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bridges are 65 years old on average — more than 22
years older than all bridges. Herein lies a glimpse of
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bridges (170,000) will be over 65, an age at which it’s
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and not all of them pose an immediate threat to public
Every day, milliions of people from all walks of life in
cities and towns large and small travel over one of
our country’s 66,405Z[Y\J[\YHSS`KLÄJPLU[IYPKNLZ
— more than one in nine (11 percent) of all bridges.
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Washington, DC to Denver, Colorado — more than
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American bridge is well past middle age at 43 years.
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About this data
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reporting date and the release of the FHWA dataset. States have the most up-to-date bridge data, but this is the
sole complete national source of bridge data.
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safety. However, allowing bridges to remain in serious
need of repair can lead to the sudden closure of a
critical transportation link or, far worse, a collapse that
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affected region.
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transportation and other budget woes, securing the
money to repair or replace thousands of bridges, while
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networks, is a critical national issue. The maintenance
backlog will only grow as bridges age and costs rise.
The Federal Highway Administration estimates that
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most heavily traveled bridges – including those built
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Meanwhile, Congress last year introduced a wild card
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dedicated fund for bridge repair in the renewal of
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Instead, states are directed to set standards that they
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in case of failure. The upshot is that bridge repair
now must compete with other transportation needs.
At the same time, the new law reduced access to
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bridges that are not part of the so-called National
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mean?
Highway bridges have three primary compo-
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the bridge that cars, trucks and people cross;
2) the superstructure, which supports the
deck; and 2) the substructure, which uses the
ground to support the superstructure. Each of
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and 9 when inspected, with 9 signifying the best
condition. Federal guidelines classify bridges
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components is rated at 4 or less (poor or worse),
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in its support structure or its deck. (There are
a handful of other criteria that can result in a
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bridges, one of these three primary components
rates a 4 or below.) Federal law requires states
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every two years, though states typically inspect
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Arizona, Delaware and Hawaii were the largest
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An uncertain future for bridge
repair and safety
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program maintained a dedicated fund for repairing
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Highway System (the
interstates plus larger state
highways).
Slow – and
slowing –progress
The good news is that
some states have worked
hard to address the
problem and have reduced
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report, investments from
the American Recoveryand Reinvestment Act and ongoing transportation
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This is a continuation of progress made over the last
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bridges, but the bad news is that that progress has
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number (though their rank may have stayed the same).
Pennsylvania remains number one with one in four
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the largest gains against its maintenance backlog,
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than 8 percent. In terms of numbers of structurally
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However, not all states have made progress since our
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revenues from the Treasury Department to keep the
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remain solvent. This situation cannot continue. Current
spending levels are precarious and inadequate. In order
to bring our rapidly aging infrastructure up to a state
of good repair, Congress should raise new dedicated
revenues for surface transportation programs, including
bridge repair.
Make all 180,000-plus federal-aid bridges eligible
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for bridge repair was rolled into the new National
Highway Performance Program, which represents
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Highway Performance Program funds may only be
spent on a limited subset of highways known as
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percent of all highway bridges, and only ten percent of
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eligible for federal support. Given that nearly nine in
ten deteriorating bridges are located off of the National
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to be funded by the National Highway Performance
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all funding from the former bridge repair program on
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includes the interstates and most larger state highways.
Certainly, bridges on the NHS roadways are critical,
and carry vast numbers of people and goods. But
these other bridges also provide essential links, and
those who use them also deserve to be safe. Given
the budget woes of so many local governments, there
is little prospect of reducing the repair backlog absent
federal assistance. As it stands now, however, these
bridges are forced to compete with all other local
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transportation dollars that did not grow to meet these
new responsibilities.
Recommendations
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the following steps to reduce the maintenance backlog,
bring our bridges to a state of good repair and keep
users safe.
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STATE DATA & RANKINGS
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Program, as they were eligible for repair dollars under the previous Highway Bridge Program.
Prioritize Repair
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of good repair.
National Rankings and State Data
Note: full state and county level summary statistics are available online at t4america.org/resources/bridges
State Rank
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Total
bridges
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bridges
2013
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Bridges
2011
(FHWA)
Change in
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bridges
over 2011
Percent
change in
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bridge total
Average
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bridges
Pennsylvania 1 22,667 5,543 6,043 IL[[LY
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Iowa 3 24,465 5,191 5,440 -249 IL[[LY Rhode Island 4 754 156 163 -7 IL[[LY
South Dakota 5 1,208 1,198 ^VYZL
Nebraska 6 18 2,778 2,820 -42 IL[[LY
North Dakota 7 4,445 746 727 ^VYZL
5L^/HTWZOPYL 8 2,429 362 383 IL[[LY
Maine 9 356 389 IL[[LY
Missouri 10 3,502 4,142 IL[[LY
Mississippi 11 2,414 2,713 -299 IL[[LY
>`VTPUN 12 426 407 ^VYZL Louisiana 13 1,798 1,747 ^VYZL
West Virginia 14 952 1,025 IL[[LY
Hawaii 15 152 144 ^VYZL
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New York 17 2,170 2,109 ^VYZL
Michigan 18 1,354 1,539 IL[[LY 7,542,647
South Carolina 19 9,252 1,127 1,232 IL[[LY
California 20 12 24,797 2,978 3,256 IL[[LY
North Carolina 21 12 2,195 2,362 IL[[LY
Alaska 22 128 146 IL[[LY
Indiana 23 2,030 1,995 ^VYZL
=LYTVU[ 24 2,726 288 344 -56 IL[[LY
Kansas 25 2,657 2,833 IL[[LY
New Jersey 26 6,557 651 682 IL[[LY
Connecticut 27 406 390 ^VYZL
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Massachusetts 28 495 565 IL[[LY
Idaho 29 397 384 ^VYZL
Ohio 30 2,462 2,789 IL[[LY
Virginia 31 1,251 1,272 IL[[LY
Minnesota 32 1,191 1,151 ^VYZL
(SHIHTH 33 9 1,448 1,608 IL[[LY
Kentucky 34 1,247 1,319 -72 IL[[LY
Illinois 35 2,311 2,289 +22 ^VYZL
Wisconsin 36 1,151 1,153 -2 IL[[LY
New Mexico 37 307 332 -25 IL[[LY
Montana 38 399 407 IL[[LY
Arkansas 39 899 949 IL[[LY
Maryland 40 364 367 IL[[LY
Colorado 41 566 584 IL[[LY
Delaware 42 53 50 ^VYZL
Georgia 43 6 878 953 -75 IL[[LY
;LUULZZLL 44 1,195 1,236 IL[[LY
Oregon 45 433 463 IL[[LY
Washington 46 362 400 IL[[LY
Utah 47 126 133 -7 IL[[LY
Arizona 48 247 233 ^VYZL
Texas 49 1,337 1,662 IL[[LY
Nevada 50 40 39 ^VYZL
Florida 51 2.2 265 300 better
National Totals 604,995
This report was wri tten by Stephen Lee Davis and David Goldberg, based on an analysis of the National Bridge Inventory by
Kevin DeGood, with additional contributions from Nick Donohue and James Corless of Transportation for America. Layout and
design by Stephen Lee Davis, with graphics by Anagram9LSLHZLK1\UL4VYLPUMVYTH[PVUHIV\[[OLKH[HHUKYLWVY[
can be found at t4america.org/resources/bridges
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