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The Fix Were In For: The State of Our Nations Busiest Bridges
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ABOUT TRANSPORTATION FOR AMERICA

This report was written by Stephen Lee Davis with additional contributions from Kevin DeGood, Nick Donohue and David Goldberg of Transportation for America. Our thanks also go to the USDOT and FHWA for their cooperation on the National Bridge Inventory Data. Released October 19, 2011.

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The state of our nations busiest bridges

Pounded by heavy traffic day in and day out, the bridges in our metropolitan areas are indispensible links in the transportation system that takes millions of people to work and goods to market every day. And they threaten to become weak links, as they age and deteriorate in an era when public investment in infrastructure is shrinking in relative terms.. The impact of a failure to attend to our bridges became all too clear in September, 2011, when the governors of Kentucky and Indiana were forced to close the busy Sherman Minton Bridge in metropolitan Louisville after inspectors found cracks in its structural beams. The closure made national

headlines as Louisville traffic was snarled and millions of Americans wondered about the condition of the busy bridges they have to cross each day. With the majority of American bridges soon due for major maintenance, overhaul or replacement, scenarios such as this could begin playing out with increasing frequency absent concerted effort and investment.

The largest 102 metropolitan areas

Transportation for America conducted an analysis of the National Bridge Inventory, a database produced by the Federal Highway Administration (FHWA), and found one in nine U.S. bridges has been rated structurally deficient. This means that the bridge is in need of more frequent

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McDonalds vs. deficient bridges in 102 largest US metropolitan areas ~14,000 Number of US locations 18,239 Number of deficient bridges 64 million Daily customers served worldwide 210 million Trips taken daily on deficient bridges

years, including a quadrupling of state funding for bridge repairs. California leads the nation with the busiest deficient bridges. In Los Angeles, for example, 396 cars drive across a structurally deficient bridge every second of each day, on average. When ranking metros by the sheer

monitoring and critical, near-term maintenance, rehabilitation or replacement. Structurally deficient bridges in metropolitan areas carry a disproportionate share of all trips taken on a deficient bridge each day. In fact, deficient bridges in the largest 102 metropolitan areas carry three-quarters of all traffic crossing a deficient bridge. Put another way, there are more deficient bridges in these 102 regions than there are McDonalds restaurants in the entire country 18,239 versus about 14,000. Worldwide, McDonalds serves a staggering 64 million people a day. But here in America, 210 million trips are taken daily across deficient bridges in just these 102 regions. Pennsylvania leads all other states in the nation with six metropolitan areas with a high percentage of deficient bridges. Pittsburgh leads the way with 30 percent of area bridges rated deficient higher even than the state average of 26.5 percent. It is important to note that these numbers would be worse without the intensive bridge repair program implemented by Pennsylvania in the last several
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volume of traffic on deficient bridges, California regions take several of the top spots, with the daily volume in Los Angeles at number one, more than double that of second place New York.

Structurally deficient bridges

Americas infrastructure is showing its age. Despite billions of dollars in annual federal, state and local funds directed toward the maintenance of bridges, 69,223 bridges overall are classified as structurally deficient, according to the Federal Highway Administration (FHWA). Moreover, many bridges have exceeded their 50-year design lifespan. Without significant investment in repair this trend is likely to worsen as the average age of an American bridge is 42 years. According to FHWAs 2009 statistics (the most recent year for which national data are available), $70.9 billion is needed to address the current backlog of deficient bridges. The good news is that some states have worked hard to address the problem and have reduced the backlog of deficient bridges. The bad news is that, critical as these efforts are, they are not nearly

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Metros 500,000 - 1 million, ranked by percent of deficient bridges

Rank Metro Population 2009 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 929,015 507,766 549,454 562,906 816,012 849,517 562,963 536,919 674,860 714,765 Tulsa, OK Lancaster, PA Scranton, PA Des Moines, IA Allentown, PA Omaha, NE Youngstown, OH Harrisburg, PA Stockton, CA Greensboro, NC 27.5% 26.5% 26.1% 24.3% 21.5% 19.0% 18.9% 18.4% 18.0% 16.0% Metro Area Name Percent Deficient Total Bridges 783 198 239 358 234 492 228 175 115 199 Average Daily Deficient Bridges 3,809,427 734,532 1,157,189 559,735 1,374,885 466,802 789,241 891,188 2,453,016 1,014,005 44 9 13 6 16 5 9 10 28 12 Drivers crossing deficient bridge every second Deficient Traffic on

