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Table 2-11
Highway Vehicle-Miles Traveled by Functional Class: 1980-97 (millions)

  1980 1997 Percentage change
Urban      
Interstate 161,242 351,371 124.1
Other arterials 484,189 846,596 74.8
Collectors 83,043 130,461 57.1
Local 126,791 222,024 75.1
Total 855,265 1,560,452 82.5
Rural      
Interstate 135,084 240,121 77.8
Other arterials 262,774 391,481 49.0
Collectors 189,468 253,807 34.0
Local 84,704 114,511 35.2
Total 672,030 999,920 48.8
Total 1,527,295 2,560,372 67.6

SOURCE: U.S. Department of Transportation, Federal Highway Administration, Highway Statistics (Washington, DC: Various years).