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Figure 1-3: Highway Bridge Condition

Tuesday, January 3, 2012

Figure 1-3: Highway Bridge Condition

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Nevada

Year Total # of Bridges Structurally deficient Functionally obsolete Total of Both
# % # % # %
1996 1,272 61 5 202 16 263 21
1997 1,363 59 4 156 11 215 16
1998 1,372 77 6 156 11 233 17
1999 1,453 82 6 156 11 238 16
2000 1,423 68 5 148 10 216 15
2001 1,510 67 4 154 10 221 15

United States

Year Total # of Bridges Structurally deficient Functionally obsolete Total of Both
# % # % # %
1996 582,043 101,544 17 81,217 14 182,761 31
1997 583,207 98,521 17 77,466 13 175,987 30
1998 583,414 93,119 16 79,567 14 172,686 30
1999 585,542 88,150 15 81,900 14 125,328 30
2000 587,458 86,692 15 80,889 14 167,581 29
2001 590,066 83,630 14 81,469 14 165,099 28

SOURCE: U.S. Department of Transportation, Federal Highway Administration, National Bridge Inventory: Deficient Bridges by State and Highway System, Washington, DC: 2001, available at http://www.fhwa.dot.gov/bridge/britab.htm as of Jan. 31, 2002.