Metros 1-2 million, ranked by percent of deficient bridges

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 1,227,278 1,839,700 1,600,642 1,745,524 1,035,566 1,801,848 1,743,658 1,304,926 1,131,070 1,125,827 Oklahoma City, OK San Jose, CA Providence, RI Charlotte, NC Rochester, NY Columbus, OH Indianapolis, IN Memphis, TN Birmingham, AL Raleigh, NC 19.8% 18.7% 18.6% 12.1% 12.0% 11.1% 10.9% 9.9% 9.7% 9.7% 685 189 212 217 142 323 346 247 227 105 1,857,956 5,906,551 3,933,150 1,060,518 1,171,304 1,736,553 2,069,074 1,320,211 1,284,706 670,610 22 68 46 12 14 20 24 15 15 8

Metros over 2 million, ranked by percent of deficient bridges

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 2,354,957 4,317,853 5,968,252 2,127,355 4,143,113 2,067,585 4,588,680 4,403,437 2,091,286 Pittsburgh, PA San Francisco, CA Philadelphia, PA Sacramento, CA Riverside, CA Kansas City, MO Boston, MA Detroit, MI Cleveland, OH 30.4% 20.9% 20.0% 15.4% 12.2% 12.1% 11.7% 11.5% 11.4% 9.8%
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1133 380 907 211 296 617 308 286 213 778

4,944,931 15,600,871 9,355,193 5,135,871 5,020,110 2,041,581 7,872,648 4,212,716 2,453,811 17,505,467

57 181 108 59 58 24 91 49 28 203

19,069,796 New York, NY

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Bridge Repair Funding Levels Versus FhWA Needs Estimate

Federal Estimates to Eliminate Backlog Actual Highway Bridge Program Appropriations

a 75 percent reduction in the total number of trips taken on deficient bridges each year. Tackling a project of that size would mean tens of thousands, even millions, of new construction jobs. And several analyses have shown that repair creates more jobs per dollar than new highway construction. The problem of deficient bridges in our metropolitan areas is a stubborn one that current transportation programs have not been able to address adequately. There are several reasons why many of these bridges remain in poor condition. Large metropolitan bridges are complicated to repair or replace, given their sheer size and the complexity of working around thousands of motorists each day. They are extremely expensive to overhaul or replace. In Louisville, KY, for example, replacing the Sherman Minton bridge and another key span in need of attention would cost an estimated $4 billion. With the federal governments current level of funding for bridge repair, that project would take 14 years and consume every dollar of the combined repair funds apportioned to Ohio and Kentucky.

Figure B: Bridge Repair Funding Levels Versus Needs Estimate

2006

$48 billion $4.6 billion $51.6 billion $5.1 billion $61.4 billion $5.2 billion $70.9 billion $5.2 billion
10 20 30 40 50 60 70

2007

2008

2009

Billions

enough. Two key problems persist: First, while Congress has repeatedly declared bridge safety a national priority, existing federal programs offer no real incentives or assurances that aging bridges will actually get fixed. Second, the current level of investment is nowhere near what is needed to keep up with our rapidly growing backlog of aging bridges.

