N-Dot’s dedicated bridge inspection and rehabilitation program has helped Nevada bridges to be named the nation’s best for the fifth consecutive year. The American Road and Transportation Builders Association’s recently-released analysis of 2017 bridge inventory data shows only 1.6 percent of Nevada’s nearly 2,000 public bridges being structurally deficient. Compared to the 8.9 percent national average, it is the nation’s best, tied with Texas, and the same top ranking that Nevada also received in the past four years. Structurally deficient bridges are not necessarily unsafe or dangerous. Rather, these bridges become a priority for corrective measures, and may be posted to restrict the weight of vehicles using them.