Indiana Highways Ranked in Bottom Half of the USA

In a recent study released last month,  Reason Foundation's 22nd Annual Highway Report ranked the USA's performance of state highways in 11 categories including highway spending, traffic congestion, fatality rates, and pavement and bridge conditions.

The top 5 states in the country with the nation's most cost-effective state highway systems are:

1. South Carolina
2. South Dakota
3. Kansas
4. Nebraska
5. Maine

Indiana ranked #36 while Alaska and New Jersey were at the bottom.

Pavement conditions in the nation have worsened slightly.  The poorest conditions in the country with urban Interstate pavement included:  California, Louisiana, Michigan, New York, and Texas. Rural Interstate pavement in the poorest conditions are:   Alaska, California, Colorado, Indiana, and Washington.

Deficient bridges are decreasing across the country, however, traffic congestion in over 40 states have motorists wasting at least 20 hours a year stuck in traffic.  In over 20 states, motorists are suffering annual congestion delays of at least 40 hours per year which is equivalent to losing a full workweek due to traffic jams.

Indiana came in at #19 in fatality rates, #20 in administrative disbursements per mile, and #21 in deficient bridges.

Indiana also ranked #44 as mentioned above in rural Interstate pavement condition and #40 in maintenance disbursements per mile.

The overall performance and cost-effectiveness rankings in Reason Foundation’s 22nd Annual Highway Report: