RURAL ROADS AND BRIDGES: WHERE DO WE GO FROM HERE?
This report, based on four earlier analyses of State and local highway finance, raises critical issues that must be faced if local governments are to continue financing highway infrastructure in the 1990s. The results are based on survey data collected in conjunction with the National Associations of Counties, County Engineers, and Towns and Townships. The national and multistate surveys of local transportation officials conducted between 1984 and 1988 represent a significant data set for understanding and evaluating local highway finance. The report acquaints policymakers, practitioners, and citizens with four aspects of rural road and bridge finance and administration. First, it reviews the condition of rural roads, based on the survey data. Second, it examines the status of local bridges using information from the National Bridge Inventory compiled by the Federal Highway Administration. Third, it analyzes costs to upgrade roads and bridges to acceptable standards for existing traffic. Fourth, it considers trends in financing methods with special emphasis on reliance on Federal and State revenues. The report then summarizes State and local options to improve maintenance of rural roads and bridges.
-
Corporate Authors:
Department of Agriculture
Office of Transportation
Washington, DC United States 20250 -
Authors:
- Walzer, N
- Chicoine, D L
- Publication Date: 1990-9
Media Info
- Features: Figures; References; Tables;
- Pagination: 39 p.
Subject/Index Terms
- TRT Terms: Administration; Alternatives analysis; Bridges; Federal government; Finance; Financing; Local government; Maintenance; Maintenance management; Needs assessment; Rural areas; Rural highways; State government
- Uncontrolled Terms: Financial sources; Maintenance costs
- Old TRIS Terms: Option
- Subject Areas: Administration and Management; Bridges and other structures; Finance; Highways; Maintenance and Preservation; I10: Economics and Administration;
Filing Info
- Accession Number: 00602554
- Record Type: Publication
- Files: TRIS
- Created Date: Dec 31 1990 12:00AM