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Highway Statistics Series

Highway Statistics 2023


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Public Road Length - 2023 (1)
  Kilometers by Ownership and Federal-Aid Highways
    National Summary

November 2024

Table HM-16M
OWNERSHIP FEDERAL-AID HIGHWAYS NON-
FEDERAL-AID
HIGHWAYS
TOTAL
NATIONAL HIGHWAY SYSTEM OTHER TOTAL
INTERSTATE OTHER TOTAL
Rural:
State Highway Agency 44,951 156,660 201,611 490,907 692,519 363,278 1,055,797
County 0 650 650 348,022 348,672 2,119,688 2,468,360
Town, Township, Municipal (2) - 251 251 17,140 17,391 828,192 845,583
Other Jurisdictions 1,982 680 2,662 4,788 7,449 120,924 128,373
Federal Agency - 146 146 10,367 10,513 237,028 247,541
Total Rural 46,933 158,386 205,320 871,224 1,076,543 3,669,110 4,745,654
Small Urban Areas:
State Highway Agency 4,600 20,906 25,506 32,094 57,599 10,350 67,949
County - 194 194 20,015 20,208 69,109 89,317
Town, Township, Municipal (2) - 920 920 39,962 40,882 176,737 217,619
Other Jurisdictions 170 51 221 200 421 2,932 3,353
Federal Agency - 12 12 160 173 1,313 1,485
Total Small Urban Area 4,770 22,083 26,853 92,431 119,284 260,440 379,724
Urbanized Areas:
State Highway Agency 24,747 66,851 91,597 76,668 168,265 42,619 210,884
County 1 6,712 6,712 81,896 88,609 250,349 338,958
Town, Township, Municipal (2) 27 21,425 21,452 186,800 208,252 885,336 1,093,588
Other Jurisdictions 1,896 1,610 3,505 1,125 4,631 9,285 13,916
Federal Agency - 149 149 447 596 6,780 7,376
Total Urbanized Area 26,671 96,747 123,417 346,936 470,352 1,194,370 1,664,722
Total Urban:
State Highway Agency 29,347 87,757 117,103 108,761 225,865 52,969 278,833
County 1 6,905 6,906 101,911 108,817 319,458 428,275
Town, Township, Municipal (2) 27 22,345 22,372 226,762 249,134 1,062,074 1,311,208
Other Jurisdictions 2,065 1,661 3,726 1,325 5,052 12,217 17,269
Federal Agency - 162 162 607 769 8,093 8,861
Total Urban 31,441 118,829 150,269 439,367 589,636 1,454,810 2,044,446
Total Rural and Urban 78,374 277,216 355,589 1,310,590 1,666,179 5,123,920 6,790,099

(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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