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Posted by Steve LombardiJanuary 21, 2009 10:17 AM
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Today we will look at how your state ranks against other states for number of bridges needing replacement. See how your state stacks up against the rest.

How does your state ranks against other states for number of structurally deficient and functionally obsolete bridges?

To see how your state ranks against other states for number of structurally deficient and functionally obsolete bridges visit the U.S. Census Bureau’s listing of the inventory.

1016. Bridge Inventory--Non-Deficient and Deficient

[Based on the National Bridge Inventory program]

Deficient and obsolete

Post

Structurally

Functionally

State

Office

5-DIGIT

2-DIGIT

Number

deficient

obsolete

Abbrev-

FIPS

FIPS

of

Total

iation

bridges

number

Percent

Number

Percent

Number

Percent

U.S. total, 1998

US

00000

00

583,414

172,686

29.6

93,119

16.0

79,567

13.6

Alabama

AL

01000

01

15,591

4,965

31.8

2,767

17.7

2,198

14.1

Alaska

AK

02000

02

1,368

396

28.9

157

11.5

239

17.5

Arizona

AZ

04000

04

6,713

660

9.8

203

3.0

457

6.8

Arkansas

AR

05000

05

12,523

3,320

26.5

1,653

13.2

1,667

13.3

California

CA

06000

06

23,267

6,309

27.1

1,462

6.3

4,847

20.8

Colorado

CO

08000

08

7,882

1,477

18.7

655

8.3

822

10.4

Connecticut

CT

09000

09

4,146

1,198

28.9

374

9.0

824

19.9

Delaware

DE

10000

10

799

149

18.6

65

8.1

84

10.5

District of Columbia

DC

11000

11

246

169

68.7

41

16.7

128

52.0

Florida

FL

12000

12

11,028

2,330

21.1

306

2.8

2,024

18.4

Georgia

GA

13000

13

14,339

3,935

27.4

1,964

13.7

1,971

13.7

Hawaii

HI

15000

15

1,060

541

51.0

127

12.0

414

39.1

Idaho

ID

16000

16

4,035

783

19.4

338

8.4

445

11.0

Illinois

IL

17000

17

25,267

5,439

21.5

3,373

13.3

2,066

8.2

Indiana

IN

18000

18

17,908

4,562

25.5

2,560

14.3

2,002

11.2

Iowa

IA

19000

19

24,735

7,027

28.4

4,711

19.0

2,316

9.4

Kansas

KS

20000

20

25,962

7,294

28.1

3,760

14.5

3,534

13.6

Kentucky

KY

21000

21

13,273

4,149

31.3

1,273

9.6

2,876

21.7

Louisiana

LA

22000

22

13,515

4,934

36.5

2,769

20.5

2,165

16.0

Maine

ME

23000

23

2,354

872

37.0

412

17.5

460

19.5

Maryland

MD

24000

24

4,814

1,424

29.6

462

9.6

962

20.0

Massachusetts

MA

25000

25

4,974

2,467

49.6

661

13.3

1,806

36.3

Michigan

MI

26000

26

10,631

3,490

32.8

2,059

19.4

1,431

13.5

Minnesota

MN

27000

27

12,614

2,264

17.9

1,522

12.1

742

5.9

Mississippi

MS

28000

28

16,656

5,574

33.5

4,163

25.0

1,411

8.5

Missouri

MO

29000

29

22,856

9,458

41.4

6,920

30.3

2,538

11.1

Montana

MT

30000

30

5,000

1,154

23.1

574

11.5

580

11.6

Nebraska

NE

31000

31

15,541

4,727

30.4

2,850

18.3

1,877

12.1

Nevada

NV

32000

32

1,307

224

17.1

73

5.6

151

11.6

New Hampshire

NH

33000

33

2,339

825

35.3

414

17.7

411

17.6

New Jersey

NJ

34000

34

6,317

2,476

39.2

1,075

17.0

1,401

22.2

New Mexico

NM

35000

35

3,647

670

18.4

294

8.1

376

10.3

New York

NY

36000

36

17,282

8,928

51.7

6,684

38.7

2,244

13.0

North Carolina

NC

37000

37

16,493

5,512

33.4

2,826

17.1

2,686

16.3

North Dakota

ND

38000

38

4,568

1,244

27.2

954

20.9

290

6.3

Ohio

OH

39000

39

27,832

7,538

27.1

3,799

13.6

3,739

13.4

Oklahoma

OK

40000

40

22,827

9,466

41.5

8,014

35.1

1,452

6.4

Oregon

OR

41000

41

7,215

1,617

22.4

395

5.5

1,222

16.9

Pennsylvania

PA

42000

42

21,956

9,158

41.7

5,510

25.1

3,648

16.6

Rhode Island

RI

44000

44

751

366

48.7

182

24.2

184

24.5

South Carolina

SC

45000

45

9,039

1,913

21.2

1,044

11.5

869

9.6

South Dakota

SD

46000

46

6,055

1,561

25.8

1,154

19.1

407

6.7

Tennessee

TN

47000

47

19,122

4,878

25.5

2,109

11.0

2,769

14.5

Texas

TX

48000

48

47,173

10,592

22.5

3,812

8.1

6,780

14.4

Utah

UT

49000

49

2,692

579

21.5

325

12.1

254

9.4

Vermont

VT

50000

50

2,697

1,028

38.1

578

21.4

450

16.7

Virginia

VA

51000

51

12,584

3,690

29.3

1,254

10.0

2,436

19.4

Washington

WA

53000

53

7,440

1,933

26.0

513

6.9

1,420

19.1

West Virginia

WV

54000

54

6,640

2,853

43.0

1,352

20.4

1,501

22.6

Wisconsin

WI

55000

55

13,326

2,939

22.1

1,950

14.6

989

7.4

Wyoming

WY

56000

56

3,024

662

21.9

405

13.4

257

8.5

Source: U.S. Federal Highway Administration, Office of Technology, .

http://www.fhwa.dot.gov/////////bridge/index.htm National Bridge Inventory

Bridge condition data are obtained from the National Bridge Inventory (NBI), which includes all bridges that are covered by the National Bridge Inspection Standards and are located on a public road. Generally, each bridge is inspected at least once every 2 years, although bridges with higher risks of engineering problems are inspected more frequently, and certain low-risk bridges get less frequent inspections. All bridge information is verified for completeness, consistency and adherence to reporting guidelines.

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