SEATTLE, Sept. 23, 2019 /PRNewswire/ -- On top of
taxpayer dollars, it's estimated that driving on roads in need of
repair costs motorists $120 billion
in vehicle repairs and operating costs - $533 per driver, according to a recent report by
QuoteWizard.
QuoteWizard®, a LendingTree company, and one of the nation's
leading online insurance marketplaces released its report on States
with the Worst Road Infrastructure finding that 61% of highways
nationwide are in fair to poor condition. Transportation for
America estimates a cost of $231
billion a year to keep our existing road network in
acceptable repair.
While analyzing FHA data, QuoteWizard found a correlation
between states that use funds to maintain roads and states that
rank well overall for road infrastructure. States with poor road
infrastructure had higher costs per driver and typically poor road
conditions across the board.
Key Findings:
- Rhode Island, Oklahoma and West
Virginia top in the nation for worst road
infrastructure.
- Tennessee, Georgia and Florida best in the nation for road
infrastructure.
- Top 10 states with the worst infrastructure costs drivers an
annual average of $752 from poor road
conditions.
- Top 5 states with the worst infrastructure spend below the
national average of 30% on-road repairs.
To view the full report, visit
https://quotewizard.com/news/posts/states-with-worst-infrastructure
Methodology
QuoteWizard analyzed Federal Highway Administration data to rank
states on the overall quality of road infrastructure. Rankings are
a composite score based on a state's rating in the percentage of
poor condition roads, the annual cost per motorist from roads in
need of repair and percentage of structurally deficient bridges.
Rankings 1 to 50 are from 1st as worst overall road infrastructure
and 50th as best overall road infrastructure.
Rank
Overall
|
State
|
% of roads in
poor condition
|
Cost per
motorist
|
Bridges (%
structurally deficient)
|
Road repair as
% of spending
|
1
|
Rhode
Island
|
53%
|
$823
|
23.26%
|
20%
|
2
|
Oklahoma
|
33%
|
$900
|
14.01%
|
27%
|
3
|
West
Virginia
|
31%
|
$723
|
18.98%
|
19%
|
4
|
Mississippi
|
30%
|
$820
|
11.76%
|
4%
|
5
|
Pennsylvania
|
30%
|
$610
|
18.31%
|
22%
|
6
|
New Jersey
|
34%
|
$703
|
8.84%
|
57%
|
7
|
California
|
45%
|
$862
|
6.24%
|
35%
|
8
|
Missouri
|
23%
|
$699
|
12.6%
|
20%
|
9
|
Louisiana
|
25%
|
$624
|
14.1%
|
22%
|
10
|
New Mexico
|
31%
|
$768
|
6.27%
|
39%
|
11
|
Wisconsin
|
29%
|
$736
|
8.73%
|
33%
|
12
|
Connecticut
|
34%
|
$676
|
7.83%
|
21%
|
13
|
Hawaii
|
42%
|
$764
|
5.81%
|
31%
|
14
|
Michigan
|
24%
|
$645
|
10.5%
|
54%
|
15
|
Massachusetts
|
30%
|
$627
|
9.28%
|
23%
|
16
|
Maine
|
22%
|
$529
|
13.26%
|
65%
|
17
|
New
Hampshire
|
25%
|
$525
|
10.89%
|
45%
|
18
|
South
Dakota
|
14%
|
$563
|
18.58%
|
69%
|
19
|
South
Carolina
|
18%
|
$557
|
9.91%
|
32%
|
20
|
Washington
|
29%
|
$643
|
4.84%
|
21%
|
21
|
New York
|
19%
|
$509
|
10.52%
|
43%
|
22
|
Illinois
|
19%
|
$586
|
8.6%
|
40%
|
23
|
Colorado
|
22%
|
$637
|
5.59%
|
30%
|
24
|
Alaska
|
20%
|
$450
|
10.51%
|
39%
|
25
|
Utah
|
22%
|
$694
|
2.85%
|
26%
|
26
|
North
Dakota
|
10%
|
$479
|
14.02%
|
68%
|
27
|
Kansas
|
10%
|
$591
|
8.45%
|
33%
|
28
|
Ohio
|
18%
|
$544
|
6.04%
|
40%
|
29
|
Iowa
|
9%
|
$362
|
20.92%
|
40%
|
30
|
Nebraska
|
7%
|
$466
|
14.72%
|
53%
|
31
|
Alabama
|
14%
|
$506
|
7.44%
|
41%
|
32
|
Arizona
|
19%
|
$576
|
2.47%
|
15%
|
33
|
Montana
|
11%
|
$472
|
9.71%
|
45%
|
34
|
Minnesota
|
15%
|
$542
|
5.31%
|
31%
|
35
|
Indiana
|
13%
|
$480
|
7.43%
|
20%
|
36
|
North
Carolina
|
13%
|
$336
|
10.19%
|
11%
|
37
|
Texas
|
11%
|
$682
|
1.57%
|
15%
|
38
|
Delaware
|
19%
|
$486
|
4.43%
|
19%
|
39
|
Arkansas
|
9%
|
$543
|
5.94%
|
19%
|
40
|
Kentucky
|
10%
|
$434
|
7.77%
|
30%
|
41
|
Nevada
|
14%
|
$536
|
1.59%
|
21%
|
42
|
Wyoming
|
8%
|
$356
|
9.91%
|
54%
|
43
|
Vermont
|
17%
|
$418
|
5.23%
|
46%
|
44
|
Idaho
|
5%
|
$427
|
8.74%
|
36%
|
45
|
Virginia
|
10%
|
$430
|
5.92%
|
19%
|
46
|
Maryland
|
11%
|
$356
|
5.62%
|
20%
|
47
|
Oregon
|
7%
|
$268
|
5.44%
|
25%
|
48
|
Florida
|
8%
|
$351
|
2.14%
|
37%
|
49
|
Georgia
|
5%
|
$275
|
4.65%
|
34%
|
50
|
Tennessee
|
5%
|
$194
|
4.72%
|
16%
|
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