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| “As the Trump Administration and new Congress kick off the process of reauthorizing the federal highway bill, this report provides a precise blueprint on where to begin,” said American Trucking Associations President and CEO Chris Spear. |
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The American Transportation Research Institute (ATRI) is fresh out with its 14th annual study that identifies the worse US congestion bottlenecks for truckers in the US.
And for the seventh consecutive year, the interchange of Interstate 95 and State Route 4 in Fort Lee, New Jersey, ranks as the most congested freight bottleneck in the country.
The remaining Top 10 bottlenecks are as follows:
2. Chicago: I-294 at I-290/I-88
3. Houston: I-45 at I-69/US 59
4. Atlanta: I-285 at I-85 (North)
5. Nashville: I-24/I-40 at I-440 (East)
6. Atlanta: I-75 at I-285 (North)
7. Los Angeles: SR 60 at SR 57
8. Cincinnati: I-71 at I-75
9. Houston: I-10 at I-45
10. Atlanta: I-20 at I-285 (West)
ATRI’s analysis, which utilized data from 2024, found traffic conditions continue to deteriorate from recent years, in some instances due to work zones resulting from increased infrastructure investment.
Average rush hour truck speeds were 34.2 MPH, down 3% from the previous year. Among the top 10 locations, average rush hour truck speeds were 29.7 MPH.
The ATRI report notes that as Congress prepares to reauthorize the nation’s surface transportation programs, this analysis can help local, state, and federal governments target funding where it is needed most.
ATRI’s analysis also quantifies the value of infrastructure investment through a spotlight on Chicago’s Jane Byrne Interchange. Once the number one truck bottleneck in the country for three years in a row, the recently constructed interchange saw rush hour truck speeds improve by nearly 25% after construction was completed.
ATRI also notes this factoid: delays for truckers from congestion represent the equivalent of 436,000 drivers sitting idle for an entire year. We’re actually surprised that it’s not a bigger number.
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“These metrics are getting worse,” added ATRI President and COO Rebecca Brewster.
“The 2025 Top Truck Bottleneck List” measures the level of truck-involved congestion at more than 325 locations on the nation’s highway system. The analysis, based on an extensive database of freight truck GPS data, uses several customized software applications and analysis methods, along with terabytes of data from trucking operations, to produce a congestion impact ranking for each location. The bottleneck locations detailed in this latest ATRI list represent the top 100 congested locations, although ATRI continuously monitors more than 325 freight-critical locations.
“As the Trump Administration and new Congress kick off the process of reauthorizing the federal highway bill, this report provides a precise blueprint on where to begin,” said American Trucking Associations President and CEO Chris Spear. “These traffic bottlenecks not only choke our supply chains, adding $109 billion annually to the cost of transporting the everyday goods that Americans depend on, but they also impact the quality of life for all motorists who rely on the national highway system.”
The full free report is available from ATRI here: The 2025 Top Truck Bottleneck List
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