Unit Cost Data

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Metric Federal-Aid Highways | Metric Non Federal-Aid Highways | English Federal-Aid Highways | English Non Federal-Aid Highways

Metric Federal-Aid Highways (cost per M²)
State	Unit Cost
State	1994	1995	1996	1997	1998	1999	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008
AK	1,432	1,324	1,518	1,518	1,141	1,119	1,111	1,411	2,008	1,722	1,877	2,069	2,131	2,886	2,362
AL	452	517	452	474	527	732	590	632	620	614	718	851	936	1,026	1,009
AR	463	517	495	527	570	624	607	669	659	670	710	945	1,201	1,192	1,366
AZ	452	560	517	667	603	538	602	623	652	698	627	990	1,190	1,160	1,099
CA	829	893	743	764	732	797	862	1,175	1,068	1,115	1,082	1,483	2,077	2,212	1,568
CO	549	506	592	560	635	700	775	620	595	595	829	864	1,135	1,141	1,020
CT	1,518	1,432	1,109	1,970	1,625	2,067	1,742	1,812	1,874	1,724	3,565	2,699	4,571	3,612	4,773
DC	1,755	1,744	1,752	1,184	1,560	1,499	1,415	1,738	1,551	2,982	2,091	2,599	2,558	2,416	2,525
DE	732	1,227	861	1,259	1,001	1,313	1,191	846	1,117	2,075	1,233	1,475	1,595	1,435	1,895
FL	527	506	624	603	700	592	859	815	891	860	1,094	1,421	1,644	1,349	1,445
GA	441	538	538	420	570	581	527	546	593	554	630	815	1,010	976	946
HI	1,119	1,668	1,471	1,421	1,520	2,088	1,677	1,762	1,843	1,761	1,789	1,798	3,752	6,039	3,863
IA	420	431	431	431	463	538	578	580	615	559	709	686	825	738	991
ID	570	743	700	732	603	786	802	1,015	805	1,080	995	1,472	1,758	1,543	1,922
IL	753	764	786	743	904	926	1,023	1,217	967	1,100	993	1,255	1,209	1,333	1,693
IN	560	549	624	700	614	775	801	842	745	715	835	819	1,047	1,205	1,236
KS	495	517	527	538	570	560	727	665	699	646	787	931	938	919	1,130
KY	484	474	614	667	721	861	1,054	926	695	608	959	882	887	986	1,186
LA	366	344	409	388	355	420	420	410	470	570	1,074	686	1,084	1,314	759
MA	1,561	1,216	1,033	1,173	1,173	1,593	1,178	2,091	1,497	1,545	2,306	2,496	2,834	3,281	3,299
MD	700	980	883	818	872	1,012	1,249	1,136	1,129	1,077	1,447	1,615	2,177	2,487	2,718
ME	1,033	1,087	1,141	1,055	1,033	1,076	1,715	1,512	1,532	1,428	2,204	1,835	1,772	2,291	2,964
MI	775	721	797	850	1,001	807	969	1,263	1,160	1,148	1,188	1,201	1,516	1,771	1,552
MN	614	570	624	624	624	624	776	1,000	873	1,028	979	1,165	1,013	1,492	1,300
MO	657	581	592	624	753	797	750	833	874	958	757	1,140	1,083	1,009	1,063
MS	344	388	484	420	441	581	576	452	533	509	512	1,068	1,018	674	681
MT	700	764	700	581	743	700	675	868	699	813	726	809	1,099	1,193	1,349
NC	560	657	603	689	646	689	690	801	777	765	767	1,150	1,308	1,285	1,315
ND	463	420	646	721	614	614	576	582	588	608	700	722	876	966	1,011
NE	549	538	646	570	603	603	592	701	612	589	764	771	927	937	1,145
NH	1,044	1,044	1,173	1,528	1,528	1,615	1,710	2,385	1,629	1,601	1,664	2,201	2,832	1,857	2,461
NJ	1,270	1,259	926	1,518	1,324	1,690	1,469	1,813	1,546	2,067	1,489	2,406	2,037	2,880	3,081
NM	667	560	753	603	710	678	781	610	721	910	1,054	1,069	1,324	1,373	1,554
NV	850	495	624	1,098	739	821	945	685	817	967	1,091	1,049	1,509	1,413	1,670
