Tennessee ranks 18th in the nation in overall highway performance and cost-effectiveness in the new 22nd Annual Highway Report published today by Reason Foundation.

The state's overall ranking has worsened, it was ranked 17th in the previous report.

Tennessee ranks 40th in fatality rate, 10th in deficient bridges, 16th in rural Interstate pavement condition, 19th in urban Interstate pavement condition, and 27th urbanized area congestion.

On spending, Tennessee ranks 22nd in total disbursements per mile and 24th in administrative disbursements per mile.

Tennessee's best rankings are rural arterial pavement condition (8th), deficient bridges (10th), and rural Interstate pavement condition (16th).

Tennessee's worst rankings are rural arterial lane-width (41st) and fatality rate (40th). Tennessee's state-controlled highway mileage makes it the 17th largest system.

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Reason Foundation's Annual Highway Report is based on spending and performance data that state highway agencies submit themselves to the federal government. For more information about the overall rankings, methodology, 11 performance measures used, and each state's performance, please see:

Reason Foundation's Complete Annual Highway Report

http://reason.org/studies/show/22nd-annual-highway-report

http://reason.org/files/22nd_annual_highway_report.pdf (.pdf)

For additional information about an individual state, you can also visit:

http://reason.org/studies/show/22nd-annual-highway-report-states

http://reason.org/files/highway_report_state_by_state_summaries.pdf (.pdf)

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