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28th Annual Highway Report

Thursday, March 13, 2025 0:09
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Introduction

Reason Foundation’s 28th Annual Highway Report evaluates state highway systems on cost versus quality using a method developed in the early 1990s by David T. Hartgen, Ph.D., emeritus professor at the University of North Carolina at Charlotte. This method has since been refined by Hartgen, M. Gregory Fields, Baruch Feigenbaum, and Truong Bui.

Since states have different budgets, system sizes, and traffic and geographic circumstances, their comparative performance depends on both system performance and the resources available. To determine relative performance across the country, state highway system budgets (per mile of responsibility) are compared with system performance, state by state. States with high rankings typically have better-than-average system conditions (good for road users) along with relatively low per-mile expenditures (also good for taxpayers).

The following table shows the overall highway performance of the state highway systems in the 28th Annual Highway Report, primarily using data that each state directly reported to the Federal Highway Administration. This year’s highest-ranked states are North Carolina, South Carolina, North Dakota, Virginia, and Tennessee. At the other end of the overall rankings are Alaska, California, Hawaii, Washington, and Louisiana.

Similar to last year, the top-performing states are a mix of large and small states as well as states that are more urban and more rural. (Tables 1, 2, 3, 4, and Figure 1). Five large-population (more than seven million people) states place in the top 10 of the overall rankings: North Carolina (2nd), Virginia (4th), Tennessee (5th), Georgia (6th), and Ohio (10th).

Numerous factors—terrain, climate, truck volumes, urbanization, system age, budget priorities, unit cost differences, state budget circumstances, and management/maintenance philosophies—all affect overall performance in the Annual Highway Report. The remainder of this report reviews the statistics underlying these overall rankings in more detail.

The overall rankings are not dramatically different from the previous version of the Annual Highway Report. However, three states’ overall ranking improved by double digits this year, while two states’ overall rankings declined by 10 or more spots:

