THE 1991 STATUS OF THE NATION'S HIGHWAYS AND BRIDGES: CONDITIONS, PERFORMANCE, AND CAPITAL INVESTMENT REQUIREMENTS

This report is presented in four chapters. Chapter 1 describes recent trends in highway travel and highway system mileage. Chapter 2 outlines sources of highway revenue and recent expenditure patterns for Federal, State, and local governments. Chapter 3 describes current conditions and performance for highways and bridges. It also discusses selected trends. Chapter 4 projects future highway travel demand and estimates capital investment requirements. The report covers all of the Nation's roads and bridges, including all public highway and bridge infrastructure and all privately owned toll facilities. Future travel forecasts used to estimate investment requirements were developed by the States. All investment estimates are for the period January 1, 1990, through December 31, 2009, and are expressed in 1989 dollars.

• Record URL:
  https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/54235
• Corporate Authors:

  Federal Highway Administration

  1200 New Jersey Avenue, SE
  Washington, DC  United States  20590
• Publication Date: 1991-11

Language

• English

Media Info

• Media Type: Digital/other
• Features: Figures; Tables;
• Pagination: 41 p.

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Bridges; Capital investments; Estimates; Evaluation; Expenditures; Federal government; Finance; Forecasting; Highways; Infrastructure; Local government; Pavement performance; Pavements; Revenues; Specifications; State government; Travel; Travel demand; Trend (Statistics)
• Uncontrolled Terms: Financial sources; Mileage; Pavement conditions; Requirements
• Geographic Terms: United States
• Subject Areas: Bridges and other structures; Design; Finance; Highways; Pavements; Planning and Forecasting; I10: Economics and Administration; I23: Properties of Road Surfaces; I24: Design of Bridges and Retaining Walls; I72: Traffic and Transport Planning;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00625382
• Record Type: Publication
• Report/Paper Numbers: FHWA-PL-91-015
• Files: NTL, TRIS, USDOT
• Created Date: Nov 23 1993 12:00AM