Vermont

  • Overall Rank in 2008 42
  • Overall Rank in 2007 42
  • Overall Rank in 2006 30
  • Overall Rank in 2005 37
  • Overall Rank in 2000 37

Vermont ranks 42nd in the nation in state highway performance and cost-effectiveness, with no change in position from last year’s report. Vermont ranks 20th in total highway disbursements, 10th in fatalities, 43rd in deficient or functionally obsolete bridges and 5th in urban Interstate congestion. Vermont’s best rankings come in urban Interstate congestion (5th), fatality rates (10th) and state highway agency miles (15th). Vermont’s lowest rankings are in state-controlled highway miles (48th) and urban Interstate condition (47th). Vermont’s complete results:

Performance by Category in 2008 Rank

  • State-Controlled Highway Miles 48
  • State Highway Agency Miles 15
  • Total Disbursements 20
  • Capital and Bridge Disbursements 16
  • Maintenance Disbursements 34
  • Administrative Disbursements 28
  • Rural Interstate Condition 33
  • Rural Other Principal Arterial Condition 39
  • Urban Interstate Condition 47
  • Urban Interstate Congestion 5
  • Deficient or Functionally Obsolete Bridges 43
  • Fatality Rates 10
  • Narrow Rural Lanes 42

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