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Road conditions in Michigan in 2024 improved for the fourth straight two-year period, according a Transportation Asset Management Council (TMAC) report that was rolled out at today’s State Transportation Commission meeting.
Some 28% of the roads eligible for federal aid in ’24 were in good condition, 40% were in fair condition, and 32% were in poor condition. The TMAC report showed the percent of roads ranked in good condition was up 2 percentage points over 2022. The percentage of road miles ranked in good condition has increased steadily since 2016.
A total of 21% of non-federal aid eligible roads were ranked in good condition, 36 percent in fair condition, and 43 percent in poor condition.
Local road agencies had 39.7% of their bridges in good condition, 45.8% fair, 8.8% poor, and 5.7% of local bridges were in severe condition.
Some 22.9% of Department of Transportation (MDOT)-controlled bridges were in good condition, while 71.2% were in fair condition, 5.2% were in poor condition, and 0.7% were in severe condition.
Bridge conditions moved slightly from good to fair condition with 33% good, 56% fair, 7% poor, and 4% severe. The severe and poor percentages haven’t changed since 2014.
“I think the asset management council is really a testament to Michigan and how we can come together and look at the system in its entirety, because quite honestly, we know anybody that uses our roadways, they don’t care if they’re on a state highway or a city street or country road. They just want good assets,” said MDOT Director Brad WIEFERICH.
Between 2020 and 2024, 36 percent of the road network was fixed. In all, $9.73 billion was used to fix 91,053 lane miles of road.
The forecast for 2026 shows a drop in the good roads to 24%, fair to 43%, and poor to 33%.
Bridges were expected to continue to drop to 31% good, 57% fair, 8% poor and 4%.
