New Hampshire

  • Overall Rank in 2008 27
  • Overall Rank in 2007 39
  • Overall Rank in 2006 46
  • Overall Rank in 2005 34
  • Overall Rank in 2000 26

New Hampshire ranks 27th in the nation in state highway performance and cost-effectiveness, improving 12 spots from last year’s report. New Hampshire ranks 33rd in total highway disbursements, 17th in fatalities, 42nd in deficient or functionally obsolete bridges and 16th in urban Interstate congestion. New Hampshire’s best rankings come in rural Interstate condition (1st), state highway agency miles (9th), narrow rural lanes (16th) and urban Interstate congestion (16th). New Hampshire’s lowest rankings are in state-controlled highway miles (45th) and maintenance disbursements (44th). New Hampshire’s complete results:

Performance by Category in 2008 Rank

  • State-Controlled Highway Miles 45
  • State Highway Agency Miles 9
  • Total Disbursements 33
  • Capital and Bridge Disbursements 21
  • Maintenance Disbursements 44
  • Administrative Disbursements 30
  • Rural Interstate Condition 1
  • Rural Other Principal Arterial Condition 19
  • Urban Interstate Condition 25
  • Urban Interstate Congestion 16
  • Deficient or Functionally Obsolete Bridges 42
  • Fatality Rates 17
  • Narrow Rural Lanes 16

The full 19th Annual Highway Report and other states’ rankings are here.