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Figure 1-3: Highway Bridge Condition

Tuesday, January 3, 2012

Figure 1-3: Highway Bridge Condition

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Wisconsin

Year Total # of Bridges Structurally deficient Functionally obsolete Total of Both
# % # % # %
1996 13,765 2,275 17 664 5 2,939 21
1997 13,785 2,128 15 1,094 8 3,222 23
1998 13,902 2,017 15 1,115 8 3,132 23
1999 13,881 1,953 14 1,121 8 3,074 22
2000 13,418 1,792 13 885 7 2,677 20
2001 13,516 1,862 14 795 6 2,657 20

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.