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Highway Statistics 2017


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ANNUAL VEHICLE-MILES OF TRAVEL, 1980 - 2017 (1)
  BY FUNCTIONAL SYSTEM
  NATIONAL SUMMARY (2)

October 2018
Table VM-202

(MILLIONS)

YEAR RURAL URBAN TOTAL
INTERSTATE OTHER
FREEWAYS AND
EXPRESSWAYS
OTHER
PRINCIPAL
ARTERIAL
MINOR
ARTERIAL
MAJOR
COLLECTOR
MINOR
COLLECTOR
LOCAL TOTAL INTERSTATE OTHER
FREEWAYS AND
EXPRESSWAYS
OTHER
PRINCIPAL
ARTERIAL
MINOR
ARTERIAL
MAJOR
COLLECTOR
MINOR
COLLECTOR
LOCAL TOTAL
1980 135,084   132,958 129,816 150,186 39,282 84,704 672,030 161,242 79,690 229,469 175,030 83,043   126,791 855,265 1,527,295
1981 139,304   135,029 132,191 152,428 41,080 88,276 688,308 166,479 81,454 231,610 170,220 80,598   136,639 867,000 1,555,308
1982 142,546   134,042 135,979 154,476 40,582 81,601 689,226 175,879 90,054 242,138 182,195 83,726   131,792 905,784 1,595,010
1983 145,250   140,104 133,304 156,913 43,736 81,210 700,517 192,470 87,299 256,914 188,791 86,827   139,970 952,271 1,652,788
1984 149,139   144,056 136,761 158,956 42,922 86,298 718,132 204,304 93,810 271,403 195,400 87,893   149,327 1,002,137 1,720,269
1985 154,357   145,881 136,922 163,297 43,372 86,899 730,728 216,188 97,408 279,121 201,741 89,578   160,062 1,044,098 1,774,826
1986 159,498   149,405 140,724 164,852 43,123 90,178 747,780 232,017 105,480 287,660 208,728 89,967   163,240 1,087,092 1,834,872
1987 170,493   155,446 146,543 174,301 44,535 89,132 780,450 244,836 109,961 304,684 224,144 95,970   161,159 1,140,754 1,921,204
1988 181,315   160,244 151,749 183,541 47,023 93,662 817,534 258,695 116,983 319,344 231,802 99,211   182,393 1,208,428 2,025,962
1989 191,085   165,859 156,646 187,195 48,714 97,726 847,225 270,735 122,024 327,173 234,769 101,871   192,690 1,249,262 2,096,487
1990 200,173   175,133 155,733 190,512 49,948 97,379 868,878 278,901 127,465 335,543 236,225 106,297   191,053 1,275,484 2,144,362
1991 205,011   179,202 155,553 193,998 51,632 98,157 883,553 285,325 128,220 339,954 239,344 107,281   188,373 1,288,497 2,172,050
1992 205,557   196,816 147,246 184,845 50,065 99,568 884,097 303,265 138,312 345,047 262,259 116,065   198,106 1,363,054 2,247,151
1993 208,308   203,113 146,454 178,170 48,126 102,535 886,706 317,399 142,063 354,976 276,939 117,887   200,408 1,409,672 2,296,378
1994 215,568   207,569 149,760 182,000 48,529 104,915 908,341 330,577 147,534 364,200 286,165 120,088   200,683 1,449,247 2,357,588
1995 223,382   215,567 153,028 186,212 49,936 105,164 933,289 341,528 151,560 370,338 293,272 126,929   205,907 1,489,534 2,422,823
1996 232,565   221,403 157,444 190,923 50,107 107,752 960,194 351,579 157,502 377,776 299,345 129,310   208,374 1,523,886 2,484,080
1997 240,255   228,716 163,341 201,790 52,310 112,865 999,277 361,433 159,572 385,123 301,932 130,146   214,750 1,552,956 2,552,233
1998 251,520   237,704 165,780 203,580 54,288 119,656 1,032,528 374,622 165,632 388,071 309,293 131,905   226,097 1,595,620 2,628,148
1999 260,166   244,045 169,275 206,831 57,622 124,684 1,062,623 383,259 171,515 392,688 313,950 131,603   234,603 1,627,618 2,690,241
2000 268,180   248,725 171,874 209,659 57,572 127,142 1,083,152 393,465 177,222 398,772 324,398 135,372   234,544 1,663,773 2,746,925
2001 273,619   253,259 174,223 211,830 60,244 136,188 1,109,363 399,986 182,485 401,337 330,114 137,921   234,404 1,686,247 2,795,610
2002 280,609   257,607 176,323 213,493 61,376 137,986 1,127,394 409,208 189,726 408,545 339,664 141,964   239,007 1,728,114 2,855,508
2003 269,650   245,682 171,617 202,364 60,435 134,695 1,084,443 432,757 199,998 425,560 349,375 154,453   243,635 1,805,778 2,890,221
2004 266,245   240,752 168,661 200,452 60,212 132,104 1,068,426 455,538 208,251 449,967 363,487 162,218   256,901 1,896,362 2,964,788
2005 256,642   232,596 163,859 192,402 58,299 128,628 1,032,426 470,925 213,877 464,956 372,255 170,265   264,726 1,957,004 2,989,430
2006 257,915   231,971 162,611 193,279 58,088 133,282 1,037,146 477,287 217,216 466,749 376,301 173,216   266,456 1,977,225 3,014,371
2007 256,438   232,054 161,411 189,219 57,708 135,960 1,032,790 483,315 220,335 469,681 377,111 175,966   271,926 1,998,334 3,031,124
2008 243,221   222,294 151,941 182,261 54,693 133,825 988,235 476,114 222,630 462,525 376,434 177,140   273,450 1,988,293 2,976,528
2009 242,178 6,371 215,346 151,144 177,554 53,782 135,805 982,180 474,798 220,574 456,477 376,478 179,939 53 266,264 1,974,583 2,956,764
2010 245,647 19,603 205,782 151,028 176,162 53,195 132,731 984,148 477,693 220,861 457,153 374,557 176,729 3,837 271,528 1,982,358 2,966,506
2011 243,587 19,438 204,204 149,457 174,458 53,296 129,597 974,038 476,704 221,986 453,815 368,303 175,200 3,578 272,507 1,972,094 2,946,131
2012 245,872 20,146 203,132 148,676 175,699 53,072 130,027 976,624 484,547 224,058 456,703 371,424 175,037 4,476 275,946 1,992,191 2,968,815
2013 234,303 22,763 193,063 142,936 168,630 52,593 127,623 941,912 505,309 223,234 464,534 381,159 183,019 5,528 283,585 2,046,369 2,988,280
2014 231,372 26,418 188,156 140,545 158,994 49,695 125,747 920,928 519,843 227,520 467,764 389,753 193,415 11,638 294,796 2,104,728 3,025,656
2015 235,766 31,214 185,488 140,728 157,315 51,370 127,024 928,905 541,186 238,878 469,837 400,070 199,926 13,499 303,071 2,166,468 3,095,373
2016 246,716 34,434 189,911 143,260 159,916 47,673 127,634 949,545 558,388 249,423 479,705 408,720 205,720 16,487 306,421 2,224,863 3,174,408
2017 252,550 36,526 190,989 144,878 160,445 44,655 133,162 963,206 567,210 251,152 482,738 410,196 206,209 17,141 314,495 2,249,142 3,212,347

(1) Data are based on State highway agency estimates reported for the various functional systems.

(2) Includes the 50 States and the District of Columbia.

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