Who Has The Nation's Worst Roads?

California has the nation's worst roads, followed by Louisiana, Massachusetts and New Jersey.

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December 28, 2001, 10:00 AM PST

Californias rutted, cracked and neglected roads now rank at the bottom of all 50 states in roadway quality and per capita dollars being spent to improve them, according to a new study from Transportation California.Last year the states roads were third worst in the nation. With 37 percent of 168,000 miles of state and local roads rated poor, the state has fallen to dead last on the list, according to The Road Information Program, which prepared the study. Other states in the bottom five were Louisiana, 27 percent; Massachusetts, 25 percent; and New Jersey and Missouri, 21 percent.

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