NY	1,109	1,464	1,066	1,259	1,399	1,442	1,920	1,560	1,661	1,755	1,676	2,159	2,727	2,555	3,581
OH	657	710	678	710	850	818	847	841	915	833	1,085	1,143	1,490	1,586	1,358
OK	409	398	388	463	581	635	588	655	439	453	510	637	768	948	1,013
OR	614	624	732	969	797	603	896	689	730	993	1,068	1,498	1,355	1,713	1,775
PA	1,130	1,195	1,281	1,173	1,281	1,464	1,628	1,185	1,204	1,072	1,496	1,964	1,869	2,635	2,648
PR	560	807	710	710	915	797	808	697	768	1,443	1,517	1,227	1,490	1,689	3,086
RI	1,109	1,023	1,073	1,851	1,830	1,884	2,120	2,782	2,236	2,380	2,466	5,153	3,333	3,651	4,046
SC	560	527	495	570	732	710	784	880	673	746	730	837	1,070	1,097	1,156
SD	463	517	452	527	614	732	500	624	604	716	696	762	855	871	1,015
TN	420	495	484	592	689	549	667	553	492	514	654	759	791	751	960
TX	355	366	377	377	377	452	470	452	445	464	528	549	640	657	693
UT	517	527	624	689	1,055	657	801	1,056	783	958	1,022	1,561	1,593	1,628	1,595
VA	624	678	797	807	872	797	857	954	932	869	897	1,165	1,467	1,632	2,024
VT	1,044	1,184	1,367	926	1,159	1,216	1,209	1,891	1,774	1,965	1,550	2,840	2,441	2,825	2,768
WA	829	818	969	1,055	1,055	732	1,043	1,277	1,223	947	1,456	1,358	1,482	1,854	1,729
WI	452	409	463	484	441	474	519	638	586	633	667	564	625	630	783
WV	958	1,055	1,033	1,227	840	1,109	1,357	1,310	1,382	939	1,454	1,304	1,501	2,041	1,733
WY	549	592	721	646	775	689	829	647	588	653	809	1,115	1,100	1,098	1,299
Totals	38,063	39,923	40,098	43,473	44,480	47,176	49,857	53,727	50,889	54,994	60,526	72,032	81,470	88,252	93,213

Metric Non Federal-Aid Highways (cost per M²)
State	Unit Cost
State	1994	1995	1996	1997	1998	1999	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008
AK	947	969	955	958	961	958	959	2,080	1,333	2,189	1,938	2,614	2,247	2,992	2,618
AL	388	409	484	506	570	517	583	495	559	599	602	651	753	728	1,001
AR	409	484	452	506	495	689	671	615	604	615	725	807	879	1,020	899
AZ	484	484	753	861	915	843	600	786	743	710	895	604	1,057	1,215	959
CA	850	883	786	797	850	1,023	875	996	1,167	1,009	1,726	1,526	2,456	2,515	1,713
CO	592	807	653	463	624	667	714	566	518	504	529	617	1,229	962	1,083
CT	1,593	1,744	2,034	1,442	1,740	1,739	1,641	1,707	2,230	3,201	3,142	2,045	2,796	4,252	3,653
DC	1,755	1,744	1,752	1,755	1,751	1,753	1,753	1,753	1,753	1,753	1,753	1,753	1,753	1,753	1,753
DE	1,173	1,152	1,593	1,733	1,991	1,773	1,577	1,781	2,051	1,803	1,879	1,911	1,865	1,885	2,400
FL	592	495	452	614	570	635	663	623	673	893	1,316	937	1,721	1,483	1,332
GA	441	527	560	527	614	560	625	572	596	606	710	827	1,054	839	808
HI	1,270	1,345	1,277	1,302	1,308	1,572	2,040	1,640	1,751	1,811	3,871	2,478	2,720	3,023	2,741
IA	398	420	420	420	463	474	466	511	493	527	549	596	630	678	772
ID	484	431	635	624	797	947	1,364	1,036	1,201	1,201	1,154	1,686	1,056	1,706	1,348
IL	570	614	603	635	646	829	835	976	695	695	907	966	1,066	974	1,120
IN	581	538	581	657	657	657	660	671	665	894	692	803	1,137	1,116	1,172
KS	431	474	484	431	506	495	483	499	538	533	636	592	679	714	727
KY	635	549	581	721	861	732	725	832	903	849	1,086	1,038	1,190	1,256	1,606
