Rhode Island, Oklahoma and West Virginia Top the Nation for Worst Road Infrastructure

States with poor road infrastructure had higher costs per driver and typically poor road conditions across the board

On top of taxpayer dollars, it’s estimated that driving on roads in need of repair costs motorists $120 billion in vehicle repairs and operating costs – $533 per driver, according to a recent report by QuoteWizard.

QuoteWizard®, a LendingTree company, and one of the nation’s leading online insurance marketplaces released its report on States with the Worst Road Infrastructure finding that 61% of highways nationwide are in fair to poor condition. Transportation for America estimates a cost of $231 billion a year to keep our existing road network in acceptable repair.

While analyzing FHA data, QuoteWizard found a correlation between states that use funds to maintain roads and states that rank well overall for road infrastructure. States with poor road infrastructure had higher costs per driver and typically poor road conditions across the board.

Key Findings:

• Rhode Island, Oklahoma and West Virginia top in the nation for worst road infrastructure.
• Tennessee, Georgia and Florida best in the nation for road infrastructure.
• Top 10 states with the worst infrastructure costs drivers an annual average of $752 from poor road conditions.
• Top 5 states with the worst infrastructure spend below the national average of 30% on-road repairs.

To view the full report, visit
https://quotewizard.com/news/posts/states-with-worst-infrastructure

Methodology

QuoteWizard analyzed Federal Highway Administration data to rank states on the overall quality of road infrastructure. Rankings are a composite score based on a state’s rating in the percentage of poor condition roads, the annual cost per motorist from roads in need of repair and percentage of structurally deficient bridges. Rankings 1 to 50 are from 1st as worst overall road infrastructure and 50th as best overall road infrastructure.

Rank Overall	State	% of roads in poor condition	Cost per motorist	Bridges (% structurally deficient)	Road repair as % of spending
1	Rhode Island	53%	$823	23.26%	20%
2	Oklahoma	33%	$900	14.01%	27%
3	West Virginia	31%	$723	18.98%	19%
4	Mississippi	30%	$820	11.76%	4%
5	Pennsylvania	30%	$610	18.31%	22%
6	New Jersey	34%	$703	8.84%	57%
7	California	45%	$862	6.24%	35%
8	Missouri	23%	$699	12.6%	20%
9	Louisiana	25%	$624	14.1%	22%
10	New Mexico	31%	$768	6.27%	39%
11	Wisconsin	29%	$736	8.73%	33%
12	Connecticut	34%	$676	7.83%	21%
13	Hawaii	42%	$764	5.81%	31%
14	Michigan	24%	$645	10.5%	54%
15	Massachusetts	30%	$627	9.28%	23%
16	Maine	22%	$529	13.26%	65%
17	New Hampshire	25%	$525	10.89%	45%
18	South Dakota	14%	$563	18.58%	69%
19	South Carolina	18%	$557	9.91%	32%
20	Washington	29%	$643	4.84%	21%
21	New York	19%	$509	10.52%	43%
22	Illinois	19%	$586	8.6%	40%
23	Colorado	22%	$637	5.59%	30%
24	Alaska	20%	$450	10.51%	39%
25	Utah	22%	$694	2.85%	26%
26	North Dakota	10%	$479	14.02%	68%
27	Kansas	10%	$591	8.45%	33%
28	Ohio	18%	$544	6.04%	40%
29	Iowa	9%	$362	20.92%	40%
30	Nebraska	7%	$466	14.72%	53%
31	Alabama	14%	$506	7.44%	41%
32	Arizona	19%	$576	2.47%	15%
33	Montana	11%	$472	9.71%	45%
34	Minnesota	15%	$542	5.31%	31%
35	Indiana	13%	$480	7.43%	20%
36	North Carolina	13%	$336	10.19%	11%
37	Texas	11%	$682	1.57%	15%
38	Delaware	19%	$486	4.43%	19%
39	Arkansas	9%	$543	5.94%	19%
40	Kentucky	10%	$434	7.77%	30%
41	Nevada	14%	$536	1.59%	21%
42	Wyoming	8%	$356	9.91%	54%
43	Vermont	17%	$418	5.23%	46%
44	Idaho	5%	$427	8.74%	36%
45	Virginia	10%	$430	5.92%	19%
46	Maryland	11%	$356	5.62%	20%
47	Oregon	7%	$268	5.44%	25%
48	Florida	8%	$351	2.14%	37%
49	Georgia	5%	$275	4.65%	34%
50	Tennessee	5%	$194	4.72%	16%

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