根据新的美国道路和运输建筑商协会的分析，各州正在减少桥梁不足的桥梁数量（这些处于“差”状态的桥梁）的进展，但仍有大量的工作剩余积压。

这ARTBA report，2月2日发布的是对联邦公路管理局（FHWA）国家桥梁库存中包含的数据的分析，截至2021年，该数据总计619,588个桥梁。Artba说，大约有224,000个桥梁需要维修。其中，有43,578个在结构上归类为结构缺陷，包括蕨类空心桥崩溃了in Pittsburgh on Jan. 28.

Artba估计，对所有这224,000个桥梁进行维修将花费2600亿美元。该报告说，去年，结构缺陷的桥梁数量从2020年级下降了1,445份，即3.2％。

But the association said that at that rate of improvement, it would take 30 years to fix all of the bridges that need repairs.

Pennsylvania, which has been a focus of attention since the bridge collapse, has 23,166 bridges, of which 3,198, or 13.8%, are in poor condition or worse, according to the report. The state also has reduced its number of structurally deficient bridges by 4,147 since 2017,

根据Artba的说法，桥梁检查率的结构组件（包括甲板，上层建筑和子结构）为1至9，其中9个非常出色，1表示“即将发生故障”。任何关键要素的评级为4或更低，使整个桥梁总体处于“差”状态。

限制资金

这release of the ARTBA report comes as Congress is facing the Feb 18 expiration of a stopgap appropriations bill.

That stopgap’s limit on highway obligations, based on 2021 levels, has prevented state transportation departments from being able to obligate the full amount of increased highway funding authorized in the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (IIJA).

Artba和其他运输和建筑团体一直在促使国会通过一项新的拨款措施，该措施在2022财年结束之前延伸，其中包括IIJA高速公路高速公路资金的总计。

这top appropriators from both parties and both houses of Congress have been discussing a full-year spending package. And Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) said in a Feb. 2 statement that those lawmakers were scheduled to meet again later that day.

尽管如此，协议似乎并没有近在咫尺。

Dave Bauer, ARTBA president and chief executive officer, said in a statement, “The longer it takes to bridge the political divide on the FY 2022 spending bills, the longer it will take for transportation improvements to get started.”

鲍尔敦促国会“立即采取行动，以便美国人民可以开始实现两党基础设施​​法中历史性投资的好处。”

Besides the large amount of multi-purpose IIJA highway money that has been distributed by formula, the massive infrastructure package also has two new programs targeted specifically to bridge work.

FHWA on Jan. 14 already apportioned to states the $5.3 billion 2022 installment of the IIJA’s new five-year, $27-billion Formula Bridge Program. A senior Biden administration official has said that the Formula Bridge Program is expected to repair or upgrade up to 15,000 of the 43,000-plus bridges in poor condition—or what the ARTBA report terms structurally deficient.

What’s more, that $5.3 billion is “available for obligation immediately and are not subject to any limitation on obligations,” Deputy Federal Highway Administrator Stephanie Pollack said.

这other bridge program, for which U.S. DOT will select the winning projects, totals $12.5 billion over five years.

但是，正如预期的那样，该计划尚未脱颖而出，因为DOT必须制定申请程序，选择标准和竞争时间表。然后，它必须要求申请，评估它们并选择获奖者。