Atlanta
Business Chronicle reports Georgia’s state highway system is 12th in the
nation in overall highway performance and efficiency in the latest Annual
Highway Report by Reason Foundation.
The right-libertarian think tank ranked Georgia first in
urban interstate pavement condition, 17th in deficient bridges, 23rd in rural
interstate condition, 24th in fatality rate and 35th in urban interstate
congestion.
The Peach State
has the 10th largest highway system in the nation, with 18,283 miles under
state highway control.
Georgia spends
slightly more than the per-mile national average (28 percent more), but the
system has been a top 10 performer nine times since 2000, Reason Foundation
said.
Georgia is
great at maintaining the conditions of its highways with maintenance costs per
mile that are 54 percent lower than the national average, the report noted.
View the report
here.
