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Deteriorating roads and bridges are costing U.S. drivers
Infrastructure - APRIL 7, 2023

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Deteriorating roads and bridges are costing U.S. drivers

by Kali Persall

Aging roadways are costing American drivers — literally. QuoteWizard, a U.S. insurance comparison platform, recently released a study titled States with the Worst Road Infrastructure, which found that deteriorating roads and bridges cost drivers an average of $556 every year in repairs, and in some states, nearly $1,000.

The high costs drivers pay results from a combination of what the Federal Highway Administration considers “non-acceptable” roads and poor bridge decks. QuoteWizard analyzed data from the Bureau of Transportation Statistics on the percentage of non-acceptable roads and square miles of poor bridge deck and found that nationwide, 19 percent of U.S. roads are in non-acceptable condition, and 5 percent of bridges are in poor condition.

The more non-acceptable roads and poor bridge decks a state has, the more drivers pay. Of all the states, Rhode Island, West Virginia and Massachusetts were found to have the worst road infrastructure — that

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