  • Idaho improved 19 positions from 34th to 15th in the overall rankings, as rural Interstate condition improved by 34 positions and urban Interstate condition improved by 22 positions. In addition, the rural fatality rate improved by 20 positions.
  • Maine improved 11 positions from 32nd to 21st in the overall rankings, as rural Interstate condition improved by 24 positions. Capital disbursements also improved by 12 positions.
  • New Jersey improved 10 positions from 44th to 34th in the overall rankings, as administrative and maintenance disbursements improved by 15 and 25 positions respectively. Rural Interstate condition improved by 12 positions.
  • Massachusetts declined 20 positions from 20th to 40th in the overall rankings, as rural Interstate condition declined by 23 positions. The state also fared poorly in disbursements. Administrative disbursements worsened by 19 positions and maintenance disbursements declined by 26 positions.
  • Arkansas declined 15 positions from 13th to 28th in the overall rankings, as rural fatalities declined by 25 positions and urban fatalities worsened by 39 positions. Capital disbursements also declined by 10 positions.
28th Annual Highway Report: Each State’s Highway Performance Ranking By Category
State Overall Capital & Bridge Disbursements Ratio Maintenance Disbursements Ratio Admin Disbursements Ratio Other Disbursements Ratio Rural Interstate Pavement Condition Urban Interstate Pavement Condition Rural Arterial Pavement Condition Urban Arterial Pavement Condition Urbanized Area Congestion Structurally Deficient Bridges Rural Fatality Rate  Urban Fatality Rate  Other Fatality Rate 
North Carolina  1 7 5 1 3 20 17 15 10 21 31 39 9 39
South Carolina  2 2 4 6 1 27 10 22 7 23 18 44 41 48
North Dakota  3 26 14 15 11 6 3 20 25 1 42 29 6 7
Virginia 4 1 29 12 5 11 26 8 17 37 9 35 23 16
Tennessee 5 11 13 28 2 19 16 18 9 27 11 27 43 42
Georgia 6 8 15 32 22 14 13 2 3 43 5 25 39 29
Minnesota 7 29 36 36 36 8 14 17 2 29 12 2 1 6
Utah  8 47 34 27 32 10 18 10 6 16 6 10 17 9
Missouri  9 3 11 5 27 18 23 14 22 20 39 26 32 17
Ohio 10 6 20 18 26 26 32 9 36 14 13 9 12 31
Kentucky 11 15 17 2 31 24 30 7 14 22 33 17 22 47
Wyoming  12 23 27 9 8 21 42 6 18 8 29 36 14 22
Connecticut  13 18 9 14 20 9 15 32 28 32 21 30 26 21
Florida  14 40 25 23 23 4 9 5 5 39 10 38 48 27
Idaho  15 49 33 17 40 23 7 12 12 7 20 23 5 15
Montana  16 16 38 19 25 13 2 24 27 18 32 41 44 24
Alabama 17 22 1 42 46 33 29 4 1 17 8 33 29 26
Mississippi  18 13 2 8 9 32 35 38 32 6 28 40 42 30
New Hampshire 19 9 28 46 44 2 1 19 8 33 34 19 3 20
Indiana  20 46 49 16 6 34 22 3 4 28 24 14 45 5
Maine  21 21 35 11 24 3 6 44 29 2 46 15 4 23
Kansas 22 38 23 34 49 15 21 13 21 5 22 11 19 35
Michigan  23 33 22 13 15 38 41 16 33 26 43 3 24 19
Nevada  24 36 26 49 34 5 20 1 11 35 3 47 25 37
Texas 25 32 18 38 19 22 34 11 38 40 2 37 34 43
Wisconsin 26 24 10 24 39 30 33 39 44 24 27 7 10 10
South Dakota  27 31 39 45 12 7 11 23 15 11 48 21 15 40
Arkansas 28 25 6 3 21 39 40 36 30 4 23 43 46 36
Arizona  29 27 7 41 30 41 12 30 20 30 1 45 38 41
Nebraska  30 28 32 29 16 16 25 35 49 15 36 20 31 12
Iowa  31 44 21 33 17 28 24 40 26 3 49 6 11 18
Maryland  32 19 31 22 47 25 44 27 45 45 14 1 28 11
West Virginia 33 5 12 7 4 35 31 45 13 10 50 34 13 50
New Jersey  34 39 16 10 38 12 43 29 41 50 30 5 16 8
Oregon  35 34 47 39 37 17 19 26 23 41 15 46 35 44
Illinois  36 45 24 30 29 29 37 42 34 46 38 16 21 28
Pennsylvania  37 17 37 31 33 37 39 31 37 42 45 12 20 25
New Mexico 38 10 3 44 35 40 36 34 39 25 16 42 50 34
Oklahoma 39 37 43 37 42 36 38 43 31 12 41 22 30 49
Massachusetts  40 12 41 43 18 43 28 33 46 49 37 24 8 4
Delaware 41 4 46 48 10 N/A 46 21 16 48 4 49 36 38
Rhode Island  42 30 30 20 7 1 4 49 48 38 47 31 2 2
Colorado 43 42 45 26 13 47 45 37 35 36 19 32 40 32
Vermont 44 35 48 50 48 31 5 48 24 9 7 8 7 14
New York  45 41 42 40 41 42 48 28 47 47 40 4 18 13
Louisiana 46 14 19 4 45 45 49 46 42 34 44 13 37 46
Washington  47 50 50 47 50 44 27 25 43 31 17 18 27 33
Hawaii  48 20 8 25 14 N/A 50 47 40 19 26 50 47 1
California  49 43 44 35 43 46 47 41 50 44 25 28 33 45
Alaska 50 48 40 21 28 48 8 50 19 13 35 48 49 3

View national trends and state-by-state performances by category:

Complete Report  PDF
Complete State-by-State Summaries  PDF

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