How Do Pennsylvania’s Highways Rank

The Reason Foundation has been analyzing state highway systems since 1984. This month they released their 18th Annual Highway Report.

Overall the Commonwealth ranked 38^th for the most efficient state-owned highway system, which, is a drop from our 36^th ranking in the previous report. Here’s how Pennsylvania ranked in specific categories:

• 4^th for number of State-controlled highway miles
• 47^th in deficient or obsolete bridges
• 25^th in fatality rate
• 21^st in urban interstate traffic congestion
• 19^th in urban interstate condition
• 26^th in rural interstate condition
• 50^th in narrow lanes
• 27^th in total disbursement per state-controlled highways
  • 19^th in capital and bridges disbursements
  • 38^th in maintenance disbursements
  • 27^th in administration disbursements