Share to Facebook Share to Twitter Share to Linkedin Minnesota and Delaware have the best roads in America, while New Mexico and Louisiana have the worst ones, a new study says. Minnesota ranks No. 1, because it has a low fatality rate per miles driven, well-maintained urban and rural roads and “efficient spending” to maintain them, according to the study by the Atlanta personal injury law firm John Foy & Associates.
The study ranks the road quality in all 50 states based on fatality rates, road conditions and government spending to maintain the roads. The study excludes factors such as traffic congestion and weather conditions, so it provides “a focused but limited view of road quality nationwide,” the law firm says. Interstate 94 crosses the Mississippi River in Minneapolis, Minnesota, the state with the nation's .
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(Photo: Michael Siluk/UCG/Universal Images Group via Getty Images) UCG/Universal Images Group via Getty Images Delaware ranks No. 2 in road quality with smooth rural roads, and it “invests heavily” in maintaining roads, the study says. The state, though, needs improvement in the quality of urban roads, according to the study.
Finishing in the Top 10 are No. 3 Utah, followed, consecutively, by Indiana, New Jersey, Wyoming, Maryland, North Dakota, Vermont and New Hampshire. The study finds that New Mexico has the worst roads in the nation because of a high fatality rate, “substantial rough road percentages�.