LA	398	344	420	441	452	441	460	504	571	575	570	623	682	978	984
MA	1,507	1,442	1,227	1,281	1,453	1,830	2,150	2,023	2,117	3,093	2,749	2,863	2,956	2,294	4,100
MD	1,055	1,001	1,389	850	1,033	1,324	1,069	1,488	1,142	1,195	1,225	1,954	3,748	2,489	2,731
ME	1,055	1,453	1,098	1,206	1,253	1,550	1,736	1,331	1,432	1,482	1,537	1,858	2,103	2,818	2,260
MI	797	775	797	829	1,098	1,012	1,033	1,127	1,264	1,222	1,252	1,327	1,436	1,493	1,725
MN	614	549	581	603	592	538	554	751	736	811	881	1,157	909	1,004	1,157
MO	538	495	527	517	581	538	557	567	631	586	667	793	802	855	964
MS	355	344	355	344	398	388	381	390	435	428	447	428	484	584	578
MT	560	549	743	667	840	893	859	819	760	773	1,106	863	905	1,622	1,746
NC	570	581	581	657	743	775	740	758	732	780	893	1,069	1,219	1,134	1,440
ND	527	506	549	560	517	517	577	592	629	801	827	869	914	1,073	1,212
NE	517	484	506	517	570	592	641	659	693	693	725	765	820	868	950
NH	1,033	1,152	1,113	990	1,085	1,249	1,108	1,580	1,948	2,374	3,445	2,092	2,469	2,669	2,410
NJ	1,550	1,432	2,131	1,894	1,421	1,991	1,894	1,769	2,414	2,026	3,736	1,682	2,482	2,634	2,266
NM	506	517	506	592	818	689	691	563	648	918	710	759	796	1,460	1,176
NV	840	700	747	764	737	750	751	746	749	749	748	749	4,944	2,147	2,614
NY	980	1,109	1,453	1,572	1,421	1,399	1,589	1,482	1,735	2,100	1,871	2,094	3,067	2,361	2,444
OH	657	603	678	657	850	980	728	700	849	887	972	1,155	1,507	1,593	1,760
OK	398	398	452	441	452	581	511	498	474	462	492	591	673	756	923
OR	700	527	646	689	786	700	693	802	777	820	1,332	1,224	1,444	1,563	1,228
PA	1,259	1,292	1,281	1,259	1,216	1,550	1,457	1,680	1,664	1,695	1,698	1,926	2,116	3,382	3,185
PR	861	732	840	818	667	807	764	527	700	1,055	1,484	1,080	1,207	2,000	1,816
RI	1,173	1,152	1,170	1,173	1,165	1,170	1,170	1,169	1,170	2,809	2,810	2,874	2,831	2,839	2,848
SC	549	474	570	549	527	646	723	611	714	810	878	1,112	1,177	988	1,027
SD	517	506	624	570	517	753	603	600	626	615	731	799	800	917	991
TN	484	474	538	527	689	710	456	559	482	591	635	745	770	919	813
TX	344	388	377	377	355	441	517	520	521	554	593	657	830	851	841
UT	398	614	689	753	775	506	629	639	813	794	1,010	2,136	1,300	1,786	1,953
VA	753	850	743	797	861	807	769	842	1,036	942	1,314	1,567	1,436	1,608	1,537
VT	1,173	1,302	1,528	1,959	1,572	1,496	1,993	3,087	2,486	1,704	3,712	2,179	2,542	3,184	3,909
WA	646	775	797	700	840	667	913	924	804	980	937	1,085	1,484	1,169	1,568
WI	517	495	549	538	560	592	552	628	652	630	685	698	835	790	960
WV	947	1,098	1,119	1,184	1,044	1,141	1,340	1,436	1,034	1,488	1,404	1,429	1,970	1,475	1,973
WY	549	484	463	570	592	657	618	914	583	705	826	901	912	963	940
Totals	38,920	39,666	42,842	42,797	44,799	47,543	48,460	51,424	52,494	58,539	69,012	66,554	80,858	84,377	86,734

English Federal-Aid Highways (cost per ft²)
State	Unit Cost
State	1994	1995	1996	1997	1998	1999	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008
AK	133	123	141	141	106	104	103	131	187	160	174	192	198	268	219
AL	42	48	42	44	49	68	55	59	58	57	67	79	87	95	94
AR	43	48	46	49	53	58	56	62	61	62	66	88	112	111	127
