In 2022, the total length of U.S. urban and rural public roads and streets was between 4.1 and 4.2 million miles. Rural mileage made up over 70 percent of the country's total mileage.
Public road and street mileage in the United States from 2000 to 2022
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Urban mileage
Rural mileage
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Includes the 50 states and the District of Columbia. When states did not submit reports, data were estimated by the U.S. Department of Transportation, Federal Highway Administration.
Beginning in 1998, approximately 43,000 miles of Bureau of Land Management roads are excluded.
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Bureau of Transportation Statistics. (January 23, 2024). Public road and street mileage in the United States from 2000 to 2022 [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved September 01, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/183417/united-states-public-road-and-street-mileage-since-1990/
Bureau of Transportation Statistics. "Public road and street mileage in the United States from 2000 to 2022." Chart. January 23, 2024. Statista. Accessed September 01, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/183417/united-states-public-road-and-street-mileage-since-1990/
Bureau of Transportation Statistics. (2024). Public road and street mileage in the United States from 2000 to 2022. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: September 01, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/183417/united-states-public-road-and-street-mileage-since-1990/
Bureau of Transportation Statistics. "Public Road and Street Mileage in The United States from 2000 to 2022." Statista, Statista Inc., 23 Jan 2024, https://www.statista.com/statistics/183417/united-states-public-road-and-street-mileage-since-1990/
Bureau of Transportation Statistics, Public road and street mileage in the United States from 2000 to 2022 Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/183417/united-states-public-road-and-street-mileage-since-1990/ (last visited September 01, 2024)
Public road and street mileage in the United States from 2000 to 2022 [Graph], Bureau of Transportation Statistics, January 23, 2024. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/183417/united-states-public-road-and-street-mileage-since-1990/