The metropolitan connection

The silver lining for elected officials, planners, and the public is that focusing increased investment in metropolitan areas can dramatically improve safety and performance. We can have the greatest impact on the largest number of people each day by prioritizing heavily traveled deficient bridges in major metropolitan areas. In fact, repairing or replacing all of the structurally deficient bridges in the largest 102 metropolitan areas would result in
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Recommendations
As an increasing number of our bridges reach and pass their original design life spans, repairing the nations biggest and busiest bridges will require a national strategy that is not possible under a program where money is distributed to states by formula with little accountability. Simply put, the current federal program does not provide enough dedicated funding to repair and rebuild the most critical high-traffic bridges. From 2006 to 2009 the cost to fix structurally deficient bridges rose almost 50% from $48 billion to $70.9 billion, while the amount of funding provided to states for bridge repair only increased 13%. However, we cannot solve this problem simply by providing more money. We need a fundamental shift in policy to ensure that we take care of our existing infrastructure. States should be required to show that they have taken care of what they have before they spend repair money on new capacity they cant afford to maintain. We need clear priorities to ensure that money set aside for repair cant be spent on other things, and is directed to the most pressing needs. It would be a tragic and shortsighted trade-off to do as some members of Congress have suggested and eliminate funding for safe walking and bicycling in the name of bridge repair. Existing sums for those safety projects are far too small to make a significant dent in bridge repair, but they are vital in preventing fatalities and addressing the
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demand for safe access by foot and bicycle.

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These following tables contain the full metropolitan area rankings. The following 6 tables are broken up by metropolitan area population: 1) 500,000-1 million, 2) 1-2 million, and 3) over 2 million. And each grouping of metros by population are ranked two ways: 1) percentage of metropolitan area bridges that are deficient, and 2) by volume of average daily traffic that travels over deficient bridges in metropolitan areas.

Table 1: Metros 500,000 - 1 million ranked by percent of deficient bridges

Rank Metro Population 2009 Metro Area Name Percent Deficient Total Bridges Average Daily Deficient Bridges Drivers crossing deficient bridge every second 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 929,015 507,766 549,454 562,906 816,012 849,517 562,963 Tulsa, OK Lancaster, PA Scranton--Wilkes-Barre, PA Des Moines-West Des Moines, IA Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton, PA-NJ Omaha-Council Bluffs, NE-IA Youngstown-Warren-Boardman, OH-PA 8 9 10 11 536,919 674,860 714,765 516,826 Harrisburg-Carlisle, PA Stockton, CA Greensboro-High Point, NC Portland-South Portland-Biddeford, ME 12 13 14 15 16 17 744,730 539,154 698,903 901,208 699,935 677,094 Columbia, SC Augusta-Richmond County, GA-SC Springfield, MA Bridgeport-Stamford-Norwalk, CT Akron, OH Poughkeepsie-Newburgh-Middletown, NY 18 19 20 21 22 23 857,592 646,084 802,983 915,267 510,385 540,866 Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY Syracuse, NY Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura, CA Fresno, CA Modesto, CA Jackson, MS 11.90% 11.90% 11.80% 11.50% 11.50% 11.30% 132 104 57 101 44 205 676,318 588,596 1,050,590 1,192,214 222,872 253,077 8 7 12 14 3 3 14.60% 13.40% 13.10% 12.90% 12.70% 12.20% 159 89 127 107 104 98 751,028 196,635 1,027,770 1,381,796 1,022,023 662,288 9 2 12 16 12 8 18.40% 18.00% 16.00% 15.80% 175 115 199 96 891,188 2,453,016 1,014,005 486,150 10 28 12 6 27.50% 26.50% 26.10% 24.30% 21.50% 19.00% 18.90% 783 198 239 358 234 492 228 3,809,427 734,532 1,157,189 559,735 1,374,885 466,802 789,241 44 9 13 6 16 5 9 Deficient Traffic on

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Rank Metro Population 2009

Metro Area Name

Percent Deficient

Total Bridges

Average Daily Deficient Bridges

Drivers crossing deficient bridge every second

Deficient Traffic on

24 25

639,617 659,191

Greenville-Mauldin-Easley, SC Charleston-North Charleston-Summerville, SC

11.20% 11.10%

126 76

440,658 294,962

5 3

26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40

835,063 672,220 570,025 778,009 803,701 807,407 786,947 907,574 606,376 848,006 501,228 857,903 626,227 612,683 685,488

Dayton, OH Toledo, OH Madison, WI Grand Rapids-Wyoming, MI Worcester, MA Bakersfield, CA Baton Rouge, LA Honolulu, HI Boise City-Nampa, ID New Haven-Milford, CT Durham, NC Albuquerque, NM Colorado Springs, CO Wichita, KS Little Rock-North Little Rock-Conway, AR

