Title: Infrastructure Spending by State
Headings: Infrastructure Spending by State
The Balance SMB Industries
Infrastructure Spending by State
Best State Infrastructure
1. Nevada
2. Florida
3. Georgia
4. Minnesota
5. Kansas
Worst State Infrastructure
1. Rhode Island
2. Alaska
3. Hawaii
4. West Virginia
5. California
What Are Patterns in Infrastructure Condition?
Do States that Spend More Have Better Infrastructure?
Rural and Urban Roads
The Importance of Infrastructure

Content: To use Michigan as one example, funds are doled out to the various county road commissions. One big factor as to how much money each county gets is the number of miles of road the county has. Well, rural areas have those long, lonely stretches of roads, while more urban counties will have fewer roads by the mile, with many homes and businesses in a small area. That works to the advantage of rural counties, which in Michigan receive $257.53 for roads per person, to the $147.35 for urban counties. Getting back to the idea of how many vehicles travel on roads, MDOT (Michigan Department of Transportation) research reveals that a large, heavy truck (like a semi-trailer) does less damage than two lighter trucks. This is due to the smaller trucks having more weight per axle. The Importance of Infrastructure
Sometimes infrastructure can be an afterthought or at least a low priority. States are often scrambling for money to fund schools (including all the expenses, not chiefly fixing ceilings and parking lots), to pay for public employees, to provide welfare benefits, and possibly to deal with particular threats or recent disasters. Therefore, the money for roads or dams may seem like an extra. However, large companies carefully look at road quality, amount of large highways without congestion, and sometimes access to train tracks, public transportation, and other factors.