United States yearbook - 1982 (1)

Highway Mileage 609
No. 1048. H i g h w a y M il e a g e — U r b a n a n d R u r a l , b y T y p e o f C o n t r o l , a n d F e d e r a l - A id
H i g h w a y S y s t e m : 1950 t o 1 9 8 0
[tn thousands, except percent. A9 of Dec. 31. Beginning 1980, data for urban and rural mileage are not comparable to prior
years because of classification changes; see text, p. 603. See also H is to ric a l S ta tistics, C o lo n ia l Tim es to 1970, series Q 50, 51,
and 55]
TYPE ANO CONTROL 1950 1955 1960 1965 1970 1975 1978 1979 1960
Total mileage.............................................................. 3,313 3.41S 3,546 3,690 3,730 3,838 3,885 3,918 *3,955
Urban mileage2........ ................... 323 373 - 430 506 561 639 694 694 624
Under State control .................. 36 42 50 65 74 84 87 86 79
Under local control. .................. 287 331 379 442 487 555 607 607 543
Rural mileage........... ................... 2,990 3,045 3,116 3,183 3,169 3,199 3,190 3,224 ‘ 3,331
Percent surfaced3................................................ 56.2 63.8 66.5 72.3 76.1 77.6 79.4 77.5 77.5
Under State control .................. 580 620 659 687 707 711 704 697 701
Under local control. .................. 2,336 2,333 2,345 2,346 2,275 2,261 2,254 2,281 2,270
Under Federal conlrol............................................... 73 93 112 150 166 227 232 244 262
Federal-aid highway system:4
Primary.................................................................... 234 235 265 269 272 266 301 303 300
Interstate................................................................. (X) (X) 10 21 32 37 42 40 41
Urban...................................................................... (X) (X) (X) (X) (X) 65 126 124 124
Secondary................................................................ 410 514 601 640 647 643 396 397 398
X Not applicable. ‘ Includes 96,000 miles of nonpublic road mileage previously contained In other rural categories. 2Prior
to 1980; represents municipal mileage; see text p. 603. 3 Covers soil-surfaced roads and roads with slag, gravel, stone,
bituminous, or concrete surfaces. 4 For definition, see text, p. 603. Beginning 1979, data represent actual mileage open to
traffic rather than total highway miles carrying Interstate traffic.
Source: U.S, Federal Highway Administration, H ig h w a y S tatistics, annual.
No. 1049. H i g h w a y M il e a g e — U r b a n , R u r a l , a n d F e d e r a l - A i d H i g h w a y S y s t e m : 1980
[As of Dec. 31. For definition of urban, rural, and Federal-aid highway system roads; see text, p. 603]
FEDERAL-AID HIGHWAY SYSTEM 1
F E D E R A L -A ID H IG H W A Y S Y S T E M 1
STATE
Urban
(1.000)
o c
Total
Primary
U rban
Seco
ndary
S T A T E
Urban
( 1 , 0 0 0 )
Rural
Total
Primary
Secondary
Interstate
Urban
Interstate
U .S ......... 624.1 3,331.3 |300,456 41,216 124,115 398,108
Ala.............. 13.0 74.3 7,711 7 93 2 ,1 3 4 10,883
Alaska......... .8 9.3 2 ,048 - 1 10 1,944
