Study ranks states by highway conditions

6/28/2007 AP

A state ranking of highway conditions by the Reason Foundation and the University of North Carolina at Charlotte. Researchers evaluated roadways by traffic fatality rate, congestion, pavement condition, bridge condition, highway maintenance and administrative costs.

State
1. North Dakota
2. South Carolina
3. Kansas
4. New Mexico
5. Montana
6. Georgia
7. Wyoming
8. Oregon
9. Nevada
10. Idaho
11. South Dakota
12. Kentucky
13. Minnesota
14. Indiana
15. Texas
16. Ohio
17. Missouri
18. Virginia
19. Nebraska
20. Tennessee
21. Utah
22. Wisconsin
23. Maine
24. Oklahoma
25. Mississippi
26. West Virginia
27. Arizona
28. Arkansas
29. Colorado
30. Louisiana
31. North Carolina
32. Washington
33. Illinois
34. New Hampshire
35. Iowa
36. Pennsylvania
37. Vermont
38. Maryland
39. Connecticut
40. Delaware
41. Florida
42. Michigan
43. Alabama
44. California
45. Massachusetts
46. Hawaii
47. Rhode Island
48. New York
49. Alaska
50. New Jersey