11.00% 10.90% 10.60% 10.00% 9.90% 9.80% 9.50% 7.90% 7.10% 6.50% 6.50% 6.40% 6.10% 5.70% 5.10%

184 144 97 74 98 61 155 52 51 56 53 51 40 166 76

1,155,286 838,717 534,658 513,603 1,118,314 832,601 524,433 1,574,730 383,995 1,323,898 224,390 229,128 381,762 213,646 1,008,476

13 10 6 6 13 10 6 18 4 15 3 3 4 2 12

41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 49 50

699,247 524,303 555,551 541,569 536,357 741,152 751,296 688,126 583,403 586,908

Knoxville, TN Chattanooga, TN-GA Provo-Orem, UT Ogden-Clearfield, UT Palm Bay-Melbourne-Titusville, FL McAllen-Edinburg-Mission, TX El Paso, TX Bradenton-Sarasota-Venice, FL Lakeland-Winter Haven, FL Cape Coral-Fort Myers, FL

5.00% 4.90% 3.30% 3.20% 3.00% 1.60% 0.80% 0.80% 0.60% 0.30%

56 49 10 10 7 6 5 4 2 1

172,655 799,870 297,479 304,190 98,736 1,430 72,380 18,202 12,030 101

2 9 3 4 1 0 1 0 0 0

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Table 2: Metros 500,000 - 1 million ranked by avg. daily traffic on deficient bridges
Rank Metro Population 2009 Metro Area Name Percent Deficient Total Bridges Average Daily Deficient Bridges Drivers crossing deficient bridge every second 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 929,015 674,860 907,574 901,208 816,012 848,006 915,267 549,454 835,063 803,701 802,983 698,903 699,935 714,765 685,488 Tulsa, OK Stockton, CA Honolulu, HI Bridgeport-Stamford-Norwalk, CT Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton, PA-NJ New Haven-Milford, CT Fresno, CA Scranton--Wilkes-Barre, PA Dayton, OH Worcester, MA Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura, CA Springfield, MA Akron, OH Greensboro-High Point, NC Little Rock-North Little Rock-Conway, AR 16 17 18 19 20 536,919 672,220 807,407 524,303 562,963 Harrisburg-Carlisle, PA Toledo, OH Bakersfield, CA Chattanooga, TN-GA Youngstown-Warren-Boardman, OH-PA 21 22 23 24 744,730 507,766 857,592 677,094 Columbia, SC Lancaster, PA Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY Poughkeepsie-Newburgh-Middletown, NY 25 26 27 646,084 562,906 570,025 Syracuse, NY Des Moines-West Des Moines, IA Madison, WI 11.90% 24.30% 10.60% 104 358 97 588,596 559,735 534,658 7 6 6 14.60% 26.50% 11.90% 12.20% 159 198 132 98 751,028 734,532 676,318 662,288 9 9 8 8 18.40% 10.90% 9.80% 4.90% 18.90% 175 144 61 49 228 891,188 838,717 832,601 799,870 789,241 10 10 10 9 9 27.50% 18.00% 7.90% 12.90% 21.50% 6.50% 11.50% 26.10% 11.00% 9.90% 11.80% 13.10% 12.70% 16.00% 5.10% 783 115 52 107 234 56 101 239 184 98 57 127 104 199 76 3,809,427 2,453,016 1,574,730 1,381,796 1,374,885 1,323,898 1,192,214 1,157,189 1,155,286 1,118,314 1,050,590 1,027,770 1,022,023 1,014,005 1,008,476 44 28 18 16 16 15 14 13 13 13 12 12 12 12 12

