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Table 3-1M Kilometers of Infrastructure by Transportation Mode: 1990, 2000, and 2010-2013

Wednesday, January 6, 2016

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  1990 2000 2010 2011 2012 2013
Public roads, route miles 6,222,926 6,358,386 NA 6,323,503 6,586,305 6,622,887
National Highway System (NHS) N 259,397 NA 263,503 358,780 365,665
Interstates 72,536 75,109 NA 75,571 76,331 76,561
Other NHS N 184,287 NA 187,932 282,449 289,105
Other N 6,098,989 NA 6,060,000 6,227,525 6,257,222
Strategic Highway Corridor Network (STRAHNET)1 N 99,881 NA 102,811 104,002 100,732
Interstate N 75,113 NA 75,571 76,331 76,559
Non-Interstate N 24,765 NA 27,240 27,671 24,173
Railroad2 283,085 274,400 223,006 222,913 222,847 NA
Class I 214,337 194,073 153,803 153,503 153,305 153,096
Regional 29,570 33,759 16,748 16,664 16,664 NA
Local 39,165 46,567 52,456 52,745 52,877 NA
Inland waterways            
Navigable channels 17,702 17,702 17,702 17,702 17,702 17,702
Great Lakes-St. Lawrence Seaway 3,769 3,769 3,769 3,769 3,769 3,769
Pipelines            
Oil 335,938 284,834 (R) 285,481 (R) 287,763 291,846 301,260
Gas 2,044,247 2,216,479 (R) 2,501,032 (R) 2,515,835 2,521,725 2,534,739

KEY: N = not applicable; NA = not available; R = revised.

1The Strategic Highway Corridor Network (STRAHNET) is the total minimum public highway network necessary to support deployment needs of the U.S. Department of Defense.

2Class I railroads have annual carrier operating revenue in 2013 of $467.1 million or more. Regional (Class II) railroads have annual carrier operating revenue in 2013 greater than $37.4 million and less than $433.2 million. Local (Class III) railroads have annual carrier operating revenue in 2013 below $37.4 million.

NOTE: 1 kilometer = .6214 miles.

SOURCES: Public Roads: U.S. Department of Transportation, Federal Highway Administration, Highway Statistics (Washington, DC: annual issues), tables HM-16 and HM-49, available at www.fhwa.dot.gov/policyinformation/statistics/2013/ as of July 2015. Rail: Association of American Railroads, Railroad Facts (Washington, DC: annual issues). Navigable channels: U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, A Citizen's Guide to the USACE, available at www.corpsreform.org/sitepages/downloads/CitzGuideChptr1.pdf as of July 2015. Great Lakes-St. Lawrence Seaway: The St. Lawrence Seaway Development Corporation, “The Seaway,” available at www.greatlakes-seaway.com/en/seaway/facts/index.html as of July 2015. Pipelines: 1980: Eno Transportation Foundation, Transportation in America, 2002 (Washington, DC: 2002). 1990-2013: U.S. Department of Transportation, Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration, Office of Pipeline Safety, Pipeline Statistics, available at www.phmsa.dot.gov/pipeline/library/data-stats as of July 2015.