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

Monday, January 4, 2016

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  1990 2000 2010 2011 2012 2013
Public roads, route miles 3,866,926 3,951,101 NA 3,929,425 4,092,730 4,115,462
National Highway System (NHS) N 161,189 NA 163,741 222,946 227,224
Interstates 45,074 46,673 NA 46,960 47,432 47,575
Other NHS N 114,516 NA 116,781 175,514 179,650
Other N 3,789,912 NA 3,765,684 3,869,784 3,888,238
Strategic Highway Corridor Network (STRAHNET)1 N 62,066 NA 63,887 64,627 62,595
Interstate N 46,675 NA 46,960 47,432 47,574
Non-Interstate N 15,389 NA 16,927 17,195 15,021
Railroad2 175,909 170,512 138,576 138,518 138,477 NA
Class I 133,189 120,597 95,573 95,387 95,264 95,134
Regional 18,375 20,978 10,407 10,355 10,355 NA
Local 24,337 28,937 32,596 32,776 32,858 NA
Inland waterways            
Navigable channels 11,000 11,000 11,000 11,000 11,000 11,000
Great Lakes-St. Lawrence Seaway 2,342 2,342 2,342 2,342 2,342 2,342
Pipelines            
Oil 208,752 176,996 (R) 177,398 (R) 178,816 181,353 187,203
Gas 1,270,295 1,377,320 (R) 1,554,141 (R) 1,563,340 1,567,000 1,575,087

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.

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.