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Thursday, March 28, 2024

47,052 of bridges in the United States are structurally deficient.

 

A recent study from the American Road and Transportation Builders Association (ARTBA) identified Iowa, Pennsylvania, and Oklahoma as the states with the highest number of bridges deemed ‘structurally deficient.’

Specifically, in Iowa, there are 4,675 structurally deficient bridges—close to 20% of the state’s bridges, about 16.5% or 3,770 bridges are deficient in Pennsylvania, and about 10.9% or 2,540 deficient bridges in the state of Oklahoma.

Overall, 47,052 of bridges in the United States are in need of repair, replacement, or significant rehabilitation.

“America’s bridge network is outdated, underfunded and in urgent need of modernization. State and local government just haven’t been given the necessary resources to get the job done,” said ARTBA’s Chief Economist who led the team behind the report, Alison Premo Black.

Leaders from the American Road and Transportation Builders Association said this report reinforces the argument to boost federal resources to go towards repairing the nation’s infrastructure.

President of ARTBA, Dave Bauer, said, “This report makes clear that it’s about time Congress and the Trump administration stop talking and start solving this national problem.”