By the numbers
› 53 — Percent of major roads in Chattanooga area rated as poor, mediocre or fair› 28 — Hours stuck in traffic annually by the average Chattanoogan due to congestion› 16 — Percent of bridges in the Chattanooga area which are functionally obsoleteSource: TRIP
Staff Photo by Dan Henry / The Chattanooga Times Free Press- 1/19/16. Carolyn Bonifas Kelly, Associate Director of Research and Communication with TRIP, speaks about a new study and traffic congestion costs for Tennessee residents while at the Gunbarrel Road AAA office on Tuesday, January 19, 2016. 
Staff Photo by Dan Henry / The Chattanooga Times Free Press- 1/19/16. Carolyn Bonifas Kelly, Associate Director of Research and Communication with TRIP, speaks about a new study and traffic congestion costs for Tennessee residents while at the Gunbarrel Road AAA office on Tuesday, January 19, 2016. With the Tennessee General Assembly slated to take up transportation funding, a new study Tuesday says that less than half of the major roads in the Chattanooga area are rated in “good” condition.
Also, the average Chattanooga driver loses $1,440 annually due to traffic congestion, crashes and higher vehicle operating costs, said the study by the national nonprofit transportation research group TRIP, or The Road Infrastructure Program.
Statewide, Tennessee motorists pay $5.6 billion annually due to the transportation deficiencies, the study said.
“Those costs are already startlingly high and will get higher in the future if the state isn’t able to invest adequately in its transportation system,” said Carolyn Bonifas Kelly, TRIP’s associate director of research and communication.