35% |
|
645 |
|
183 |
28% |
|
17,035 |
|
5,942 |
35% |
North Dakota |
1,097 |
|
74 |
7% |
|
3,413 |
|
1,119 |
33% |
|
4,510 |
|
1,193 |
26% |
Ohio |
11,579 |
|
3,359 |
29% |
|
18,706 |
|
8,693 |
46% |
|
30,285 |
|
12,052 |
40% |
Oklahoma |
7,386 |
|
1,613 |
22% |
|
15,479 |
|
7,588 |
49% |
|
22,865 |
|
9,201 |
40% |
Oregon |
2,650 |
|
757 |
29% |
|
3,838 |
|
744 |
19% |
|
6,488 |
|
1,501 |
23% |
Pennsylvania |
16,336 |
|
6,127 |
38% |
|
6,869 |
|
3,031 |
44% |
|
23,205 |
|
9,158 |
39% |
Rhode Island |
602 |
|
364 |
60% |
|
148 |
|
98 |
66% |
|
750 |
|
462 |
62% |
South Carolina |
8,211 |
|
1,634 |
20% |
|
843 |
|
334 |
40% |
|
9,054 |
|
1,968 |
22% |
South Dakota |
1,792 |
|
263 |
15% |
|
4,110 |
|
1,482 |
36% |
|
5,902 |
|
1,745 |
30% |
Tennessee |
7,442 |
|
1,731 |
23% |
|
11,961 |
|
3,513 |
29% |
|
19,403 |
|
5,244 |
27% |
Texas |
32,200 |
|
5,650 |
18% |
|
16,300 |
|
7,170 |
44% |
|
48,500 |
|
12,820 |
26% |
Utah |
1,735 |
|
456 |
26% |
|
936 |
|
255 |
27% |
|
2,671 |
|
711 |
27% |
Vermont |
1,075 |
|
336 |
31% |
|
1,581 |
|
664 |
42% |
|
2,656 |
|
1,000 |
38% |
Virginia |
11,321 |
|
2,828 |
25% |
|
1,040 |
|
279 |
27% |
|
12,361 |
|
3,107 |
25% |
Washington |
3,139 |
|
721 |
23% |
|
4,055 |
|
844 |
21% |
|
7,194 |
|
1,565 |
22% |
West Virginia |
6,475 |
|
2,650 |
41% |
|
152 |
|
111 |
73% |
|
6,627 |
|
2,761 |
42% |
Wisconsin |
4,779 |
|
618 |
13% |
|
8,564 |
|
1,914 |
22% |
|
13,343 |
|
2,532 |
19% |
Wyoming |
1,935 |
|
126 |
7% |
|
861 |
|
331 |
38% |
|
2,796 |
|
457 |
16% |
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Total
Interstate
& State
Bridges |
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Total
City/Cnty/
Township
Bridges |
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Total
All
Bridges |
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Combined
Total
Substandard |
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Substandard
Total |
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Substandard
Total |
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All States
TOTALS |
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| 279,914 |
|
66,660 |
|
309,901 |
|
104,612 |
|
589,815 |
|
171,272 |
reprinted from the November 1999 issue of Better Roads
Magazine
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