Just for facts...a study was done in Alabama back in 2018.
What they said then....around 8,572 Alabama bridges needed some kind of repair or replacement. Amount figured then? Around 15 to 16 billion dollars.
You have to figure a lot of these are just fifty-foot long bridges....built in the 1940s, and a $150k is enough to tear down the old bridge, and mount some cheap concrete bridge to replace it.
Then they came to this one curious note....there are twenty interstate bridges in the state which need replacement (worst is a Jefferson county bridge on I-65). Instate bridges? Oh, you probably need a minimum of $20-million to even start a project on a replacement.
Grading Alabama in this type mess? It actually ranks in the middle....some are a lot worse....some a lot better. On the worse side? Iowa, Mississippi, Pennsylvania, Oklahoma, Missouri, Kansas, Illinois, Nebraska, North Carolina and New York.
The Lincoln Tunnel in NY City? Regarded as being in serious need of renovation. 110-thousand vehicles travel this daily. Approaching 80 years old now.
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