AZ	42	52	48	62	56	50	56	58	61	65	58	92	111	108	102
CA	77	83	69	71	68	74	80	109	99	104	101	138	193	205	146
CO	51	47	55	52	59	65	72	58	55	55	77	80	105	106	95
CT	141	133	103	183	151	192	162	168	174	160	331	251	425	336	443
DC	163	162	163	110	145	139	131	161	144	277	194	241	238	224	235
DE	68	114	80	117	93	122	111	79	104	193	115	137	148	133	176
FL	49	47	58	56	65	55	80	76	83	80	102	132	153	125	134
GA	41	50	50	39	53	54	49	51	55	51	59	76	94	91	88
HI	104	155	137	132	141	194	156	164	171	164	166	167	349	561	359
IA	39	40	40	40	43	50	54	54	57	52	66	64	77	69	92
ID	53	69	65	68	56	73	75	94	75	100	92	137	163	143	179
IL	70	71	73	69	84	86	95	113	90	102	92	117	112	124	157
IN	52	51	58	65	57	72	74	78	69	66	78	76	97	112	115
KS	46	48	49	50	53	52	68	62	65	60	73	86	87	85	105
KY	45	44	57	62	67	80	98	86	65	56	89	82	82	92	110
LA	34	32	38	36	33	39	39	38	44	53	100	64	101	122	71
MA	145	113	96	109	109	148	109	194	139	144	214	232	263	305	306
MD	65	91	82	76	81	94	116	106	105	100	134	150	202	231	253
ME	96	101	106	98	96	100	159	140	142	133	205	170	165	213	275
MI	72	67	74	79	93	75	90	117	108	107	110	112	141	165	144
MN	57	53	58	58	58	58	72	93	81	96	91	108	94	139	121
MO	61	54	55	58	70	74	70	77	81	89	70	106	101	94	99
MS	32	36	45	39	41	54	54	42	50	47	48	99	95	63	63
MT	65	71	65	54	69	65	63	81	65	76	67	75	102	111	125
NC	52	61	56	64	60	64	64	74	72	71	71	107	122	119	122
ND	43	39	60	67	57	57	54	54	55	56	65	67	81	90	94
NE	51	50	60	53	56	56	55	65	57	55	71	72	86	87	106
NH	97	97	109	142	142	150	159	222	151	149	155	204	263	173	229
NJ	118	117	86	141	123	157	136	168	144	192	138	224	189	268	286
NM	62	52	70	56	66	63	73	57	67	85	98	99	123	128	144
NV	79	46	58	102	69	76	88	64	76	90	101	97	140	131	155
NY	103	136	99	117	130	134	178	145	154	163	156	201	253	237	333
OH	61	66	63	66	79	76	79	78	85	77	101	106	138	147	126
OK	38	37	36	43	54	59	55	61	41	42	47	59	71	88	94
OR	57	58	68	90	74	56	83	64	68	92	99	139	126	159	165
PA	105	111	119	109	119	136	151	110	112	100	139	182	174	245	246
PR	52	75	66	66	85	74	75	65	71	134	141	114	138	157	287
RI	103	95	100	172	170	175	197	258	208	221	229	479	310	339	376
SC	52	49	46	53	68	66	73	82	63	69	68	78	99	102	107
SD	43	48	42	49	57	68	46	58	56	67	65	71	79	81	94
TN	39	46	45	55	64	51	62	51	46	48	61	71	73	70	89
TX	33	34	35	35	35	42	44	42	41	43	49	51	59	61	64
UT	48	49	58	64	98	61	74	98	73	89	95	145	148	151	148
VA	58	63	74	75	81	74	80	89	87	81	83	108	136	152	188
VT	97	110	127	86	108	113	112	176	165	183	144	264	227	262	257
WA	77	76	90	98	98	68	97	119	114	88	135	126	138	172	161
WI	42	38	43	45	41	44	48	59	54	59	62	52	58	59	73
WV	89	98	96	114	78	103	126	122	128	87	135	121	139	190	161
WY	51	55	67	60	72	64	77	60	55	61	75	104	102	102	121
Totals	3,536	3,709	3,726	4,039	4,133	4,382	4,633	4,992	4,731	5,111	5,622	6,692	7,567	8,201	8,659

English Non Federal-Aid Highways (cost per ft²)
State	Unit Cost
State	1994	1995	1996	1997	1998	1999	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008
AK	88	90	89	89	89	89	89	193	124	203	180	243	209	278	243
AL	36	38	45	47	53	48	54	46	52	56	56	60	70	68	93
