Carson City, NV (KXNT) - The Nevada Department of Transportation’s bridge inspection and rehabilitation program says Nevada bridges have once again be named among the nation’s best.
The American Road and Transportation Builders Association’s (ARTBA) recently released analysis of 2022 U.S. Department of Transportation bridge inventory data (artbabridgereport.org) shows approximately 99 percent of Nevada’s more than 2,000 public bridges being in fair or good condition. Nevada tied for 2nd with Texas, finishing just behind Arizona.
Nevada’s bridges were also ranked among the nation’s very best for the previous nine years.
NDOT inspects most bridges, including city and county-maintained structures, every two years. Bridges with more extensive deterioration are inspected more often, while select newer bridges are inspected every four years.
“Whether in planning, engineering, construction, maintenance or administration, NDOT team members are dedicated to a transportation system that keeps Nevada safe and connected,” NDOT Director Tracy Larkin Thomason explained. “Bridges are a critical investment in keeping Nevada connected and moving forward.”
More than 550 of Nevada’s state-owned bridges are more than 50 years old, an age when rehabilitation is often necessary to keep the structure in fair condition. An increasing investment in bridge preservation funding is being dedicated to address growing rehabilitation and replacement needs of the state’s aging bridges. NDOT dedicated approximately $17 million in fiscal years 2021 and 2022 on bridge preservation, almost double spending on bridge preservation in the previous two years.