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Highway Statistics 2020


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

October 26, 2021

Table HM-16M
OWNERSHIP FEDERAL-AID HIGHWAYS NON-
FEDERAL-AID
HIGHWAYS
TOTAL
NATIONAL HIGHWAY SYSTEM OTHER TOTAL
INTERSTATE OTHER TOTAL
Rural:
State Highway Agency 45,094 155,150 200,244 492,488 692,732 294,337 987,069
County - 604 604 349,438 350,043 2,136,710 2,486,752
Town, Township, Municipal (2) - 246 246 16,930 17,176 900,183 917,359
Other Jurisdictions 2,120 635 2,755 5,069 7,824 111,965 119,789
Federal Agency - 168 168 9,489 9,657 208,694 218,351
Total Rural 47,214 156,803 204,017 873,414 1,077,431 3,651,889 4,729,320
Small Urban Areas:
State Highway Agency 4,372 20,521 24,893 31,146 56,039 10,279 66,318
County - 216 216 19,416 19,632 59,040 78,672
Town, Township, Municipal (2) - 910 910 39,292 40,202 175,351 215,553
Other Jurisdictions 166 49 215 199 414 2,322 2,736
Federal Agency - 15 15 158 173 1,594 1,766
Total Small Urban Area 4,538 21,712 26,250 90,210 116,460 248,587 365,047
Urbanized Areas:
State Highway Agency 24,697 67,764 92,460 77,190 169,650 44,237 213,887
County 1 6,638 6,639 81,082 87,722 241,190 328,912
Town, Township, Municipal (2) 26 21,703 21,729 184,434 206,163 875,947 1,082,110
Other Jurisdictions 1,990 1,633 3,623 2,213 5,836 11,377 17,213
Federal Agency - 166 166 493 659 9,992 10,651
Total Urbanized Area 26,714 97,904 124,618 345,412 470,030 1,182,743 1,652,773
Total Urban:
State Highway Agency 29,068 88,285 117,353 108,336 225,689 54,516 280,205
County 1 6,855 6,856 100,498 107,354 300,230 407,584
Town, Township, Municipal (2) 26 22,613 22,639 223,726 246,365 1,051,298 1,297,663
Other Jurisdictions 2,156 1,682 3,838 2,412 6,250 13,700 19,949
Federal Agency - 181 181 651 832 11,586 12,418
Total Urban 31,252 119,615 150,867 435,623 586,490 1,431,330 2,017,820
Total Rural and Urban 78,465 276,419 354,884 1,309,037 1,663,921 5,083,219 6,747,140

(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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