Ariz............. 8.3 66.9 4 ,6 1 5 1,136 1 ,748 3,204
Ark.............. 7.0 66.5 5,733 5 36 8 8 7 6,221
Calil............ 62.2 116.5 1 3,507 2 ,268 15,484 10.716
Colo............ 9.1 73.4 5 ,202 913 201 3,462
Conn........... 10.0 9.4 1,574 293 2 ,7 7 7 6 9 5
D e l................... 1.3 3.9 4 64 41 2 7 0 6 3 2
D .C ................. 1.1 _ 92 12 3 1 7 -
Fla.............. 28.6 68.4 8,854 1,345 4 ,9 9 2 4 ,602
G a.................... 15.6 88.9 11,850 1,161 2 ,8 8 0 14,115
Hawaii......... 1.5 3.0 5 46 48 1 94 4 4 0
Idaho.......... 2.2 65.3 3 ,218 6 09 551 4,221
Ell................. 28.4 108.3 11,392 1,708 6 ,0 4 2 12,792
Ind.............. 17.9 73.6 6 ,484 1,136 2 ,403 10,622
Iow a................ 7.9 104.1 9 ,574 731 2 ,1 6 5 1 3,280
Kan............. 7.9 130.6 8 ,908 8 00 1 ,378 22,514
Ky............... 6.6 62.7 4 ,415 7 37 1 ,754 7 ,2 6 7
La.............. . 10.0 46.1 3,741 6 62 1,359 7 ,557
Maine......... 2.2 19.7 2 ,314 3 10 6 39 2,741
Md.............. 10.3 18.8 2,708 381 2,041 2,054
Mass........... 19.7 14.0 2 ,730 5 17 5 ,6 2 5 2 ,1 0 9
Mich............ 92.0 7 ,007 1,087 4 ,6 6 8 18,738
Minn........... 12.3 122.8 10,105 881 1,732 16)303
Miss............ 5.8 64.2 6,521 666 1 ,415 11,549
Mo.............. 1 3 . 6 1 0 4 . 9 7 , 9 0 8 1 , 1 0 2 2 , 1 4 9 1 8 , 1 1 0
Mont........... 2 A 6 9 . 3 6 , 6 4 1 1 , 1 6 0 3 2 4 4 , 6 8 6
Nebr........... 4 . 2 9 2 . 2 7 , 7 3 3 4 8 3 9 6 1 1 1 , 3 8 5
Ne< 2 . 0 4 1 . 4 2 , 3 3 0 4 6 4 3 5 3 2 , 3 9 4
N.H 2 .1 1 2 .3 1 . 3 4 5 2 0 4 5 8 5 1 , 2 6 7
N.J 2 1 . 0 1 2 . 8 1 , 7 6 3 3 3 3 5 , 1 7 1 1 , 9 7 9
N. Mex........ 4 . 3 7 1 .1 5 , 2 5 2 9 8 4 6 1 9 3 . 2 5 9
N.Y............. 3 6 .1 7 3 . 3 9 , 7 7 3 1 , 4 2 4 7 , 8 1 3 6 , 3 1 1
N.C............. 1 5 .0 7 8 . 0 5 . 0 9 2 7 6 5 1 , 6 7 8 1 0 , 6 5 4
N. Dak......... 1 . 4 1 0 5 .1 6 , 1 6 9 5 7 2 3 6 1 1 0 , 3 5 8
Ohio............ 2 8 . 9 8 2 . 2 8 , 3 1 6 1 . 5 3 5 7 , 3 5 2 1 1 , 5 8 2
Okla............ 1 1 . 4 9 8 . 4 6 . 2 2 3 8 1 0 2 , 1 2 7 6 , 7 2 3
Oreg........... 7 . 8 1 2 1 . 7 5 , 6 3 7 7 0 2 1 , 7 3 7 7 , 5 8 8
Pa............... 2 9 . 3 8 8 . 3 1 1 , 3 3 6 1 . 5 1 6 6 , 4 0 1 8 , 1 9 2
R.l 3 . 6 2.9 4 7 4 7 2 8 2 0 1 6 6
S.C.............. 7 . 2 5 5 . 3 6 , 2 0 5 7 0 1 6 0 6 8 , 6 0 4
S. Dak......... 1 . 4 8 1 . 7 6 , 4 9 8 6 5 9 3 3 6 1 0 , 6 6 5
Tenn........... 1 1 . 4 7 2 . 4 6 , 7 4 1 1 , 0 3 0 2 , 4 3 5 9 , 7 9 1
Tex............. 5 6 . 0 2 1 1 . 5 2 0 , 0 1 8 3 , 1 0 8 6 , 5 4 3 3 2 , 5 2 9
Utah 4 . 3 4 5 . 4 3 , 4 2 9 7 8 4 7 4 6 2 , 6 0 5
Vt . 7 1 3 .4 1 , 4 0 4 3 0 9 2 1 3 1 , 9 8 9
Va 1 2 . 3 5 3 . 7 6 , 3 4 6 9 7 7 2 , 8 5 3 1 0 , 4 1 9
Wash........... 1 4 . 8 7 4 . 0 5 , 6 9 2 7 6 6 4 , 5 4 3 7 . 0 9 9
W. Va.......... 3 . 2 3 4 . 2 2 , 8 9 8 4 7 7 7 7 9 6 . 3 1 3
Wis............. 1 2 , 8 9 4 . 2 1 0 , 0 3 5 5 6 5 2 , 3 1 2 9 , 8 9 9
Wyo............ 1 . 6 3 4 . 6 3 , 8 8 5 9 2 3 3 1 0 2 , 2 8 0
- Represents zero. 1Highway mileage open to traffic.
Source: U.S. Federal Highway Administration, H ig h w a y S tatistics, annual.