Hawaii is ranked 48th in the nation in “overall highway performance and cost-effectiveness,” according to 22nd Annual Highway Report published by Reason Foundation.

The overall ranking is an improvement over the previous report, says the report, when the Aloha State was ranked 50th.

Some highlights:

• Hawaii ranks 21st in fatality rate, 48th in deficient bridges, 50th in urban Interstate pavement condition and 40th in urbanized area congestion.
• On spending, Hawaii ranks 42nd in total disbursements per mile and 49th in administrative disbursements per mile.
• Hawaii’s best rankings are fatality rate (21st), rural arterial lane-width (24th) and urbanized area congestion (40th).
• Hawaii’s worst rankings are urban Interstate pavement condition (50th) and administrative disbursements per mile (49th).
• Hawaii’s state-controlled highway mileage makes it the smallest system.

South Carolina tops the Annual Highway Report for overall cost-effectiveness ratings.

South Dakota, Kansas, Nebraska and Maine round out the top five.

At the bottom are Alaska, New Jersey, us, Rhode Island and Massachusetts.

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