Office of Highway Policy Information	OHPI > Highway Statistics Series > 2000 State Briefing > Massachusetts

FHWA HIGHWAY BRIEFING SHEET FOR:  MASSACHUSETTS	Total	PERCENT OF US TOTAL 1	RANK 1
TOTAL AREA (SQ MILES) - 2000 CENSUS 2	7,839	0.22%	45
POPULATION - 2000 CENSUS	6,202,000	2.21%	13
RURAL - 2000 CENSUS	780,000	1.01%	32
URBAN - 2000 CENSUS	5,422,000	2.67%	11
MOTOR FUEL USED ON HIGHWAYS - 2000 (1,000 GALLONS)	3,122,005	1.92%	19
HIGHWAY USE GASOLINE (INCLUDES GASOHOL)	2,713,913	2.11%	16
HIGHWAY USE SPECIAL FUELS	408,092	1.22%	31
GASOHOL	0	0.00%
PRIVATE AND COMMERCIAL MOTOR VEHICLES - 2000
AUTOMOBILES	3,656,098	2.76%	13
TRUCKS	1,541,572	1.81%	23
TOTAL (INCLUDES BUSES)	5,209,061	2.39%	14
LICENSED DRIVERS - 2000	4,489,695	2.36%	13
VEHICLE-MILES OF TRAVEL - 2000 (1,000,000)	52,370	1.92%	19
PAYMENTS INTO HTF - FY 2000 ($1,000)	$545,690	1.80%	22
RATIO APPOR. AND ALLOC. TO PAYMENTS - FY 2000	.98		22
RATIO APPOR. AND ALLOC. TO PAYMENTS - CUMULATIVE	1.57		13
OBLIGATION CEILING - FY 2002 ($1000)	$412,769	1.81%	18
FEDERAL-AID APPORTIONMENTS - FY 2001 ($1,000)	$523,552	1.81%	18
NATIONAL HIGHWAY SYSTEM	$66,183	1.40%	32
SURFACE TRANSPORTATION PROGRAM	$93,848	1.70%	23
INTERSTATE MAINTENANCE	$65,799	1.70%	26
BRIDGE PROGRAM	$104,388	3.16%	9
CONGESTION MITIGATION & AIR QUALITY IMPROVEMENT	$20,839	1.54%	16
RECREATION TRAILS	$752	1.53%	35
METROPOLITAN PLANNING	$5,495	2.85%	10
MINIMUM GUARANTEE	$112,347	1.74%	20
TOTAL ALLOCATIONS - FY 2000 ($1,000)	$45,206	1.63%	25
STATE HIGHWAY USER REVENUES - 2000 ($1,000)	$951,183	1.68%	19
NET DISTRIB. TO NON-HWY/NON-TRANSIT PURPOSES ($1,000)	$1,776		33
STATE HIGHWAY USER REVENUES PER 1,000 VMT ($1)	$18.16		35
EXPENDITURES-2000 (STATE ADMIN. HIGHWAYS) ($1,000)	$3,177,913	4.25%	7
CAPITAL OUTLAY	$2,089,620	4.74%	6
MAINTENANCE	$196,062	1.53%	21
EXPENDITURES-1999 (ALL UNITS OF GOV.) ($1,000)	$5,017,154	4.36%	6
CAPITAL OUTLAY	$2,980,675	5.21%	5
MAINTENANCE	$569,384	1.90%	18
GAS TAX RATE AS OF OCT. 1, 2001 (Cents/Gallon)	21.00		20
DATE OF LAST CHANGE IN GASOLINE TAX RATE	01/01/1991

MASSACHUSETTS CONTINUED	State Total3	PERCENT OF US TOTAL1	RANK1	STATE JURIS- DICTION	LOCAL JURIS- DICTION
ROAD AND STREET MILEAGE - 2000
(by functional class)
INTERSTATE	566	1.22%	38	566	0
OTHER PRINCIPAL ARTERIALS	2,060	1.28%	37	1,194	865
MINOR ARTERIALS	3,773	1.66%	27	913	2,860
COLLECTORS	5,486	0.69%	40	401	5,075
LOCAL	23,428	0.87%	40	520	22,808
TOTAL MILEAGE	35,313	0.90%	40	3,594	31,608
(by system)
INTERSTATE	566	1.22%	38
OTHER NATIONAL HIGHWAY SYSTEM	1,375	1.20%	39
TOTAL NATIONAL HIGHWAY SYSTEM  4	1,941	1.21%	41
NON-NATIONAL HIGHWAY SYSTEM	33,372	0.88%	40
TOTAL MILEAGE	35,313	0.90%	40
NATIONAL HIGHWAY SYSTEM MILEAGE
AS PERCENT OF TOTAL STATE MILEAGE	5.5%		10
BRIDGES AS OF AUG. 2001
TOTAL BRIDGES IN INVENTORY	4,986	0.85%	35
TOTAL DEFICIENT	2,488	1.52%	25
TOTAL NONDEFICIENT	2,498	0.59%	40
NATIONAL HIGHWAY SYSTEM  4	1,878	1.64%	27
STRUCTURALLY DEFICIENT	187	2.83%	11
FUNCTIONALLY OBSOLETE	797	4.52%	4
TOTAL DEFICIENT	984	4.06%	5
TOTAL NONDEFICIENT	894	0.99%	37
NON-NATIONAL HIGHWAY SYSTEM	3,108	0.66%	38
STRUCTURALLY DEFICIENT	509	0.66%	31
FUNCTIONALLY OBSOLETE	995	1.58%	24
TOTAL DEFICIENT	1,504	1.08%	30
TOTAL NONDEFICIENT	1,604	0.48%	39

¹ Excludes Puerto Rico.
² Excludes inland water.
³ Includes mileage under Federal jurisdiction.
⁴ Reflects designated National Highway System submitted to Congress in May 1996, under NHS Designation Act

Produced by the Office of Highway Policy Information (HPPI-10), Federal Highway Administration  8/14/02