One year out from the I-35 bridge collapse in Minneapolis, Tennessee transportation officials say the state’s bridges are in relatively good condition.

A national report released today outlines the trouble of deteriorating bridges across the country. Tennessee has the sixth lowest number of bridges deemed structurally deficient at two-and-a-half percent of its 10-thousand bridges statewide.

TDOT chief engineer Paul Degges says no bridge, however, is unsafe.

“If the deck on a bridge has a pothole in it, it’s structurally deficient, but it’s still a safe bridge. It’s not going to collapse or anything like that.”

Degges says that in light of the Minneapolis collapse, the state has paid increased attention to metal plates that fasten different sections of a bridge together.

Because of budget cuts at the state and federal level, TDOT will spend 14-million dollars less this year repairing bridges. Commissioner Gerald Nicely says the state will have to consider new financing options for keeping up bridge infrastructure in the coming years.