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| Highway Statistics 2000 | OHPI > Highway Statistics > 2000 > Highway Finance > Table PT-4 |
U.S. WEIGHTED AVERAGES FOR ALL FEDERAL-AID HIGHWAY CONSTRUCTION
CONTRACTS OVER $1,000,000 ON THE NATIONAL HIGHWAY SYSTEM
REPORTED AS COMPLETED DURING CALENDAR YEARS 1998, 1999, 2000
| APRIL 2002 | TABLE PT-4 |
| TYPE OF MATERIALS AND LABOR | UNIT | NUMBER OF UNITS
PER MILLION DOLLARS OF CONSTRUCTION COST 2/ |
|---|---|---|
| Cement (excludes cement in concrete pipe) | Ton | 404 |
| Bituminous material | Ton | 350 |
| Aggregates 3/ | ||
| Purchased (by contractors) | Ton | 12,056 |
| Produced (by contractors) | Ton | 3,008 |
| Steel | ||
| Structural (shapes, plates, H and sheet piling) | Ton | 19 |
| Reinforcing (pavement and structural reinforcement) | Ton | 41 |
| Culvert pipe (corrugated metal and structural plate,pipe arches and arches) | Ton | 1 |
| Miscellaneous (joint devices, tubular piling, etc.) | Ton | 2 |
| Concrete pipe (plain and reinforced) | Ton | 59 |
| Clay pipe and title (includes some PVC pipe) | Ton | - |
| Lumber (all lumber products except timber piling) | Board foot | 3,021 |
| Petroleum products 4/ | Gallon | 20,845 |
| Guardrail (all types) | Linear foot | 1,087 |
| Bridge railing (all types) | Linear foot | 137 |
| Corrugated aluminum culvert | Pound | 153 |
| Signs (complete in place) | Dollar | 9,324 |
| Lighting (complete in place) | Dollar | 10,804 |
| Labor | Employee-hour | 9,837 |
1/For comparable standards of design, the usage of materials and labor on Federal-aid work is notappreciably different from their usage on non-Federal-aid work. The data in this table are obtained from Form FHWA-47, prepared by the Office of Program Administration in the Office of Infrastructure.
2/Right-of-way, preliminary engineering, and construction engineering costs excluded.
3/Includes sand, gravel, clay gravel, slag, crushed stone, etc.; used for all highway construction including bases, subbases, concrete surfaces, bituminous surfaces, structural concrete, and drainagework.
4/Fuel and lubricants for equipment and trucks.Grease converted to gallons on basis of 8 poundsper gallon.
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