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FHWA HIGHWAY BRIEFING SHEET FOR:  ALABAMA	Total	PERCENT OF US TOTAL 1	RANK 1
TOTAL AREA (SQ MILES) - 2000 CENSUS 2	50,753	1.40%	28
POPULATION - 2000 CENSUS	4,446,000	1.59%	22
RURAL - 2000 CENSUS	1,963,000	2.54%	17
URBAN - 2000 CENSUS	2,483,000	1.22%	27
MOTOR FUEL USED ON HIGHWAYS - 2000 (1,000 GALLONS)	3,148,522	1.94%	18
HIGHWAY USE GASOLINE (INCLUDES GASOHOL)	2,378,770	1.85%	21
HIGHWAY USE SPECIAL FUELS	769,752	2.31%	17
GASOHOL	0	0.00%
PRIVATE AND COMMERCIAL MOTOR VEHICLES - 2000
AUTOMOBILES	1,946,144	1.47%	23
TRUCKS	1,962,825	2.31%	15
TOTAL (INCLUDES BUSES)	3,911,394	1.80%	20
LICENSED DRIVERS - 2000	3,521,444	1.85%	19
VEHICLE-MILES OF TRAVEL - 2000 (1,000,000)	56,534	2.07%	17
PAYMENTS INTO HTF - FY 2000 ($1,000)	$638,977	2.11%	16
RATIO APPOR. AND ALLOC. TO PAYMENTS - FY 2000	.92		32
RATIO APPOR. AND ALLOC. TO PAYMENTS - CUMULATIVE	1.06		32
OBLIGATION CEILING - FY 2002 ($1000)	$455,905	2.00%	16
FEDERAL-AID APPORTIONMENTS - FY 2001 ($1,000)	$573,460	1.99%	16
NATIONAL HIGHWAY SYSTEM	$87,673	1.86%	17
SURFACE TRANSPORTATION PROGRAM	$113,709	2.05%	17
INTERSTATE MAINTENANCE	$77,704	2.01%	16
BRIDGE PROGRAM	$66,152	2.00%	18
CONGESTION MITIGATION & AIR QUALITY IMPROVEMENT	$6,753	0.50%	28
RECREATION TRAILS	$992	2.01%	19
METROPOLITAN PLANNING	$2,137	1.11%	25
MINIMUM GUARANTEE	$110,918	1.71%	21
TOTAL ALLOCATIONS - FY 2000 ($1,000)	$51,794	1.86%	21
STATE HIGHWAY USER REVENUES - 2000 ($1,000)	$771,801	1.36%	24
NET DISTRIB. TO NON-HWY/NON-TRANSIT PURPOSES ($1,000)	$32,226		13
STATE HIGHWAY USER REVENUES PER 1,000 VMT ($1)	$13.65		48
EXPENDITURES-2000 (STATE ADMIN. HIGHWAYS) ($1,000)	$1,039,920	1.39%	29
CAPITAL OUTLAY	$719,722	1.63%	21
MAINTENANCE	$145,625	1.14%	28
EXPENDITURES-1999 (ALL UNITS OF GOV.) ($1,000)	$1,688,215	1.47%	25
CAPITAL OUTLAY	$646,937	1.13%	30
MAINTENANCE	$799,585	2.67%	11
GAS TAX RATE AS OF OCT. 1, 2001 (Cents/Gallon)	18.00		37
DATE OF LAST CHANGE IN GASOLINE TAX RATE	06/01/1992

ALABAMA CONTINUED	State Total3	PERCENT OF US TOTAL1	RANK1	STATE JURIS- DICTION	LOCAL JURIS- DICTION
ROAD AND STREET MILEAGE - 2000
(by functional class)
INTERSTATE	906	1.95%	24	906	0
OTHER PRINCIPAL ARTERIALS	3,128	1.94%	23	3,056	72
MINOR ARTERIALS	5,674	2.50%	12	4,276	1,358
COLLECTORS	20,426	2.58%	16	2,652	17,770
LOCAL	64,176	2.37%	19	160	63,327
TOTAL MILEAGE	94,310	2.40%	18	11,050	82,527
(by system)
INTERSTATE	906	1.95%	24
OTHER NATIONAL HIGHWAY SYSTEM	2,749	2.40%	15
TOTAL NATIONAL HIGHWAY SYSTEM  4	3,655	2.27%	17
NON-NATIONAL HIGHWAY SYSTEM	90,655	2.40%	19
TOTAL MILEAGE	94,310	2.40%	18
NATIONAL HIGHWAY SYSTEM MILEAGE
AS PERCENT OF TOTAL STATE MILEAGE	3.9%		33
BRIDGES AS OF AUG. 2001
TOTAL BRIDGES IN INVENTORY	15,641	2.66%	15
TOTAL DEFICIENT	4,922	3.00%	12
TOTAL NONDEFICIENT	10,719	2.53%	19
NATIONAL HIGHWAY SYSTEM  4	2,623	2.29%	12
STRUCTURALLY DEFICIENT	91	1.38%	23
FUNCTIONALLY OBSOLETE	609	3.45%	7
TOTAL DEFICIENT	700	2.89%	10
TOTAL NONDEFICIENT	1,923	2.13%	18
NON-NATIONAL HIGHWAY SYSTEM	13,018	2.75%	16
STRUCTURALLY DEFICIENT	2,586	3.37%	10
FUNCTIONALLY OBSOLETE	1,636	2.59%	16
TOTAL DEFICIENT	4,222	3.02%	13
TOTAL NONDEFICIENT	8,796	2.63%	18

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