Thanks Jim

[Ed W]

Gas tax is only part of toad funding, with most of it going to state and federal highways. Oklahoma suffers from numerous deficient bridges and most of them are county responsibilities.

[guido911]

Gas tax is only part of toad funding, with most of it going to state and federal highways. Oklahoma suffers from numerous deficient bridges and most of them are county responsibilities.

[Ed W]

I knew someone would correct that, warts and all.

[heironymouspasparagus]

Have any info on how much of that gas tax is actually spent on roads for each state?  States that charge general sales tax on gas are probably spending that money on something else.

Here is a pretty close breakdown on OK tax/spending percentages/ratios.  They say about 6% of state revenue is from fuel excise taxes.  I'm betting most of that ends up with the counties....just about as bad a steward of our money as the Oklahoma Transportation Authority (Turnpikes).

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Taxation_in_Oklahoma