California's Worst Highways

A Los Angeles Times special report looks at California's crumbling highway system and identifies the state's worst roads.

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July 11, 2006, 2:00 PM PDT

By Abhijeet Chavan @http://twitter.com/legalaidtech

"Every dime of California's $116-billion plan to shore up levees, schools and other eroding facilities could be spent on the state's overtaxed transportation system.

And it still wouldn't be enough.

California's highways, the system's most costly feature by far, were once the nation's gold standard. But as the interstate highway network celebrates its 50th anniversary and the summer driving season accelerates, the state is known for something else: some of the busiest, most dilapidated and under-financed roads in the country."

FULL STORY: So Many Cars, So Little Money

Tuesday, July 11, 2006 in The Los Angeles Times

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