How are Maine Roads? Georgia? Rhode Island? A new report has been released, Source of data: Reason Foundation, Performance of State Highway Systems, 1984-2005, 16th Annual Report by David T. Hartgen and Ravi K. Karanam. Project Director, Adrian T. Moore, Ph.D. In addition to the actual report and its summary and methodology description, I went right to the visual: the interactive map. If you click on each state it will reveal the following information:
Maine 2005
Overall Rank: 23
2004 Overall Rank: 22
Mileage under state control 8684
Total disbursements per mile $68343.62 (Rank: 14)
Rural interstate miles in poor condition 0% (Rank: 1)
Rural primary road miles in poor condition 2.41% (Rank: 44)
Urban interstate miles in poor condition 1.47% (Rank: 17)
Urban interstate miles congested 2.94% (Rank: 5)
Rural primary roads with narrow lanes 25.89% (Rank: 44)
Fatality rate per 100 million miles 1.132 (Rank: 11)
Deficient bridges 29.87% (Rank: 36)
Click here to see which states fare the best and which have the worst roads.