New study finds US highways not in good shape

CNET -A new study from the Reason Foundation looked at the US highway system as a whole and by state to determine which states are home to the most efficient and cost-effective highways. Meanwhile, the study also took a dive into some of the biggest problems the US faces. Overall, things are not in good shape.

Pavement conditions on both urban and rural highways has declined. Traffic fatalities are up and traffic congestion has increased since the previous report.

Baruch Feigenbaum, lead author of the Annual Highway Report and assistant director of transportation at Reason Foundation, said in the study that the US showed incremental improvements in the highway system overall for decades, but in recent years, it's fallen behind substantially. The only area that showed an improvement was a decrease in structurally deficient bridges. In other words, states have replaced bridges that can't handle traffic like they used to.