Deficient Traffic on

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Rank

Metro Population 2009

Metro Area Name

Percent Deficient

Total Bridges

Average Daily Deficient Bridges

Drivers crossing deficient bridge every second

Deficient Traffic on

28 29 30

786,947 778,009 516,826

Baton Rouge, LA Grand Rapids-Wyoming, MI Portland-South Portland-Biddeford, ME

9.50% 10.00% 15.80%

155 74 96

524,433 513,603 486,150

6 6 6

31 32 33 34 35 36 37

849,517 639,617 606,376 626,227 541,569 555,551 659,191

Omaha-Council Bluffs, NE-IA Greenville-Mauldin-Easley, SC Boise City-Nampa, ID Colorado Springs, CO Ogden-Clearfield, UT Provo-Orem, UT Charleston-North Charleston-Summerville, SC

19.00% 11.20% 7.10% 6.10% 3.20% 3.30% 11.10%

492 126 51 40 10 10 76

466,802 440,658 383,995 381,762 304,190 297,479 294,962

5 5 4 4 4 3 3

38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 49 50

540,866 857,903 501,228 510,385 612,683 539,154 699,247 536,357 751,296 688,126 583,403 741,152 586,908

Jackson, MS Albuquerque, NM Durham, NC Modesto, CA Wichita, KS Augusta-Richmond County, GA-SC Knoxville, TN Palm Bay-Melbourne-Titusville, FL El Paso, TX Bradenton-Sarasota-Venice, FL Lakeland-Winter Haven, FL McAllen-Edinburg-Mission, TX Cape Coral-Fort Myers, FL

11.30% 6.40% 6.50% 11.50% 5.70% 13.40% 5.00% 3.00% 0.80% 0.80% 0.60% 1.60% 0.30%

205 51 53 44 166 89 56 7 5 4 2 6 1

253,077 229,128 224,390 222,872 213,646 196,635 172,655 98,736 72,380 18,202 12,030 1,430 101

3 3 3 3 2 2 2 1 1 0 0 0 0

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Table 3: Metros 1-2 million ranked by percent of deficient bridges

Rank Metro Population 2009 Metro Area Name Percent Deficient Total Bridges Average Daily Deficient Bridges Drivers crossing deficient bridge every second 1 2 3 1,227,278 1,839,700 1,600,642 Oklahoma City, OK 19.80% 685 189 212 1,857,956 5,906,551 3,933,150 22 68 46 Deficient Traffic on

San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA 18.70% Providence-New Bedford-Fall River, RI-MA 18.60%

4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15

1,745,524 1,035,566 1,801,848 1,743,658 1,304,926 1,131,070 1,125,827 1,238,187 1,559,667 1,123,804 1,258,577 1,195,998

Charlotte-Gastonia-Concord, NC-SC Rochester, NY Columbus, OH Indianapolis-Carmel, IN Memphis, TN-MS-AR Birmingham-Hoover, AL Raleigh-Cary, NC Richmond, VA Milwaukee-Waukesha-West Allis, WI Buffalo-Niagara Falls, NY Louisville/Jefferson County, KY-IN Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford, CT

12.10% 12.00% 11.10% 10.90% 9.90% 9.70% 9.70% 9.10% 8.80% 8.60% 8.40% 7.90%

217 142 323 346 247 227 105 175 128 99 163 108

1,060,518 1,171,304 1,736,553 2,069,074 1,320,211 1,284,706 670,610 2,257,134 1,498,923 591,016 2,875,341 1,168,144

12 14 20 24 15 15 8 26 17 7 33 14

16 17

1,189,981 1,674,498

New Orleans-Metairie-Kenner, LA Virginia Beach-Norfolk-Newport News, VA-NC

6.50% 5.30%

81 58

769,701 671,266

9 8

18 19

1,328,144 1,582,264

Jacksonville, FL Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro-Franklin, TN

