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Highway Statistics 2020


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

October, 2021

Table HM-12M
OWNERSHIP/
FUNCTIONAL SYSTEM
UNPAVED PAVED (2) TOTAL
BITUMINOUS CONCRETE COMPOSITE TOTAL
Rural:
State Highway Agency: (3) Interstate 32 25,866 9,660 9,395 44,920 44,953
Other Freeways & Expressways 0 5,163 2,774 2,243 10,180 10,180
Other Principal Arterial 547 114,041 7,501 22,229 143,772 144,319
Minor Arterial 156 161,287 2,826 27,389 191,502 191,658
Major Collector 2,536 317,830 1,405 14,124 333,358 335,894
Subtotal 3,271 624,187 24,166 75,381 723,733 727,004
Other Jurisdictions: Interstate 0 982 237 460 1,679 1,679
Other Freeways & Expressways 0 113 149 - 262 262
Other Principal Arterial 22 998 396 17 1,411 1,434
Minor Arterial 561 12,882 16 542 13,440 14,001
Major Collector 55,557 200,942 9,969 11,061 221,971 277,528
Subtotal 56,140 215,916 10,767 12,080 238,763 294,904
Federal Agency: Interstate 0 0 0 0 - -
Other Freeways & Expressways 0 - - - - -
Other Principal Arterial 0 57 0 - 57 57
Minor Arterial 0 1,704 0 - 1,704 1,704
Major Collector 686 2,593 13 58 2,664 3,350
Subtotal 686 4,355 13 58 4,426 5,111
Subtotal 60,097 844,458 34,945 87,519 966,922 1,027,019
Minor Collector 128,604 289,389 417,993
Local 1,877,340 1,356,586 3,233,926
Total Rural 2,066,041 2,612,898 4,678,939
Urban:
State Highway Agency: (3) Interstate 0 12,390 8,134 7,816 28,340 28,340
Other Freeways & Expressways 0 8,329 4,908 3,804 17,041 17,041
Other Principal Arterial 2 51,420 7,402 20,098 78,920 78,922
Minor Arterial 27 45,227 1,910 12,912 60,049 60,076
Major Collector 8 35,262 3,165 4,065 42,491 42,499
Minor Collector 31 3,827 55 416 4,298 4,328
Subtotal 67 156,453 25,574 49,111 231,139 231,206
Other Jurisdictions: Interstate 0 1,028 257 483 1,769 1,769
Other Freeways & Expressways 0 816 797 49 1,662 1,662
Other Principal Arterial 5 21,612 3,198 2,397 27,207 27,212
Minor Arterial 376 81,658 10,074 9,529 101,262 101,638
Major Collector 1,647 124,257 9,110 9,435 142,802 144,448
Minor Collector 873 23,758 799 1,170 25,727 26,600
Subtotal 2,901 253,130 24,235 23,063 300,428 303,328
Federal Agency: Interstate 0 0 0 0 - -
Other Freeways & Expressways 0 62 0 3 65 65
Other Principal Arterial 0 13 - 8 21 21
Minor Arterial 0 232 1 2 235 235
Major Collector 4 299 9 3 311 315
Minor Collector 32 87 0 - 87 119
Subtotal 37 693 10 16 719 755
Subtotal 3,004 410,276 49,819 72,190 532,285 535,289
Local 64,789 1,366,747 1,431,535
Total Urban 67,793 1,899,032 1,966,825
Total Rural and Urban 2,133,834 1,254,734 84,764 159,709 4,511,930 6,645,764

(1) Includes the 50 States, Puerto Rico, 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. Due to conversion from English to metric units and to rounding, individual cell values may not agree with corresponding mileage table cell values.

(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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