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  • 29th Annual Highway Report: Virginia and Georgia have best-performing, most cost-effective highways, while Alaska and California have worst
    29th Annual Highway Report: Virginia and Georgia have best-performing, most cost-effective highways, while Alaska and California have worst

    The study examines every state's roads and bridges in 13 categories, including traffic fatalities, pavement condition, congestion, deficient bridges, and spending.

    By Baruch Feigenbaum, Truong Bui, Jay Derr and Thuy Nguyen
    March 19, 2026

  • 28th Annual Highway Report
    28th Annual Highway Report

    By Baruch Feigenbaum, Truong Bui, Jay Derr, Thuy Nguyen and Nicholas Montano
    March 13, 2025

  • 27th Annual Highway Report
    27th Annual Highway Report

    By Baruch Feigenbaum, Truong Bui and Thuy Nguyen
    April 20, 2023

  • Annual Highway Report: Ranking each state’s highway conditions and cost-effectiveness
    Annual Highway Report: Ranking each state’s highway conditions and cost-effectiveness

    The Annual Highway Report examines every state's pavement and bridge conditions, traffic fatalities, congestion delays, spending per mile, administrative costs, and more.

    By Baruch Feigenbaum and Spence Purnell
    November 18, 2021

  • 25th Annual Highway Report
    25th Annual Highway Report

    The 25th Annual Highway Report measures the condition and cost-effectiveness of state-controlled highways in 13 categories, including pavement condition, traffic congestion, fatalities, and spending per mile.

    By Baruch Feigenbaum, Spence Purnell and Joe Hillman
    November 19, 2020

  • 24th Annual Highway Report
    24th Annual Highway Report

    North Dakota, Virginia and Missouri have the best performing, most cost-efficient state highway systems, while New Jersey, Rhode Island and Hawaii have the worst.

    By Baruch Feigenbaum, Spence Purnell and M. Gregory Fields
    August 22, 2019

  • 23rd Annual Highway Report
    23rd Annual Highway Report

    Ranking each state's highway system in 11 categories, including highway spending, pavement and bridge conditions, traffic congestion, and fatality rates.

    By M. Gregory Fields, Baruch Feigenbaum and Spence Purnell
    February 8, 2018

  • 22nd Annual Highway Report
    22nd Annual Highway Report

    Annual Highway Report finds 40 states now have traffic delays that cost drivers at least 20 hours per year; states made progress on deficient bridges; state highway spending decreased slightly; and pavement conditions worsened marginally.

    By David T. Hartgen, Baruch Feigenbaum and M. Gregory Fields
    September 22, 2016

  • 21st Annual Highway Report
    21st Annual Highway Report

    State highways show small progress in deficient bridges and pavement condition, but states struggle to make significant road improvements

    By David T. Hartgen, M. Gregory Fields and Baruch Feigenbaum
    September 18, 2014

  • 20th Annual Highway Report
    20th Annual Highway Report

    State-by-state highway performance and cost-effectiveness rankings

    By David T. Hartgen, M. Gregory Fields and Adrian Moore
    July 2, 2013

  • 19th Annual Highway Report
    19th Annual Highway Report

    The Performance of State Highway Systems (1984-2008)

    By David T. Hartgen, Adrian Moore, Ravi K. Karanam and M. Gregory Fields
    September 2, 2010

  • 18th Annual Highway Report
    18th Annual Highway Report

    The Performance of State Highway Systems (1984-2007)

    By David T. Hartgen, Ravi K. Karanam and M. Gregory Fields
    December 17, 2009

  • 17th Annual Highway Report
    17th Annual Highway Report

    Policy Study 369

    By David T. Hartgen and Ravi K. Karanam
    July 1, 2008

  • 16th Annual Highway Report
    16th Annual Highway Report

    Policy Study 360

    By David T. Hartgen and Ravi K. Karanam
    June 1, 2007

  • 15th Annual Highway Report
    15th Annual Highway Report

    By David T. Hartgen and Ravi K. Karanam
    October 1, 2006

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