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RIDOT chose a 2, stating the high percentage of SD
bridges (24.5 percent of the total) as the reason.
In the current fi scal year, RIDOT says it has started
four new bridges, but hasn't completed any, and
isn't sure if any new bridges will be started or com-
pleted next fi scal year. This could in part be due
to the current fi scal year funding for bridges being
down more than 10 percent.
The agency says the top preventive maintenance
steps used include washing/cleaning bridge decks
or the entire bridge; complete, spot or zone coat
steel beam/girder ends; and sealing/replacing leak-
ing joints. Top steps for rehabilitation include partial
or complete deck replacement, superstructure re-
placement and strengthening.
Massachusetts jumped up two spots this year with
51.5 percent of its 5,044 bridges in SD/FO con-
dition, according to the FHWA National Bridge
bridge inventory
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39,552
10.0
30,700
5.9
%
17,198
39,991
37.3
Number of states with between
0 percent and 15 percent of
total bridges being SD/FO
States/Areas grouped by
SD/FO percentages*
Number of
states with
more than 50
percent of
total bridges
being SD/FO
Number of
states with
between 25
percent and
50 percent of total
bridges being SD/FO
3
5.9
%
7
13.7
%
31.4
%
16
Number of states with between
15 percent and 25 percent of
total bridges being SD/FO
25
49
%
6.3
%
3.1
%
9.4
%
Which one thing would help you the
most in improving your bridges?*
59.4
%
Funding
Maintenance
Staffing
Partial replacement
Preservation
21.8
%
* Percentage of all states/areas in survey
* 32 of 51 surveyed responded to this question
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