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One in nine of the nation’s bridges are rated as structurally deficient, while the average age
Overview of the nation’s 607,380 bridges is currently 42 years
estimates that to eliminate the nation’s bridge deficient backlog by 2028
need to invest $20.5 billion annually, while only $12.8 billion is being spent currently
Bridge Statistics
Annual progress
Cost Analysis
Conclusion
‐Country wise data
for each country is
available for total,
Structurally deficient
& functionally
obsolete bridge.
‐color index is also
separated for each
three cases.
Region:
D
E
C
R
E
A
S
I
N
G
Interestingly, structurally deficient bridges lies ~8% in urban and ~13.5% in Rural area.
Year by year Gradual improvement is seen, but not significant. Whereas, functionally obsolete bridges lies ~22% in urban area and ~10.5% in Rural are.
Bridge Posting:
………
Analyzing 2007 to 2012 data, it shows in total, bridge maintenance is
improving gradually.
Solution:
Proposed Financial solution to fulfill the investment gap of $112 billion:
Cost required to repair all bridge of
each state is indicated. New York is
ranked 1 with $9.37 billion
necessary cost. In total $75.98
billion cost will be necessary to
repair or replace all deficient
highway bridges.
Raising the bridge grades: Comparison:
Comparison ACSE Report Vs. RITA:
Raising the Grades: Solutions that Work Now (ASCE) Data is available per country in ASCE report so I extracted data of each country of Arizona and compared with RITA
ASCE VS RITA State: ARIZONA
• Trend of US highway bridge (Chart‐RITA)
• Condition of highway bridge 1990‐2012 table
• Highway Bridges in the United States—Details of every bridges
If you click on bridge (Right map) position of bridge,
condition and other detail information is available for
each and every bridge as shown in left.
(To Visit the page click on above map)