4.10% 3.70%

45 144

444,517 1,187,820

5 14

20 21 22 23

1,020,200 1,130,293 1,705,075 1,902,834

Tucson, AZ Salt Lake City, UT Austin-Round Rock, TX Las Vegas-Paradise, NV

3.10% 2.70% 1.10% 0.20%

31 20 30 13

251,314 334,204 62,874 157,650

3 4 1 2

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Table 4: Metros 1-2 million ranked by average daily traffic on deficient bridges
Rank Metro Population 2009 Metro Area Name Percent Deficient Total Bridges Average Daily Deficient Bridges Drivers crossing deficient bridge every second 1 2 1,839,700 1,600,642 San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA 18.70% Providence-New Bedford-Fall River, RI-MA 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 1,258,577 1,238,187 1,743,658 1,227,278 1,801,848 1,559,667 1,304,926 1,131,070 1,582,264 Louisville/Jefferson County, KY-IN Richmond, VA Indianapolis-Carmel, IN Oklahoma City, OK Columbus, OH Milwaukee-Waukesha-West Allis, WI Memphis, TN-MS-AR Birmingham-Hoover, AL Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro-Franklin, TN 12 13 1,035,566 1,195,998 Rochester, NY Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford, CT 14 15 16 1,745,524 1,189,981 1,674,498 Charlotte-Gastonia-Concord, NC-SC New Orleans-Metairie-Kenner, LA Virginia Beach-Norfolk-Newport News, VA-NC 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 1,125,827 1,123,804 1,328,144 1,130,293 1,020,200 1,902,834 1,705,075 Raleigh-Cary, NC Buffalo-Niagara Falls, NY Jacksonville, FL Salt Lake City, UT Tucson, AZ Las Vegas-Paradise, NV Austin-Round Rock, TX 9.70% 8.60% 4.10% 2.70% 3.10% 0.20% 1.10% 105 99 45 20 31 13 30 670,610 591,016 444,517 334,204 251,314 157,650 62,874 8 7 5 4 3 2 1 12.10% 6.50% 5.30% 217 81 58 1,060,518 769,701 671,266 12 9 8 12.00% 7.90% 142 108 1,171,304 1,168,144 14 14 8.40% 9.10% 10.90% 19.80% 11.10% 8.80% 9.90% 9.70% 3.70% 163 175 346 685 323 128 247 227 144 2,875,341 2,257,134 2,069,074 1,857,956 1,736,553 1,498,923 1,320,211 1,284,706 1,187,820 33 26 24 22 20 17 15 15 14 18.60% 189 212 5,906,551 3,933,150 68 46 Deficient Traffic on

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Table 5: Metros over 2 million ranked by percent of deficient bridges

Rank Metro Population 2009 Metro Area Name Percent Deficient Total Bridges Avg. Daily Deficient Bridges Drivers crossing deficient bridge every second 1 2 3 2,354,957 4,317,853 5,968,252 Pittsburgh, PA San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PANJ-DE-MD 4 2,127,355 Sacramento--Arden-Arcade--Roseville, CA 5 6 7 8 9 10 4,143,113 2,067,585 4,588,680 4,403,437 2,091,286 Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA Kansas City, MO-KS Boston-Cambridge-Quincy, MA-NH Detroit-Warren-Livonia, MI Cleveland-Elyria-Mentor, OH 12.20% 12.10% 11.70% 11.50% 11.40% 9.80% 296 617 308 286 213 778 5,020,110 2,041,581 7,872,648 4,212,716 2,453,811 17,505,467 58 24 91 49 28 203 15.40% 211 5,135,871 59 30.40% 20.90% 20.00% 1133 380 907 4,944,931 15,600,871 9,355,193 57 181 108 Deficient Traffic on

19,069,796 New York-Northern New Jersey-Long Island, NY-NJ-PA

11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18

9,580,567 2,828,990

Chicago-Naperville-Joliet, IL-IN-WI St. Louis, MO-IL

9.40% 8.80% 8.30% 7.20% 7.00% 6.60% 6.50% 5.90%

481 390 386 167 219 145 266 154

6,148,678 2,423,876 34,174,712 3,004,324 1,397,319 3,809,511 1,196,282 1,821,920

71 28 396 35 16 44 14 21

12,874,797 Los Angeles-Long Beach-Santa Ana, CA 2,690,886 2,171,896 2,552,195 5,475,213 3,269,814 Baltimore-Towson, MD Cincinnati-Middletown, OH-KY-IN Denver-Aurora, CO Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Marietta, GA Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MNWI

