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November 2017

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EquipmentWorld.com | November 2017 33 than 10 bridges in the past year due to deficiency, structural failure or collapse, and slated another 10-plus structures for repair. 4. SOUTH DAKOTA, 17.4 PERCENT In comments to our survey, the South Dakota DOT gave itself a score of 3.5 on a scale of 1 to 5. "State bridges are good, but lo- cal bridges are aging at a quicker rate than what can be replaced," said the department. "The greatest challenge for counties has been deciding which bridge to replace and which they can do without, which means closing or vacating the roadway and bridge." 5. WEST VIRGINIA, 16.9 PERCENT According to the 2016 FHWA National Bridge Inventory, West Virginia has 7,712 bridges in all systems, 36.6 percent of which are rated Good, 46.5 percent Fair and 16.9 percent Poor. Hit the road with: collect them all! Flexible payment plans Downtime reimbursement Online certificates Flexible payment plans Downtime reimbursement Online certificates Hit the road with: collect them all! Protecting the rig that runs your business! Protecting the rig that runs your business! Protecting the rig that runs your business! Protecting the rig that runs your business! Progressive Casualty Ins. Co. & affi liates. All coverage subject to policy terms. 1-800-PROGRESSIVE 1-800-PROGRESSIVE PROGRESSIVE.com Methodology Conducted since 1979, Equip- ment World's Better Roads Bridge Inventory is an exclusive, award-winning annual survey that asks state bridge engi- neers to provide qualitative and quantitative details about bridge conditions. The qualitative data are col- lected through our questionnaire about major issues concerning bridge conditions and mainte- nance. In the event a state did not respond to our survey, we used current data from FHWA's National Bridge Inventory. The Equipment World editorial staff would like to thank state department of transportation personnel for their continuing cooperation to provide cur- rent data, which was collected through October 2017. Rehabilitation techniques used 0 5 10 15 20 25 30 35 40 28 23 24 36 36 total responses Widening Strengthening Superstructure replacement Partial or complete deck replacement

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