(Source: MIRS.news, Published 04/12/2024) Michigan ranks 40th nationally, and 10th in an 11-state peer group, on its overall pavement quality across the state, according to a Citizens Research Council (CRC) report.
The new index was created using 2019-2021 data from the Federal Highway Administration's pavement reports on the federal aid eligible (FAE) system. The pavement reports used four condition metrics: Roughness, cracking, rutting, and faulting.
“It can be expected that Michigan’s FAE system has improved since 2019 with increases in state and federal road funding, as well as the ‘Rebuilding Michigan’ bond program,” the report stated.
The report also indicated the data likely correlates to general conditions of the roads statewide in the study.
The 11-state peer group consisted of Georgia, Illinois, Indiana, Missouri, North Carolina, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Tennessee, Virginia, and Wisconsin.
The roughness metric had Michigan at 21.7% of the FAE system due to rough roads. The state ranked 30th nationally and eighth in the peer group, ahead of Wisconsin, Pennsylvania and Missouri.
The cracking metric had Michigan at 18.3% of the FAE system was poor due to cracked pavement. The state ranked 45th nationally and 10thin the peer group, ahead of Illinois.
The rutting metric saw 1.1% of FAE asphalt pavement in poor condition because of ruts. This put Michigan at 26th nationally, and eighth in the peer group, ahead of Illinois, Missouri, and Pennsylvania.
Faulting metrics saw 11.7% of FEA pavement in poor condition because jointed concrete pavement sections were off by at least 0.15 inches. Michigan ranked 35th nationally and 10th in the peer group, ahead of Virginia.
