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

FHWA HIGHWAY BRIEFING SHEET FOR:  TENNESSEE	Total	PERCENT OF US TOTAL 1	RANK 1
TOTAL AREA (SQ MILES) - 2000 CENSUS 2	41,219	1.14%	34
POPULATION - 2000 CENSUS	5,619,000	2.00%	16
RURAL - 2000 CENSUS	2,645,000	3.42%	10
URBAN - 2000 CENSUS	2,974,000	1.47%	23
MOTOR FUEL USED ON HIGHWAYS - 2000 (1,000 GALLONS)	3,759,135	2.32%	15
HIGHWAY USE GASOLINE (INCLUDES GASOHOL)	2,868,431	2.23%	15
HIGHWAY USE SPECIAL FUELS	890,704	2.67%	14
GASOHOL	0	0.00%
PRIVATE AND COMMERCIAL MOTOR VEHICLES - 2000
AUTOMOBILES	2,832,941	2.14%	16
TRUCKS	1,893,080	2.23%	16
TOTAL (INCLUDES BUSES)	4,729,689	2.17%	16
LICENSED DRIVERS - 2000	4,251,228	2.23%	14
VEHICLE-MILES OF TRAVEL - 2000 (1,000,000)	65,181	2.39%	15
PAYMENTS INTO HTF - FY 2000 ($1,000)	$759,820	2.50%	14
RATIO APPOR. AND ALLOC. TO PAYMENTS - FY 2000	.90		35
RATIO APPOR. AND ALLOC. TO PAYMENTS - CUMULATIVE	.95		38
OBLIGATION CEILING - FY 2002 ($1000)	$509,183	2.23%	15
FEDERAL-AID APPORTIONMENTS - FY 2001 ($1,000)	$652,973	2.26%	15
NATIONAL HIGHWAY SYSTEM	$102,773	2.18%	16
SURFACE TRANSPORTATION PROGRAM	$124,662	2.25%	15
INTERSTATE MAINTENANCE	$100,089	2.58%	14
BRIDGE PROGRAM	$66,789	2.02%	17
CONGESTION MITIGATION & AIR QUALITY IMPROVEMENT	$12,685	0.94%	23
RECREATION TRAILS	$972	1.97%	20
METROPOLITAN PLANNING	$2,577	1.34%	24
MINIMUM GUARANTEE	$120,995	1.87%	19
TOTAL ALLOCATIONS - FY 2000 ($1,000)	$70,495	2.54%	12
STATE HIGHWAY USER REVENUES - 2000 ($1,000)	$981,421	1.73%	18
NET DISTRIB. TO NON-HWY/NON-TRANSIT PURPOSES ($1,000)	$58,435		7
STATE HIGHWAY USER REVENUES PER 1,000 VMT ($1)	$15.06		45
EXPENDITURES-2000 (STATE ADMIN. HIGHWAYS) ($1,000)	$1,189,311	1.59%	21
CAPITAL OUTLAY	$803,504	1.82%	18
MAINTENANCE	$242,017	1.89%	18
EXPENDITURES-1999 (ALL UNITS OF GOV.) ($1,000)	$1,590,327	1.38%	27
CAPITAL OUTLAY	$814,983	1.42%	27
MAINTENANCE	$535,490	1.79%	20
GAS TAX RATE AS OF OCT. 1, 2001 (Cents/Gallon)	20.00		22
DATE OF LAST CHANGE IN GASOLINE TAX RATE	04/01/1989

TENNESSEE CONTINUED	State Total3	PERCENT OF US TOTAL1	RANK1	STATE JURIS- DICTION	LOCAL JURIS- DICTION
ROAD AND STREET MILEAGE - 2000
(by functional class)
INTERSTATE	1,073	2.31%	16	1,073	0
OTHER PRINCIPAL ARTERIALS	3,291	2.04%	21	3,195	96
MINOR ARTERIALS	5,540	2.44%	13	4,137	1,403
COLLECTORS	18,062	2.28%	20	5,401	12,652
LOCAL	59,451	2.20%	22	344	58,812
TOTAL MILEAGE	87,417	2.22%	21	14,150	72,963
(by system)
INTERSTATE	1,073	2.31%	16
OTHER NATIONAL HIGHWAY SYSTEM	2,153	1.88%	25
TOTAL NATIONAL HIGHWAY SYSTEM  4	3,226	2.01%	22
NON-NATIONAL HIGHWAY SYSTEM	84,191	2.23%	21
TOTAL MILEAGE	87,417	2.22%	21
NATIONAL HIGHWAY SYSTEM MILEAGE
AS PERCENT OF TOTAL STATE MILEAGE	3.7%		39
BRIDGES AS OF AUG. 2001
TOTAL BRIDGES IN INVENTORY	19,362	3.29%	10
TOTAL DEFICIENT	4,701	2.87%	14
TOTAL NONDEFICIENT	14,661	3.46%	8
NATIONAL HIGHWAY SYSTEM  4	2,998	2.62%	10
STRUCTURALLY DEFICIENT	109	1.65%	19
FUNCTIONALLY OBSOLETE	390	2.21%	16
TOTAL DEFICIENT	499	2.06%	18
TOTAL NONDEFICIENT	2,499	2.77%	8
NON-NATIONAL HIGHWAY SYSTEM	16,364	3.45%	10
STRUCTURALLY DEFICIENT	1,652	2.15%	18
FUNCTIONALLY OBSOLETE	2,550	4.04%	7
TOTAL DEFICIENT	4,202	3.00%	14
TOTAL NONDEFICIENT	12,162	3.64%	7

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