Table HM-16 – Office of Highway Policy Information (OHPI) – FHWA

Highway Statistics Series

Highway Statistics 1998

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PUBLIC ROAD LENGTH – 1998 1/

MILES BY OWNERSHIP AND FEDERAL-AID HIGHWAYS

NATIONAL SUMMARY

OCTOBER 1999
Table HM-16

OWNERSHIP	FEDERAL-AID HIGHWAYS					NON- FEDERAL-AID HIGHWAY	TOTAL
	NATIONAL HIGHWAY SYSTEM			OTHER	TOTAL
	INTERSTATE 2/	OTHER	TOTAL	OTHER	TOTAL
Rural: State Highway Agency	31,360	84,734	116,094	343,265	459,359	203,445	662,804
County Roads	0	288	288	222,268	222,556	1,424,469	1,647,025
Town and Township Roads	0	32	32	5,687	5,719	420,621	426,340
Other Local Governmental Roads	0	44	44	6,593	6,637	176,314	182,951
Other State Agency	1,552	426	1,978	219	2,197	32,582	34,779
National Park, Forest, and Other Roads	0	91	91	6,171	6,262	112,107	118,369
Total Rural	32,912	85,615	118,527	584,203	702,730	2,369,538	3,072,268
Small Urban Areas: State Highway Agency	1,675	5,809	7,484	17,248	24,732	2,763	27,495
County Roads	0	35	35	6,297	6,332	16,070	22,402
Town and Township Roads	0	39	39	2,475	2,514	10,078	12,592
Other Local Governmental Roads	0	85	85	22,680	22,765	88,289	111,054
Other State Agency	56	13	69	10	79	277	356
National Park, Forest, and Other Roads	0	0	0	54	54	437	491
Total Small Urban Area	1,731	5,981	7,712	48,764	56,476	117,914	174,390
Urbanized Areas:
State Highway Agency	10,788	18,297	29,085	40,886	69,971	13,890	83,861
County Roads	0	917	917	32,579	33,496	61,120	94,616
Town and Township Roads	0	214	214	10,757	10,971	51,634	62,605
Other Local Governmental Roads	17	2,279	2,296	79,906	82,202	347,713	429,915
Other State Agency	886	393	1,279	200	1,479	842	2,321
National Park, Forest, and Other Roads	0	61	61	166	227	764	991
Total Urbanized Area	11,691	22,161	33,852	164,494	198,346	475,963	674,309
Total Urban State Highway Agency	12,463	24,106	36,569	58,134	94,703	16,653	111,356
County Roads	0	952	952	38,876	39,828	77,190	117,018
Town and Township Roads	0	253	253	13,232	13,485	61,712	75,197
Other Local Governmental Roads	17	2,364	2,381	102,586	104,967	436,002	540,969
Other State Agency	942	406	1,348	210	1,558	1,119	2,677
National Park, Forest, and Other Roads	0	61	61	220	281	1,201	1,482
Total Urban	13,422	28,142	41,564	213,258	254,822	593,877	848,699
Total Rural and Urban	46,334	113,757	160,091	797,461	957,552	2,963,415	3,920,967

1/ Includes the 50 States, the District of Columbia and Puerto Rico.

2/ Although the Interstate System is part of the National Highway System, its mileage is shown separately.

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