AR	38	45	42	47	46	64	62	57	56	57	67	75	82	95	84
AZ	45	45	70	80	85	78	56	73	69	66	83	56	98	113	89
CA	79	82	73	74	79	95	81	93	108	94	160	142	228	234	159
CO	55	75	61	43	58	62	66	53	48	47	49	57	114	89	101
CT	148	162	189	134	162	162	152	159	207	297	292	190	260	395	339
DC	163	162	163	163	163	163	163	163	163	163	163	163	163	163	163
DE	109	107	148	161	185	165	147	165	191	167	175	178	173	175	223
FL	55	46	42	57	53	59	62	58	63	83	122	87	160	138	124
GA	41	49	52	49	57	52	58	53	55	56	66	77	98	78	75
HI	118	125	119	121	122	146	190	152	163	168	360	230	253	281	255
IA	37	39	39	39	43	44	43	47	46	49	51	55	59	63	72
ID	45	40	59	58	74	88	127	96	112	112	107	157	98	158	125
IL	53	57	56	59	60	77	78	91	65	65	84	90	99	90	104
IN	54	50	54	61	61	61	61	62	62	83	64	75	106	104	109
KS	40	44	45	40	47	46	45	46	50	50	59	55	63	66	68
KY	59	51	54	67	80	68	67	77	84	79	101	96	111	117	149
LA	37	32	39	41	42	41	43	47	53	53	53	58	63	91	91
MA	140	134	114	119	135	170	200	188	197	287	255	266	275	213	381
MD	98	93	129	79	96	123	99	138	106	111	114	182	348	231	254
ME	98	135	102	112	116	144	161	124	133	138	143	173	195	262	210
MI	74	72	74	77	102	94	96	105	117	114	116	123	133	139	160
MN	57	51	54	56	55	50	51	70	68	75	82	107	84	93	107
MO	50	46	49	48	54	50	52	53	59	54	62	74	75	79	90
MS	33	32	33	32	37	36	35	36	40	40	42	40	45	54	54
MT	52	51	69	62	78	83	80	76	71	72	103	80	84	151	162
NC	53	54	54	61	69	72	69	70	68	72	83	99	113	105	134
ND	49	47	51	52	48	48	54	55	58	74	77	81	85	100	113
NE	48	45	47	48	53	55	60	61	64	64	67	71	76	81	88
NH	96	107	103	92	101	116	103	147	181	221	320	194	229	248	224
NJ	144	133	198	176	132	185	176	164	224	188	347	156	231	245	211
NM	47	48	47	55	76	64	64	52	60	85	66	71	74	136	109
NV	78	65	69	71	68	70	70	69	70	70	69	70	459	199	243
NY	91	103	135	146	132	130	148	138	161	195	174	195	285	219	227
OH	61	56	63	61	79	91	68	65	79	82	90	107	140	148	164
OK	37	37	42	41	42	54	47	46	44	43	46	55	63	70	86
OR	65	49	60	64	73	65	64	75	72	76	124	114	134	145	114
PA	117	120	119	117	113	144	135	156	155	157	158	179	197	314	296
PR	80	68	78	76	62	75	71	49	65	98	138	100	112	186	169
RI	109	107	109	109	108	109	109	109	109	261	261	267	263	264	265
SC	51	44	53	51	49	60	67	57	66	75	82	103	109	92	95
SD	48	47	58	53	48	70	56	56	58	57	68	74	74	85	92
TN	45	44	50	49	64	66	42	52	45	55	59	69	72	85	76
TX	32	36	35	35	33	41	48	48	48	51	55	61	77	79	78
UT	37	57	64	70	72	47	58	59	76	74	94	198	121	166	181
VA	70	79	69	74	80	75	71	78	96	88	122	146	133	149	143
VT	109	121	142	182	146	139	185	287	231	158	345	202	236	296	363
WA	60	72	74	65	78	62	85	86	75	91	87	101	138	109	146
WI	48	46	51	50	52	55	51	58	61	59	64	65	78	73	89
WV	88	102	104	110	97	106	124	133	96	138	130	133	183	137	183
WY	51	45	43	53	55	61	57	85	54	65	77	84	85	89	87
Totals	3,616	3,685	3,981	3,976	4,162	4,418	4,500	4,776	4,878	5,436	6,412	6,184	7,513	7,838	8,060

NOTE: The year indicates the year of construction not the year collected.
The year collected would be the year listed + 1yr

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