For all the complaints about Connecticut roads, the state’s highways are not quite as bad as their reputation might suggest a new report has found. The Federal Highway Administration’s latest national road report finds that most of Connecticut’s major highways have good or acceptable ride quality. The state’s interstates fare particularly well, with 84% rated good and just 2% rated poor. But there is a striking difference once drivers leave the interstate. When you include major non-interstate highways, just 54% of pavement is rated good and 11% is classified as having poor ride quality, according to the Federal Highway Administration’s “Our Nation’s Highways 2026” report. The figures are based on 2024 pavement data. Within Connecticut, the roads most likely to feel rough are not necessarily the ones carrying the most traffic. The federal data point toward urban and non-interstate roads as the bigger source of rough rides, while the Connecticut Department of Transportation says its own data show the state’s pavement network is facing a more gradual problem: Pavement is getting worse, even though it has not yet reached the point the state considers “poor.”

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