Missouri Highways and Roads

Meeting Missouri's Future Mobility Needs | Highways and Roads | Bridges | Travel | Congestion | Safety | Economic Impact | Vehicle Operating Costs | Funding and Taxes

Missouri Facts Missouri’s roadways are rated the third-worst in the nation by The Road Information Program. There are 5,700 unsafe intersections in the Missouri state highway system based on accident rates.

• Missouri’s highways and bridge system is the 7th largest in the nation.
• Missouri ranks 43rd in the nation in revenue per mile to support the highway system.
• More than 1,000 people die each year in Missouri traffic accidents.
• On average, 80,000 people are injured each year in Missouri traffic accidents.
• Bad roads cost Missouri $400 million a year due to congestion delays.
• Seventy percent of taxpayers rate Missouri’s roads and highways as either “fair” or “poor.”
• Each dollar spent today for preventive road maintenance saves $6 in road reconstruction costs later.
• Each $100 million spent on transportation construction creates nearly 4,500 full-time jobs.
• In the past 25 years, traffic on Missouri highways doubled, while the size of the system remained virtually the same.
• Missouri maintains more than 32,000 miles of highways and nearly 10,000 bridges.
• Missouri’s road and highway infrastructure is valued at more than $60 billion.

Impact of Bad Roads

• Missouri to lose competitive ground.
  
• Missouri’s communities to struggle to grow and prosper.
  
• Travelers to become more aggravated.
  
• More lives to be lost to senseless traffic tragedies.