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Table HM-12 - Roadway Extent, Characteristics, and Performance - Highway Statistics 2005 - FHWA
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PUBLIC ROAD LENGTH - 2005 1/

MILES BY TYPE OF SURFACE AND OWNERSHIP/FUNCTIONAL SYSTEM
NATIONAL SUMMARY

OCTOBER 2006 Table HM-12
OWNERSHIP/FUNCTIONAL SYSTEM UNPAVED PAVED 2/ TOTAL
LOW TYPE INTERMEDIATE TYPE HIGH TYPE TOTAL
FLEXIBLE COMPOSITE RIGID
Rural:
State Highway Agency: 3/
Principal Arterial:
Interstate - 283 1,049 14,236 5,969 7,823 29,360 29,360
Other 143 813 4,058 64,999 15,088 9,214 94,172 94,315
Minor Arterial 172 3,231 11,722 95,230 16,246 5,065 131,494 131,666
Major Collector 1,453 32,218 46,593 126,070 14,000 1,946 220,827 222,280
Subtotal 1,768 36,545 63,422 300,535 51,303 24,048 475,853 477,621
Other Jurisdictions:
Principal Arterial:
Interstate - - - 525 713 249 1,487 1,487
Other - 36 48 204 103 375 766 766
Minor Arterial - 204 1,008 1,861 113 6 3,192 3,192
Major Collector 38,990 28,586 49,813 66,835 2,809 7,377 155,420 194,410
Subtotal 38,990 28,826 50,869 69,425 3,738 8,007 160,865 199,855
Federal Agency:
Principal Arterial:
Interstate - - - - - - - -
Other - - 8 89 - 1 98 98
Minor Arterial - - 497 278 2 - 777 777
Major Collector 691 289 1,734 837 - - 2,860 3,551
Subtotal 691 289 2,239 1,204 2 1 3,735 4,426
Subtotal 41,449 65,660 116,530 371,164 55,043 32,056 640,453 681,902
Minor Collector 88,957   175,680 264,637
Local 1,232,977 809,257 2,042,234
Total Rural 1,363,383 1,625,390 2,988,773
Urban:
State Highway Agency: 3/
Principal Arterial:
Interstate - 41 118 5,355 4,179 5,025 14,718 14,718
Other Freeways And Expressways - 32 99 4,780 2,091 2,848 9,850 9,850
Other - 278 1,397 24,932 12,513 4,930 44,050 44,050
Minor Arterial 2 593 3,363 21,214 8,151 1,478 34,799 34,801
Collector 16 1,998 4,689 9,850 1,575 530 18,642 18,658
Subtotal 18 2,942 9,666 66,131 28,509 14,811 122,059 122,077
Other Jurisdictions:
Principal Arterial:
Interstate - - 5 318 586 147 1,056 1,056
Other Freeways And Expressways - 5 - 325 146 195 671 671
Other 19 355 2,397 11,229 2,063 1,804 17,848 17,867
Minor Arterial 553 3,428 14,707 37,348 6,208 5,259 66,950 67,503
Collector 1,110 6,543 26,550 43,542 6,213 4,236 87,084 88,194
Subtotal 1,682 10,331 43,659 92,762 15,216 11,641 173,609 175,291
Federal Agency:
Principal Arterial:
Interstate - - - - - - - -
Other Freeways And Expressways - - - 41 - - 41 41
Other - - 25 16 - 4 45 45
Minor Arterial - - 10 37 1 1 49 49
Collector - 11 62 28 4 - 105 105
Subtotal - 11 97 122 5 5 240 240
Subtotal 1,700 13,284 53,422 159,015 43,730 26,457 295,908 297,608
Local 43,674   680,192 723,866
Total Urban 45,374 976,100 1,021,474
Total Rural and Urban 1,408,757 78,944 169,952 530,179 98,773 58,513 2,601,490 4,010,247

Footnotes

1/ Includes the 50 States, the District of Columbia and Puerto Rico. Some differences from other tables may be noted because these are estimated from sample and summary data; samples entirely on structures are not included. 2004 data used for New York. Indiana excludes 770 miles of Federal agency owned roads.

2/ Paved includes the following categories: Low type-- an earth, gravel, or stone roadway which has a bituminous surface course less than 1" thick suitable for occasional heavy loads; Intermediate Type-- a mixed bituminous or bituminous penetration roadway on a flexible base having a combined surface and base thickness of less than 7"; High-Type Flexible-- a mixed bituminous or bituminous penetration roadway on a flexible base having a combined surface and base thickness of 7" or more; also includes brick, block, or combination roadways; High-Type Composite-- a mixed bituminous or bituminous penetration roadway of more than 1" compacted material on a rigid base with a combined surface and base thickness of 7" or more; High-Type Rigid-- a Portland Cement Concrete roadway with or without a bituminous wearing surface of less than 1".

3/ Prior to 1999 included other state agency roads.

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