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FHWA HIGHWAY BRIEFING SHEET FOR:  ALASKA	Total	PERCENT OF US TOTAL 1	RANK 1
TOTAL AREA (SQ MILES) - 2000 CENSUS 2	570,374	15.72%	1
POPULATION - 2000 CENSUS	615,000	0.22%	48
RURAL - 2000 CENSUS	269,000	0.35%	46
URBAN - 2000 CENSUS	346,000	0.17%	47
MOTOR FUEL USED ON HIGHWAYS - 2000 (1,000 GALLONS)	338,750	0.21%	50
HIGHWAY USE GASOLINE (INCLUDES GASOHOL)	247,395	0.19%	50
HIGHWAY USE SPECIAL FUELS	91,355	0.27%	46
GASOHOL	12,776	0.08%	31
PRIVATE AND COMMERCIAL MOTOR VEHICLES - 2000
AUTOMOBILES	241,775	0.18%	49
TRUCKS	337,788	0.40%	46
TOTAL (INCLUDES BUSES)	581,683	0.27%	48
LICENSED DRIVERS - 2000	465,256	0.24%	48
VEHICLE-MILES OF TRAVEL - 2000 (1,000,000)	4,602	0.17%	50
PAYMENTS INTO HTF - FY 2000 ($1,000)	$65,940	0.22%	50
RATIO APPOR. AND ALLOC. TO PAYMENTS - FY 2000	5.74		1
RATIO APPOR. AND ALLOC. TO PAYMENTS - CUMULATIVE	6.49		1
OBLIGATION CEILING - FY 2002 ($1000)	$261,286	1.15%	34
FEDERAL-AID APPORTIONMENTS - FY 2001 ($1,000)	$344,838	1.19%	30
NATIONAL HIGHWAY SYSTEM	$25,308	0.54%	50
SURFACE TRANSPORTATION PROGRAM	$27,676	0.50%	44
INTERSTATE MAINTENANCE	$20,466	0.53%	44
BRIDGE PROGRAM	$10,118	0.31%	48
CONGESTION MITIGATION & AIR QUALITY IMPROVEMENT	$6,753	0.50%	28
RECREATION TRAILS	$694	1.41%	39
METROPOLITAN PLANNING	$963	0.50%	34
MINIMUM GUARANTEE	$218,402	3.37%	9
TOTAL ALLOCATIONS - FY 2000 ($1,000)	$54,737	1.97%	20
STATE HIGHWAY USER REVENUES - 2000 ($1,000)	$60,814	0.11%	51
NET DISTRIB. TO NON-HWY/NON-TRANSIT PURPOSES ($1,000)	$0
STATE HIGHWAY USER REVENUES PER 1,000 VMT ($1)	$13.21		49
EXPENDITURES-2000 (STATE ADMIN. HIGHWAYS) ($1,000)	$498,710	0.67%	40
CAPITAL OUTLAY	$321,612	0.73%	39
MAINTENANCE	$118,010	0.92%	33
EXPENDITURES-1999 (ALL UNITS OF GOV.) ($1,000)	$586,954	0.51%	41
CAPITAL OUTLAY	$330,658	0.58%	39
MAINTENANCE	$163,760	0.55%	39
GAS TAX RATE AS OF OCT. 1, 2001 (Cents/Gallon)	8.00		50
DATE OF LAST CHANGE IN GASOLINE TAX RATE	07/01/1961

ALASKA CONTINUED	State Total3	PERCENT OF US TOTAL1	RANK1	STATE JURIS- DICTION	LOCAL JURIS- DICTION
ROAD AND STREET MILEAGE - 2000
(by functional class)
INTERSTATE	1,083	2.33%	15	1,083	0
OTHER PRINCIPAL ARTERIALS	866	0.54%	45	866	0
MINOR ARTERIALS	638	0.28%	47	608	30
COLLECTORS	2,736	0.34%	46	2,426	197
LOCAL	7,500	0.28%	47	1,037	5,052
TOTAL MILEAGE	12,823	0.33%	47	6,020	5,279
(by system)
INTERSTATE	1,083	2.33%	15
OTHER NATIONAL HIGHWAY SYSTEM	1,027	0.90%	42
TOTAL NATIONAL HIGHWAY SYSTEM  4	2,110	1.31%	39
NON-NATIONAL HIGHWAY SYSTEM	10,713	0.28%	47
TOTAL MILEAGE	12,823	0.33%	47
NATIONAL HIGHWAY SYSTEM MILEAGE
AS PERCENT OF TOTAL STATE MILEAGE	16.5%		1
BRIDGES AS OF AUG. 2001
TOTAL BRIDGES IN INVENTORY	1,433	0.24%	47
TOTAL DEFICIENT	412	0.25%	47
TOTAL NONDEFICIENT	1,021	0.24%	47
NATIONAL HIGHWAY SYSTEM  4	353	0.31%	48
STRUCTURALLY DEFICIENT	38	0.58%	41
FUNCTIONALLY OBSOLETE	37	0.21%	49
TOTAL DEFICIENT	75	0.31%	48
TOTAL NONDEFICIENT	278	0.31%	48
NON-NATIONAL HIGHWAY SYSTEM	1,080	0.23%	46
STRUCTURALLY DEFICIENT	131	0.17%	46
FUNCTIONALLY OBSOLETE	206	0.33%	44
TOTAL DEFICIENT	337	0.24%	45
TOTAL NONDEFICIENT	743	0.22%	46

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