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5,476,241

Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DCVA-MD-WV

5.70%

215

3,611,401

42

20 21 22 23 24

3,053,793 2,241,841 3,407,848 5,867,489 5,547,051

San Diego-Carlsbad-San Marcos, CA Portland-Vancouver-Beaverton, OR-WA Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA Houston-Sugar Land-Baytown, TX Miami-Fort Lauderdale-Pompano Beach, FL

5.50% 5.00% 4.80% 2.70% 2.50%

79 81 99 166 54

3,481,176 894,827 1,354,153 688,744 600,252

40 10 16 8 7

25

6,447,615

Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX
14

2.20%

193

1,716,729

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Rank Metro Population 2009

Metro Area Name

Percent Deficient

Total Bridges

Avg. Daily Deficient Bridges

Drivers crossing deficient bridge every second

Deficient Traffic on

26 27 28 29

4,364,094 2,747,272 2,072,128 2,082,421

Phoenix-Mesa-Scottsdale, AZ Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL San Antonio, TX Orlando-Kissimmee, FL

1.10% 1.10% 0.60% 0.60%

31 15 20 7

434,142 206,494 43,080 5,265

5 2 0 0

Table 6: Metros over 2 million ranked by average daily traffic on deficient bridges
Rank Metro Population 2009 Metro Area Name Percent Deficient Total Bridges Avg. Daily Deficient Bridges 1 12,874,797 Los Angeles-Long Beach-Santa Ana, CA 2 19,069,796 New York-Northern New Jersey-Long Island, NY-NJ-PA 3 4 4,317,853 5,968,252 San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PANJ-DE-MD 5 6 7 4,588,680 9,580,567 2,127,355 Boston-Cambridge-Quincy, MA-NH Chicago-Naperville-Joliet, IL-IN-WI Sacramento--Arden-Arcade--Roseville, CA 8 9 10 11 12 4,143,113 2,354,957 4,403,437 2,552,195 5,476,241 Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA Pittsburgh, PA Detroit-Warren-Livonia, MI Denver-Aurora, CO Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DCVA-MD-WV 13 14 15 3,053,793 2,690,886 2,091,286 San Diego-Carlsbad-San Marcos, CA Baltimore-Towson, MD Cleveland-Elyria-Mentor, OH
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Drivers crossing deficient bridge every second 396

Deficient Traffic on

8.30%

386

34,174,712

9.80%

778

17,505,467

203

20.90% 20.00%

380 907

15,600,871 9,355,193

181 108

11.70% 9.40% 15.40%

308 481 211

7,872,648 6,148,678 5,135,871

91 71 59

12.20% 30.40% 11.50% 6.60% 5.70%

296 1133 286 145 215

5,020,110 4,944,931 4,212,716 3,809,511 3,611,401

58 57 49 44 42

5.50% 7.20% 11.40%

79 167 213

3,481,176 3,004,324 2,453,811

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Rank Metro Population 2009

Metro Area Name

Percent Deficient

Total Bridges

Avg. Daily Deficient Bridges

Drivers crossing deficient bridge every second 28 24 21

Deficient Traffic on

16 17 18

2,828,990 2,067,585 3,269,814

St. Louis, MO-IL Kansas City, MO-KS Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI

8.80% 12.10% 5.90%

390 617 154

2,423,876 2,041,581 1,821,920

19 20 21 22 23

6,447,615 2,171,896 3,407,848 5,475,213 2,241,841

Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX Cincinnati-Middletown, OH-KY-IN Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Marietta, GA Portland-Vancouver-Beaverton, ORWA

2.20% 7.00% 4.80% 6.50% 5.00%

193 219 99 266 81

1,716,729 1,397,319 1,354,153 1,196,282 894,827

20 16 16 14 10

24 25

5,867,489 5,547,051

Houston-Sugar Land-Baytown, TX Miami-Fort Lauderdale-Pompano Beach, FL

2.70% 2.50%

166 54

688,744 600,252

8 7

26 27 28 29

4,364,094 2,747,272 2,072,128 2,082,421

Phoenix-Mesa-Scottsdale, AZ Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL San Antonio, TX Orlando-Kissimmee, FL

1.10% 1.10% 0.60% 0.60%

31 15 20 7

434,142 206,494 43,080 5,265

5 2 0 0

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