Office of Highway Policy Information	OHPI > Highway Statistics Series > 2000 State Briefing > Connecticut

FHWA HIGHWAY BRIEFING SHEET FOR:  CONNECTICUT	Total	PERCENT OF US TOTAL 1	RANK 1
TOTAL AREA (SQ MILES) - 2000 CENSUS 2	4,844	0.13%	48
POPULATION - 2000 CENSUS	3,396,000	1.21%	28
RURAL - 2000 CENSUS	701,000	0.91%	35
URBAN - 2000 CENSUS	2,695,000	1.33%	26
MOTOR FUEL USED ON HIGHWAYS - 2000 (1,000 GALLONS)	1,697,878	1.05%	32
HIGHWAY USE GASOLINE (INCLUDES GASOHOL)	1,422,964	1.10%	31
HIGHWAY USE SPECIAL FUELS	274,914	0.82%	37
GASOHOL	39,154	0.24%	26
PRIVATE AND COMMERCIAL MOTOR VEHICLES - 2000
AUTOMOBILES	1,997,764	1.51%	22
TRUCKS	806,763	0.95%	33
TOTAL (INCLUDES BUSES)	2,814,217	1.29%	29
LICENSED DRIVERS - 2000	2,652,593	1.39%	27
VEHICLE-MILES OF TRAVEL - 2000 (1,000,000)	30,456	1.12%	30
PAYMENTS INTO HTF - FY 2000 ($1,000)	$312,507	1.03%	33
RATIO APPOR. AND ALLOC. TO PAYMENTS - FY 2000	1.41		13
RATIO APPOR. AND ALLOC. TO PAYMENTS - CUMULATIVE	1.70		11
OBLIGATION CEILING - FY 2002 ($1000)	$334,700	1.47%	26
FEDERAL-AID APPORTIONMENTS - FY 2001 ($1,000)	$432,260	1.50%	26
NATIONAL HIGHWAY SYSTEM	$37,643	0.80%	42
SURFACE TRANSPORTATION PROGRAM	$52,910	0.96%	34
INTERSTATE MAINTENANCE	$40,465	1.05%	37
BRIDGE PROGRAM	$68,117	2.06%	16
CONGESTION MITIGATION & AIR QUALITY IMPROVEMENT	$29,687	2.20%	11
RECREATION TRAILS	$587	1.19%	45
METROPOLITAN PLANNING	$2,853	1.48%	20
MINIMUM GUARANTEE	$156,081	2.41%	15
TOTAL ALLOCATIONS - FY 2000 ($1,000)	$33,910	1.22%	34
STATE HIGHWAY USER REVENUES - 2000 ($1,000)	$765,855	1.35%	26
NET DISTRIB. TO NON-HWY/NON-TRANSIT PURPOSES ($1,000)	$30,612		15
STATE HIGHWAY USER REVENUES PER 1,000 VMT ($1)	$25.15		10
EXPENDITURES-2000 (STATE ADMIN. HIGHWAYS) ($1,000)	$1,247,992	1.67%	20
CAPITAL OUTLAY	$552,254	1.25%	32
MAINTENANCE	$86,174	0.67%	37
EXPENDITURES-1999 (ALL UNITS OF GOV.) ($1,000)	$1,395,687	1.21%	29
CAPITAL OUTLAY	$569,295	0.99%	34
MAINTENANCE	$280,388	0.94%	32
GAS TAX RATE AS OF OCT. 1, 2001 (Cents/Gallon)	32.00		1
DATE OF LAST CHANGE IN GASOLINE TAX RATE	07/01/1998

CONNECTICUT CONTINUED	State Total3	PERCENT OF US TOTAL1	RANK1	STATE JURIS- DICTION	LOCAL JURIS- DICTION
ROAD AND STREET MILEAGE - 2000
(by functional class)
INTERSTATE	346	0.75%	45	346	0
OTHER PRINCIPAL ARTERIALS	1,065	0.66%	43	1,017	48
MINOR ARTERIALS	1,973	0.87%	39	1,203	770
COLLECTORS	3,007	0.38%	45	1,120	1,887
LOCAL	14,453	0.53%	42	302	14,147
TOTAL MILEAGE	20,844	0.53%	44	3,988	16,852
(by system)
INTERSTATE	346	0.75%	45
OTHER NATIONAL HIGHWAY SYSTEM	617	0.54%	45
TOTAL NATIONAL HIGHWAY SYSTEM  4	963	0.60%	45
NON-NATIONAL HIGHWAY SYSTEM	19,881	0.53%	44
TOTAL MILEAGE	20,844	0.53%	44
NATIONAL HIGHWAY SYSTEM MILEAGE
AS PERCENT OF TOTAL STATE MILEAGE	4.6%		21
BRIDGES AS OF AUG. 2001
TOTAL BRIDGES IN INVENTORY	4,171	0.71%	38
TOTAL DEFICIENT	1,305	0.80%	35
TOTAL NONDEFICIENT	2,866	0.68%	39
NATIONAL HIGHWAY SYSTEM  4	1,664	1.46%	30
STRUCTURALLY DEFICIENT	73	1.11%	27
FUNCTIONALLY OBSOLETE	317	1.80%	21
TOTAL DEFICIENT	390	1.61%	23
TOTAL NONDEFICIENT	1,274	1.41%	30
NON-NATIONAL HIGHWAY SYSTEM	2,507	0.53%	39
STRUCTURALLY DEFICIENT	289	0.38%	41
FUNCTIONALLY OBSOLETE	626	0.99%	31
TOTAL DEFICIENT	915	0.65%	36
TOTAL NONDEFICIENT	1,592	0.48%	40

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