Alaska

  • Overall Rank in 2008 49
  • Overall Rank in 2007 50
  • Overall Rank in 2006 49
  • Overall Rank in 2005 49
  • Overall Rank in 2000 40

Alaska ranks 49th in the nation in state highway performance and cost-effectiveness, an improvement of one spot from last year’s report. Alaska ranks 15th in total highway disbursements, 24th in fatalities, 23rd in deficient or functionally obsolete bridges and 7th in urban Interstate congestion. Alaska’s best rankings come in state highway agency miles (2nd), urban Interstate congestion (7th), and capital and bridge disbursements (13th). Alaska’s lowest rankings are in rural other principal arterial condition (50th) and rural Interstate condition (48th). Alaska’s complete results:

Performance by Category in 2008 Rank

  • State-Controlled Highway Miles 34
  • State Highway Agency Miles 2
  • Total Disbursements 15
  • Capital and Bridge Disbursements 13
  • Maintenance Disbursements 33
  • Administrative Disbursements 14
  • Rural Interstate Condition 48
  • Rural Other Principal Arterial Condition 50
  • Urban Interstate Condition 17
  • Urban Interstate Congestion 7
  • Deficient or Functionally Obsolete Bridges 23
  • Fatality Rates 24
  • Narrow Rural Lanes 26

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