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Table HM-12M - Metric Tables - Highway Statistics 2005 - FHWA
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PUBLIC ROAD LENGTH - 2005 1/

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

OCTOBER 2006 Table HM-12M
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 - 455 1,688 22,911 9,606 12,590 47,250 47,250
Other 230 1,308 6,531 104,606 24,282 14,828 151,555 151,785
Minor Arterial 277 5,200 18,865 153,258 26,145 8,151 211,619 211,896
Major Collector 2,338 51,850 74,984 202,890 22,531 3,132 355,387 357,725
Subtotal 2,845 58,813 102,068 483,664 82,564 38,702 765,811 768,656
Other Jurisdictions:
Principal Arterial:
Interstate - - - 845 1,147 401 2,393 2,393
Other - 58 77 328 166 604 1,233 1,233
Minor Arterial - 328 1,622 2,995 182 10 5,137 5,137
Major Collector 62,748 46,005 80,166 107,561 4,521 11,872 250,124 312,873
Subtotal 62,748 46,391 81,866 111,729 6,016 12,886 258,887 321,635
Federal Agency:
Principal Arterial:
Interstate - - - - - - - -
Other - - 13 143 - 2 158 158
Minor Arterial - - 800 447 3 - 1,250 1,250
Major Collector 1,112 465 2,791 1,347 - - 4,603 5,715
Subtotal 1,112 465 3,603 1,938 3 2 6,011 7,123
Subtotal 66,706 105,670 187,537 597,331 88,583 51,589 1,030,709 1,097,415
Minor Collector 143,162   282,730 425,892
Local 1,984,284 1,302,373 3,286,657
Total Rural 2,194,152 2,615,812 4,809,964
Urban:
State Highway Agency: 3/
Principal Arterial:
Interstate - 66 190 8,618 6,725 8,087 23,686 23,686
Other Freeways And Expressways - 51 159 7,693 3,365 4,583 15,852 15,852
Other - 447 2,248 40,124 20,138 7,934 70,892 70,892
Minor Arterial 3 954 5,412 34,141 13,118 2,379 56,004 56,007
Collector 26 3,215 7,546 15,852 2,535 853 30,001 30,027
Subtotal 29 4,735 15,556 106,428 45,881 23,836 196,435 196,464
Other Jurisdictions:
Principal Arterial:
Interstate - - 8 512 943 237 1,699 1,699
Other Freeways And Expressways - 8 - 523 235 314 1,080 1,080
Other 31 571 3,858 18,071 3,320 2,903 28,724 28,754
Minor Arterial 890 5,517 23,669 60,106 9,991 8,464 107,746 108,636
Collector 1,786 10,530 42,728 70,074 9,999 6,817 140,148 141,934
Subtotal 2,707 16,626 70,262 149,286 24,488 18,734 279,397 282,104
Federal Agency:
Principal Arterial:
Interstate - - - - - - - -
Other Freeways And Expressways - - - 66 - - 66 66
Other - - 40 26 - 6 72 72
Minor Arterial - - 16 60 2 2 79 79
Collector - 18 100 45 6 - 169 169
Subtotal - 18 156 196 8 8 386 386
Subtotal 2,736 21,379 85,974 255,910 70,377 42,578 476,218 478,954
Local 70,286   1,094,663 1,164,949
Total Urban 73,022 1,570,881 1,643,903
Total Rural and Urban 2,267,175 127,048 273,511 853,240 158,960 94,168 4,186,692 6,453,867

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. Due to conversion from English to metric units and to rounding, individual cell values may not agree with corresponding mileage table cell values. 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 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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