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Highway Statistics 2020


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Public Road Length - 2020 (1)
  Miles by Ownership and Federal-Aid Highways
    National Summary

October 26, 2021

Table HM-16
OWNERSHIP FEDERAL-AID HIGHWAYS NON-
FEDERAL-AID
HIGHWAYS
TOTAL
NATIONAL HIGHWAY SYSTEM OTHER TOTAL
INTERSTATE OTHER TOTAL
Rural:
State Highway Agency 28,020 96,406 124,426 306,018 430,444 182,893 613,336
County - 375 375 217,131 217,506 1,327,690 1,545,196
Town, Township, Municipal (2) - 153 153 10,520 10,673 559,348 570,021
Other Jurisdictions 1,317 394 1,712 3,150 4,861 69,572 74,433
Federal Agency - 104 104 5,896 6,000 129,677 135,677
Total Rural 29,337 97,433 126,770 542,714 669,485 2,269,179 2,938,663
Small Urban Areas:
State Highway Agency 2,716 12,751 15,468 19,353 34,821 6,387 41,208
County - 134 134 12,064 12,199 36,686 48,885
Town, Township, Municipal (2) - 565 565 24,415 24,981 108,958 133,939
Other Jurisdictions 103 30 134 124 257 1,443 1,700
Federal Agency - 9 9 98 107 990 1,098
Total Small Urban Area 2,820 13,491 16,311 56,054 72,365 154,465 226,830
Urbanized Areas:
State Highway Agency 15,346 42,106 57,453 47,964 105,417 27,487 132,904
County 1 4,125 4,125 50,382 54,508 149,869 204,376
Town, Township, Municipal (2) 16 13,485 13,502 114,602 128,104 544,288 672,392
Other Jurisdictions 1,237 1,015 2,251 1,375 3,626 7,069 10,696
Federal Agency - 103 103 306 410 6,209 6,618
Total Urbanized Area 16,599 60,834 77,435 214,629 292,064 734,922 1,026,986
Total Urban:
State Highway Agency 18,062 54,858 72,921 67,317 140,238 33,875 174,112
County 1 4,259 4,260 62,447 66,707 186,554 253,261
Town, Township, Municipal (2) 16 14,051 14,067 139,017 153,084 653,246 806,331
Other Jurisdictions 1,340 1,045 2,385 1,499 3,883 8,513 12,396
Federal Agency - 113 113 404 517 7,199 7,716
Total Urban 19,419 74,325 93,745 270,683 364,429 889,387 1,253,816
Total Rural and Urban 48,756 171,759 220,516 813,398 1,033,913 3,158,566 4,192,479

(1) Includes the 50 States, Puerto Rico, and the District of Columbia. Due to conversion from English to metric units and rounding, individual cells may not agree with corresponding mileage table cell values. May differ from other tables; excludes unknown ownership mileage.

(2) Prior to 1999, municipal was included with other jurisdictions.

 

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