while the numbers are large when measured in percentages it isn&#x27;t that bad. Most of the deficient bridges are locally owned, this means at levels lower than state level. No one also ever seems to mention that at is peak in the 90s there were nearly 150,000 bridges found to be deficient and that number is down to near 60,000.<p>In other words, the Federal government isn&#x27;t responsible for most of what is out there and many state and local governments refuse to fully fund their own obligations.