by Jessica Tramontana | Apr 23, 2019 | Roads & Bridges
In our first of many future installments of The Transportation Facts, we take a look at the amount of additional investment needed for our transportation system. Many reports, including several within the last couple of years, have already analyzed this need based on...
by Fix MI State | Apr 9, 2019 | Roads & Bridges
Michigan finally has a chance to pass a budget that builds back up the key enablers that make the economy go. Half a dozen years ago in a project funded by the W.K. Kellogg Foundation called The Michigan Dream At Risk, the Michigan Economic Center did some basic...
by Fix MI State | Apr 2, 2019 | Roads & Bridges
There are 47,052 bridges classified as structurally deficient and considered to be in poor condition, according to a new ARTBA analysis of the recently released U.S. Department of Transportation’s 2018 National Bridge Inventory (NBI) database. If placed end-to-end,...
by Fix MI State | Apr 2, 2019 | Roads & Bridges
It’s no secret that Michigan doesn’t have the best road conditions, but an interactive map from the Michigan Department of Transportation’s Bureau of Bridges and Structures is allowing residents to see the integrity of bridges near them. The map...
by Fix MI State | Apr 2, 2019 | Roads & Bridges
Thousands of motorists a day are driving on deteriorating state and local county bridges in Livingston County. Two Interstate-96 overpasses and one I-96 on-ramp have deteriorated to poor condition in the last couple years, according to Federal Highway Administration...
by Fix MI State | Mar 26, 2019 | Roads & Bridges
According to the TRIP report, “Modernizing Michigan’s Transportation System: Progress & Challenges in Providing Safe, Efficient and Well-Maintained Roads, Highways & Bridges,” nearly half of major roads in Michigan are in poor or mediocre...
