Mileage in 2004 85,365 miles on the County Highway System. (76% of the State’s roadway network) 17,950 miles are on the Counties’ Major and Minor Collector System. 3,117 miles are city streets. Daily Vehicle Miles Traveled, DVMT, (Usage) totaled approx. 13,600,000 miles on the county highway system. 2,522 railroad crossings on the County Highway System
Bridges in 2004 Highest percentage of deficient bridges in the nation. 14,093 county bridges. (65% of all Oklahoma’s bridges)  Approx. 44% are deficient. (1.8 billion replacement costs) $450 million to replace all of the counties’ top twenty worst bridges. 54 county bridges over 500 feet in length.
Accidents, reported in 2003 5,504 crashes on county roads. (7.4% of the total number of crashes) 1,951 crashes involved unsafe speeds on county roads. (21% of the total number of unsafe speed crashes) 682 rollover crashes on county roads. (34.7% of the total number of rollover crashes) 26 train crashes. (44.8% of the total number of train crashes) 101 fatal crashes on county roads. (16.9% of the total number of fatal crashes)
Funding in 2003 Federal Bridge Replacement, BR, funds for county bridges, 20 million/year.(Part of the 20 million funds the Safety Bridge Inspection in even numbered years) 5 million/year of County funds to match federal BR construction funds. 1.5 million/year of County funds to pay for engineering fees. Federal Surface Transportation Program, STP, funds, 6 million/year. $1.5 million/year of County funds to match federal STP construction funds. $412,000/year of County funds to pay for engineering fees.
Costs in FY 2001 BR projects averaged $345,000 with an average bridge length of 137 feet. STP projects averaged $190,000 per two lane mile. Accomplishments in FY 2001 71 BR projects let with a total cost of over $24,500,000. 12 STP projects over 38 miles let with a total cost of over $7,300,000. |
