Texas Leads States With Deficient Bridges

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KRWG News (2009-11-11)
TEXAS (krwg) - A new report says Texas has the largest number of deficient bridges in the country.

And on a percentage basis, New Mexico doesn't score much better.

The Better Roads Bridge Inventory is an annual survey that has been conducted since 1979. Bridge engineers from every state and Washington, D.C., respond to the survey.

The Federal Highway Administration, in consultation with the states, has assigned a sufficiency rating to each bridge that is inventoried.
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http://www.publicbroadcasting.net/krwg/news/news.newsmain/article/1/0/1576895/Regional/Texas.Leads.States.With.Deficient.Bridges

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1. Accidents waiting to happen

9,564 bridges waiting to fail. It's not like they're going to fix themselves.

The report says. Texas has the largest number of bridges that fall in those categories ..more than 95 hundred or 19 percent of the state's more than 50 thousand bridges.

The story didn't link to the report but here it is:

Better Bridges: Bridge Inventory 2009 State of Bridges
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Texas leads the nation with the most combined structurally deficient and functionally obsolete bridges. The state has 9,564 — 19 percent — of its total 50,316 bridges as SD/FO. Of the total 32,862 interstate and state bridges, 4,182, or 31 percent, are SD/FO. Of the 17,454 total city/county/township bridges, 5,383 or 13 percent are SD/FO.

I think you have to subscribe to get the detail. Name those bridges!

We're #1 again in a bad way. :(

Sonia