Policy Study

Utah Ranks 10th Overall in Highway Performance and Cost-Effectiveness

Utah’s best rankings are rural arterial lane-width (tied for 1st), deficient bridges (3rd) and rural arterial pavement condition (8th).

Utah's Rankings in the
27th Annual Highway Report

CategoryRank
Overall
10
Capital-Bridge Disbursements Ratio
40
Maintenance Disbursements Ratio
32
Administrative Disbursements Ratio
18
Other Disbursements Ratio
47
Rural Interstate Pavement Condition
4
Urban Interstate Pavement Condition
20
Rural Other Principal Arterial Pavement Condition
11
Urban Other Principal Arterial Pavement Condition
5
Urbanized Area Congestion
13
Structurally Deficient Bridges
5
Rural Fatality Rate
16
Urban Fatality Rate
13
Other Fatality Rate
6

Utah's Overall Ranking in Recent Annual Highway Reports

Utah ranks 10th in the nation in highway performance and cost-effectiveness in the Annual Highway Report by Reason Foundation.

Utah ranks 13th in fatality rate, 3rd in deficient bridges, 8th in rural Interstate pavement condition, 13th in urban Interstate pavement condition, and 19th in urbanized area congestion.

On spending, Utah ranks 36th in total disbursements per mile and 27th in administrative disbursements per mile.

Utah’s best rankings are rural arterial lane-width (tied for 1st), deficient bridges (3rd) and rural arterial pavement condition (8th).

Utah’s worst rankings are maintenance disbursements per mile (40th) and total disbursements per mile (36th).

Utah’s state-controlled highway mileage makes it the 39th largest system.

23rd Annual Highway Report

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