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FHWA HIGHWAY BRIEFING SHEET FOR:  COLORADO	Total	PERCENT OF US TOTAL 1	RANK 1
TOTAL AREA (SQ MILES) - 2000 CENSUS 2	103,729	2.86%	9
POPULATION - 2000 CENSUS	4,301,000	1.53%	25
RURAL - 2000 CENSUS	986,000	1.27%	29
URBAN - 2000 CENSUS	3,315,000	1.63%	20
MOTOR FUEL USED ON HIGHWAYS - 2000 (1,000 GALLONS)	2,450,177	1.51%	27
HIGHWAY USE GASOLINE (INCLUDES GASOHOL)	1,977,730	1.53%	26
HIGHWAY USE SPECIAL FUELS	472,447	1.42%	29
GASOHOL	636,864	3.90%	8
PRIVATE AND COMMERCIAL MOTOR VEHICLES - 2000
AUTOMOBILES	1,910,655	1.44%	26
TRUCKS	1,673,059	1.97%	20
TOTAL (INCLUDES BUSES)	3,585,435	1.65%	23
LICENSED DRIVERS - 2000	3,107,258	1.63%	22
VEHICLE-MILES OF TRAVEL - 2000 (1,000,000)	41,614	1.52%	26
PAYMENTS INTO HTF - FY 2000 ($1,000)	$423,763	1.40%	27
RATIO APPOR. AND ALLOC. TO PAYMENTS - FY 2000	.87		45
RATIO APPOR. AND ALLOC. TO PAYMENTS - CUMULATIVE	1.22		22
OBLIGATION CEILING - FY 2002 ($1000)	$295,924	1.30%	28
FEDERAL-AID APPORTIONMENTS - FY 2001 ($1,000)	$343,077	1.19%	31
NATIONAL HIGHWAY SYSTEM	$76,881	1.63%	23
SURFACE TRANSPORTATION PROGRAM	$82,063	1.48%	28
INTERSTATE MAINTENANCE	$61,703	1.59%	27
BRIDGE PROGRAM	$20,151	0.61%	38
CONGESTION MITIGATION & AIR QUALITY IMPROVEMENT	$20,516	1.52%	17
RECREATION TRAILS	$1,012	2.05%	18
METROPOLITAN PLANNING	$2,762	1.43%	21
MINIMUM GUARANTEE	$43,801	0.68%	36
TOTAL ALLOCATIONS - FY 2000 ($1,000)	$49,401	1.78%	22
STATE HIGHWAY USER REVENUES - 2000 ($1,000)	$836,082	1.48%	22
NET DISTRIB. TO NON-HWY/NON-TRANSIT PURPOSES ($1,000)	$0
STATE HIGHWAY USER REVENUES PER 1,000 VMT ($1)	$20.09		27
EXPENDITURES-2000 (STATE ADMIN. HIGHWAYS) ($1,000)	$1,089,600	1.46%	27
CAPITAL OUTLAY	$702,660	1.59%	23
MAINTENANCE	$247,168	1.93%	17
EXPENDITURES-1999 (ALL UNITS OF GOV.) ($1,000)	$1,977,749	1.72%	19
CAPITAL OUTLAY	$1,060,654	1.85%	19
MAINTENANCE	$520,873	1.74%	21
GAS TAX RATE AS OF OCT. 1, 2001 (Cents/Gallon)	22.00		16
DATE OF LAST CHANGE IN GASOLINE TAX RATE	01/01/1991

COLORADO CONTINUED	State Total3	PERCENT OF US TOTAL1	RANK1	STATE JURIS- DICTION	LOCAL JURIS- DICTION
ROAD AND STREET MILEAGE - 2000
(by functional class)
INTERSTATE	951	2.05%	19	951	0
OTHER PRINCIPAL ARTERIALS	3,347	2.07%	19	2,909	395
MINOR ARTERIALS	5,056	2.22%	19	3,613	1,443
COLLECTORS	16,608	2.09%	25	1,586	13,455
LOCAL	59,450	2.20%	23	28	53,801
TOTAL MILEAGE	85,412	2.17%	23	9,087	69,094
(by system)
INTERSTATE	951	2.05%	19
OTHER NATIONAL HIGHWAY SYSTEM	2,451	2.14%	20
TOTAL NATIONAL HIGHWAY SYSTEM  4	3,402	2.12%	20
NON-NATIONAL HIGHWAY SYSTEM	82,010	2.17%	23
TOTAL MILEAGE	85,412	2.17%	23
NATIONAL HIGHWAY SYSTEM MILEAGE
AS PERCENT OF TOTAL STATE MILEAGE	4.0%		32
BRIDGES AS OF AUG. 2001
TOTAL BRIDGES IN INVENTORY	8,082	1.37%	27
TOTAL DEFICIENT	1,443	0.88%	34
TOTAL NONDEFICIENT	6,639	1.57%	27
NATIONAL HIGHWAY SYSTEM  4	1,951	1.71%	25
STRUCTURALLY DEFICIENT	110	1.67%	17
FUNCTIONALLY OBSOLETE	299	1.70%	27
TOTAL DEFICIENT	409	1.69%	22
TOTAL NONDEFICIENT	1,542	1.71%	24
NON-NATIONAL HIGHWAY SYSTEM	6,131	1.29%	27
STRUCTURALLY DEFICIENT	486	0.63%	32
FUNCTIONALLY OBSOLETE	548	0.87%	33
TOTAL DEFICIENT	1,034	0.74%	35
TOTAL NONDEFICIENT	5,097	1.53%	27

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