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Highway Statistics 2020


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PUBLIC ROAD LENGTH - 2020 (1)
    MILES BY TYPE OF SURFACE AND OWNERSHIP/
    FUNCTIONAL SYSTEM NATIONAL SUMMARY

October 26, 2021

Table HM-12
OWNERSHIP/
FUNCTIONAL SYSTEM
UNPAVED PAVED (2) TOTAL
BITUMINOUS CONCRETE COMPOSITE TOTAL
Rural:
State Highway Agency: (3) Interstate 10 17,037 5,421 5,356 27,814 27,825
Other Freeways & Expressways 0 3,235 1,694 1,414 6,343 6,343
Other Principal Arterial 315 71,325 5,256 12,464 89,046 89,360
Minor Arterial 98 104,535 1,743 15,539 121,817 121,916
Major Collector 1,632 201,950 812 8,339 211,101 212,733
Subtotal 2,055 398,082 14,928 43,112 456,122 458,177
Other Jurisdictions: Interstate - 764 127 253 1,143 1,143
Other Freeways & Expressways - 65 126 - 190 190
Other Principal Arterial 15 599 223 5 827 842
Minor Arterial 336 7,547 11 342 7,900 8,236
Major Collector 25,070 120,726 6,420 6,909 134,055 159,125
Subtotal 25,420 129,701 6,907 7,508 144,116 169,537
Federal Agency: Interstate - - - - 0 0
Other Freeways & Expressways - - - - 0 0
Other Principal Arterial - 42 1 - 44 44
Minor Arterial - 1,233 0 - 1,234 1,234
Major Collector 318 1,534 - 74 1,609 1,926
Subtotal 318 2,810 2 74 2,886 3,203
Subtotal 27,793 530,594 21,836 50,694 603,124 630,917
Minor Collector 76,368       180,382 256,750
Local 1,077,147       933,493 2,010,640
Total Rural 1,181,308       1,716,999 2,898,307
Urban:
State Highway Agency: (3) Interstate - 8,135 5,156 4,259 17,550 17,550
Other Freeways & Expressways - 5,650 2,936 2,094 10,681 10,681
Other Principal Arterial 1 34,663 4,402 10,738 49,802 49,803
Minor Arterial 16 30,051 1,125 6,876 38,052 38,068
Major Collector 15 22,049 1,855 2,291 26,194 26,210
Minor Collector 14 2,159 31 300 2,490 2,504
Subtotal 46 102,707 15,506 26,558 144,770 144,816
Other Jurisdictions: Interstate - 679 178 243 1,100 1,100
Other Freeways & Expressways - 524 520 31 1,076 1,076
Other Principal Arterial 3 12,426 2,057 1,380 15,864 15,867
Minor Arterial 248 48,076 7,041 6,206 61,323 61,570
Major Collector 1,035 81,655 6,981 5,685 94,320 95,356
Minor Collector 569 15,123 509 718 16,350 16,919
Subtotal 1,855 158,483 17,286 14,263 190,032 191,887
Federal Agency: Interstate - - - - - -
Other Freeways & Expressways - 41 0 1 42 42
Other Principal Arterial - 6 - 4 11 11
Minor Arterial - 153 0 2 155 155
Major Collector 2 110 6 2 118 119
Minor Collector 18 54 - - 54 72
Subtotal 20 364 6 9 379 399
Subtotal 1,921 261,554 32,797 40,830 335,181 337,102
Local 35,871   853,587 889,458
Total Urban 37,792       1,188,768 1,226,560
Total Rural and Urban 1,219,100 792,147 54,633 91,525 2,905,767 4,124,867

(1) Includes the 50 States, Puerto Rico (data may be incomplete), and the District of Columbia. Some differences from other tables may be noted because these are estimated from sample and summary data; some States may have missing/incomplete data.

(2) Paved includes the following categories: Bituminous -- bituminous, asphalt-concrete (AC) overlay over existing AC pavement; Concrete -- JPCP jointed plain concrete pavement, JRCP jointed reinforced concrete pavement, CRCP continuously reinforced concrete pavement; unbonded jointed concrete overlay on PCC pavement, bonded PCC overlay on PCC pavement, other (includes "whitetopping"); Composite -- AC overlay over jointed concrete pavement, AC (bituminous overlay over existing CRCP).

(3) Prior to 1999 included other state agency roads.

 

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