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Ranking of States with the worst roads
Posted on 10/5/22 at 5:16 pm
Posted on 10/5/22 at 5:16 pm
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State and local governments spend billions each year on road maintenance and operations, but does it amount to better roads for taxpayers?
MoneyGeek analyzed data from the U.S. Department of Transportation and the U.S. Census Bureau to learn more about America’s urban road infrastructure, find the states with the best and worst road quality and determine if more state spending translated to better roads.
Our findings suggest that taxpayers are not necessarily getting their money’s worth. At best, they are getting just enough road investment to maintain the current condition of roads, but not enough to improve them.
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KEY FINDINGS:
About 1 in 10 U.S. roads are in poor condition, but urban roads are even worse: 1 in 5 are in poor condition.
California and Rhode Island were the states ranked worst for road roughness, with 44% and 41% of roads in poor condition, respectively.
New Hampshire and Alabama had the best roads in the U.S. and spent some of the lowest capital outlay per mile ($9.82 and $6.44, respectively).
States generally spend in proportion to how much their roads are utilized, reflecting both the need to address wear and tear and how roads are funded — typically, via gas taxes.
However, how much each state spends on roads has no correlation with road quality after adjusting for vehicle miles.
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1. CA
2. Rhode Island
3. Nebraska
4. Wisconsin
5. New York
8. Louisiana
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Posted on 10/5/22 at 5:19 pm to RLDSC FAN
Louisiana not high enough
Posted on 10/5/22 at 5:20 pm to RLDSC FAN
Where are the ‘good roads’ that keep us from being Number 1?
Posted on 10/5/22 at 5:22 pm to RLDSC FAN
Best roads I can actually recall were in Indiana. Was pretty impressed with the quality of their roads.
Posted on 10/5/22 at 5:24 pm to RLDSC FAN
Figured Alabama would at least be bottom half.
Posted on 10/5/22 at 5:27 pm to RLDSC FAN
I must’ve driven a couple thousand miles through California over the summer and there’s no way their roads are as bad as ours. All of the freeways and major highways are solid for the most part, and even many of the desert roads were great aside from some deceptive dips. Hell I spent a lot of time in Death Valley and the paved roads out there are better than any in New Orleans.
Posted on 10/5/22 at 5:38 pm to RLDSC FAN
I can definitely vouch for New Hampshire. Their roads are fricking amazing. 3 things New Hampshire does right…roads, ice cream shops & candy shops. I swear I couldn’t drive 1/4 mile without seeing a ice cream or candy shop.
Posted on 10/5/22 at 6:06 pm to RLDSC FAN
I always thought the California roads I drove on were in good shape.
And a lot of Alabama roads are like garbage
And a lot of Alabama roads are like garbage
Posted on 10/5/22 at 6:55 pm to RLDSC FAN
Lakeview should have LA number one all by itself.
Posted on 10/5/22 at 7:02 pm to RLDSC FAN
I’m surprised CA is up there.
Never driven over there but that just seems surprising is all
Never driven over there but that just seems surprising is all
Posted on 10/5/22 at 7:04 pm to RLDSC FAN
When I lived uptown, my side street was repaved and it was like living on a hwy bc everyone knew that was the one street that wouldn’t break your car.
Posted on 10/5/22 at 7:13 pm to RLDSC FAN
So do we need a tank to drive in the 7 before Louisiana?
Posted on 10/5/22 at 7:37 pm to RLDSC FAN
Omit New Orleans and LA jumps up 20 spots
Posted on 10/5/22 at 7:52 pm to RLDSC FAN
Montana at 18 is surprisingly low. Outside of interstates and some of the highways, the roads are as garbage as you’d expect a low population state with mountains and severe winters to be. You go through at least one windshield a year.
Posted on 10/5/22 at 9:12 pm to RLDSC FAN
I’ve been to many states and Louisiana is not 8th. They’re 48-50th just like every other ranking
Posted on 10/5/22 at 9:29 pm to RLDSC FAN
Been all over the west, Texas, Oklahoma, and Kansas. Louisiana has the worst roads of any state I've ever personally been too, and it's not close.
I just came home last month for a two week visit after a whole year in San Jose, and the state of the roads in Louisiana was a shock. Just utter garbage, no matter where you go.
I just came home last month for a two week visit after a whole year in San Jose, and the state of the roads in Louisiana was a shock. Just utter garbage, no matter where you go.
Posted on 10/5/22 at 9:53 pm to RLDSC FAN
Man, I feel like Rhode Island should be known for having good roads.
Posted on 10/5/22 at 9:59 pm to RLDSC FAN
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2. Rhode Island
How is that fricking possible?I was expecting some mountain or rural states, but really, Rhode Island? Florida literally has higher elevation than it and may be a thousand times larger than it. How fricking pathetic. The Denver metro area is bigger than Rhode Island. I’m willing to bet it takes less time to drive from end to end of that state than it takes to get from downtown Denver to the Denver airport at rush hour.
This post was edited on 10/5/22 at 10:00 pm
Posted on 10/5/22 at 10:00 pm to RLDSC FAN
Michigan should be number 1.
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