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Table 1-6M: Estimated U.S. Roadway Lane-Kilometers by Functional Systema

Wednesday, November 21, 2012

Table 1-6M: Estimated U.S. Roadway Lane-Kilometers by Functional Systema

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  1980 1985 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008
TOTAL lane-kilometers 12,749,503 12,903,711 12,956,959 13,016,041 13,074,455 13,087,501 13,104,911 13,129,436 13,162,268 13,264,917 13,133,628 13,161,188 13,235,639 (R) 13,280,089 13,349,784 13,381,890 13,420,032 13,472,974 13,551,624 13,610,790 13,653,625
Urban, total 2,245,429 2,482,154 2,688,403 2,708,127 2,830,403 2,902,894 2,938,464 2,961,365 2,989,596 3,029,873 3,044,248 3,051,294 3,082,703 (R) 3,165,650 3,229,046 3,393,543 3,539,197 3,642,525 3,715,335 3,772,074 3,849,593
Interstates 77,986 92,207 100,124 101,109 108,254 111,341 113,993 114,870 115,535 116,286 117,492 117,954 118,950 (R) 119,867 120,873 128,089 133,456 138,381 141,532 143,666 146,069
Other arterialsb 536,995 598,111 642,733 647,536 673,041 700,686 712,093 717,491 723,368 730,035 730,739 724,866 734,152 (R) 736,347 744,893 779,198 813,247 843,036 857,673 869,350 888,965
Collectors 233,561 261,320 270,000 266,005 283,465 289,123 295,078 297,780 300,823 303,925 301,805 299,876 303,474 305,032 307,132 333,707 350,274 362,984 373,131 376,350 390,612
Local 1,396,888 1,530,515 1,675,546 1,693,477 1,765,643 1,801,744 1,817,300 1,831,224 1,849,870 1,879,627 1,894,212 1,908,598 1,926,127 2,004,404 2,056,148 2,152,549 2,242,220 2,298,124 2,342,999 2,382,708 2,423,947
Rural, total 10,504,074 10,421,557 10,268,556 10,307,914 10,244,052 10,184,606 10,166,447 10,168,070 10,172,671 10,235,043 10,089,380 10,109,894 10,152,936 (R) 10,114,439 10,120,738 9,988,347 9,880,835 9,830,449 9,836,290 9,838,716 9,804,032
Interstates 210,792 212,284 218,663 219,680 214,794 212,655 211,252 212,298 213,983 214,308 214,415 215,971 216,597 (R) 216,713 216,569 209,833 205,817 202,076 200,170 198,773 197,668
Other arterialsb 816,095 820,773 832,581 833,339 847,664 846,364 852,659 854,089 857,549 864,200 865,816 867,908 869,781 872,807 875,501 859,837 856,243 852,236 (R) 853,147 853,718 853,928
Collectorsc 2,303,401 2,360,568 2,361,876 2,361,810 2,319,815 2,308,561 2,304,885 2,281,129 2,279,896 2,283,075 2,278,467 2,275,537 2,276,686 2,275,862 2,267,167 2,234,598 2,222,041 2,210,189 (R) 2,202,341 2,203,997 2,198,491
Local 7,173,786 7,027,931 6,855,435 6,893,084 6,861,779 6,817,027 6,797,650 6,820,554 6,821,243 6,873,460 6,730,682 6,750,479 6,789,872 6,749,058 6,761,501 6,684,079 6,596,733 6,565,948 6,580,632 6,582,228 6,553,946

KEY: R = revised.

a Includes the 50 States and the District of Columbia.

b For urban: the sum of other freeways and expressways, other principal arterials, and minor arterials. For rural: the sum of other principal arterials and minor arterials.

c Includes minor and major collectors.

NOTES

1 mile = 1.609344 kilometers.

In estimating rural and urban lane kilometers, the U.S. Department of Transportation, Federal Highway Administration assumes that rural minor collectors and urban/rural local roads are two lanes wide.

Beginning in 1998, approximately 222,733 lane-kilometers of Bureau of Land Management roads are excluded.

SOURCES

1980-95: U.S. Department of Transportation, Federal Highway Administration, Office of Highway Information Management, Highway Statistics Summary to 1995 (Washington, DC), table HM-260, available at http://www.fhwa.dot.gov/policy/ohpi/hss/hsspubs.cfm as of Mar. 22, 2010.

1996-2008: U.S. Department of Transportation, Federal Highway Administration, Highway Statistics (Washington, DC: Annual issues), table HM-60, Internet site www.fhwa.dot.gov/policy/ohpi as of Mar. 22, 2010.