"every dollar invested in new rail capacity can deliver 5 to 10 times as much capacity as a dollar invested in new highway capacity," -- Senator Kay Bailey Hitchison (R, TX) 2/7/01
NATIONAL HIGHWAY SYSTEM LENGTH - 1999
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TABLE HM-30


OPEN TO TRAFFIC NOT OPEN TO TRAFFIC TOTAL
STATE Land Area (Sq. Mi) INTERSTATE OTHER TOTAL TOTAL


RURAL RURAL TO LAND AREA URBAN URBAN TO LAND AREA TOTAL TOTAL TO LAND AREA RURAL URBAN TOTAL RURAL URBAN TOTAL RURAL URBAN TOTAL RURAL URBAN TOTAL
Vermont 9,249.00 280 33 40 231 320 29 319 55 374 599 95 694 - 9 9 599 104 703
Illinois 55,593.00 1,515 37 650 86 2,165 26 1,857 1,674 3,531 3,372 2,324 5,696 20 42 62 3,392 2,366 5,758
Pennsylvania 44,820.00 1,207 37 551 81 1,758 25 2,252 1,437 3,689 3,459 1,988 5,447 15 29 44 3,474 2,017 5,491
Indiana 35,870.00 852 42 317 113 1,169 31 1,286 376 1,662 2,138 693 2,831 61 9 70 2,199 702 2,901
Maryland 9,775.00 229 43 252 39 481 20 560 402 962 789 654 1,443 - 8 8 789 662 1,451
South Carolina 30,111.00 671 45 157 192 828 36 1,273 475 1,748 1,944 632 2,576 74 16 90 2,018 648 2,666
Connecticut 4,845.00 101 48 245 20 346 14 253 364 617 354 609 963 - - - 354 609 963
Massachusetts 7,838.00 162 48 404 19 566 14 324 1,054 1,378 486 1,458 1,944 - 3 3 486 1,461 1,947
Ohio 40,953.00 830 49 743 55 1,573 26 1,839 918 2,757 2,669 1,661 4,330 165 27 192 2,834 1,688 4,522
Rhode Island 1,045.00 21 50 49 21 70 15 66 126 192 87 175 262 - 3 3 87 178 265
New York 47,224.00 940 50 727 65 1,667 28 1,829 1,644 3,473 2,769 2,371 5,140 - - - 2,769 2,371 5,140
New Hampshire 8,969.00 177 51 48 187 225 40 462 114 576 639 162 801 - - - 639 162 801
West Virginia 24,087.00 455 53 94 256 549 44 1,078 117 1,195 1,533 211 1,744 40 - 40 1,573 211 1,784
Virginia 39,598.00 725 55 393 101 1,118 35 1,495 861 2,356 2,220 1,254 3,474 29 79 108 2,249 1,333 3,582
Tennessee 41,219.00 735 56 339 122 1,074 38 1,496 641 2,137 2,231 980 3,211 160 2 162 2,391 982 3,373
Florida 53,937.00 954 57 518 104 1,472 37 1,786 1,090 2,876 2,740 1,608 4,348 - 15 15 2,740 1,623 4,363
New Jersey 7,419.00 119 62 301 25 420 18 543 1,091 1,634 662 1,392 2,054 7 8 15 669 1,400 2,069
Louisiana 43,566.00 612 71 282 154 894 49 1,200 505 1,705 1,812 787 2,599 87 11 98 1,899 798 2,697
Georgia 57,919.00 807 72 437 133 1,244 47 2,498 819 3,317 3,305 1,256 4,561 29 8 37 3,334 1,264 4,598
Kentucky 39,732.00 536 74 226 176 762 52 1,730 394 2,124 2,266 620 2,886 - - - 2,266 620 2,886
North Carolina 48,718.00 648 75 369 132 1,017 48 2,174 473 2,647 2,822 842 3,664 489 243 732 3,311 1,085 4,396
Michigan 56,809.00 741 77 500 114 1,241 46 2,308 1,175 3,483 3,049 1,675 4,724 12 27 39 3,061 1,702 4,763
Mississippi 46,914.00 557 84 128 367 685 68 1,659 269 1,928 2,216 397 2,613 121 6 127 2,337 403 2,740
Alabama 50,750.00 601 84 304 167 905 56 2,048 705 2,753 2,649 1,009 3,658 128 94 222 2,777 1,103 3,880
Missouri 68,898.00 806 85 372 185 1,178 58 2,575 615 3,190 3,381 987 4,368 94 50 144 3,475 1,037 4,512
Iowa 55,875.00 635 88 147 380 782 71 2,018 342 2,360 2,653 489 3,142 72 34 106 2,725 523 3,248
Oklahoma 68,679.00 721 95 209 329 930 74 2,109 276 2,385 2,830 485 3,315 - - - 2,830 485 3,315
Wisconsin 54,314.00 569 95 176 309 745 73 2,654 763 3,417 3,223 939 4,162 31 18 49 3,254 957 4,211
Maine 30,865.00 313 99 54 572 367 84 787 134 921 1,100 188 1,288 - - - 1,100 188 1,288
Utah 82,168.00 771 107 167 492 938 88 1,013 223 1,236 1,784 390 2,174 3 16 19 1,787 406 2,193
Arizona 113,642.00 996 114 172 661 1,168 97 1,136 374 1,510 2,132 546 2,678 19 115 134 2,151 661 2,812
California 155,973.00 1,362 115 1,094 143 2,456 64 3,535 1,426 4,961 4,897 2,520 7,417 - - - 4,897 2,520 7,417
Minnesota 79,617.00 681 117 231 345 912 87 2,578 471 3,049 3,259 702 3,961 - - - 3,259 702 3,961
Kansas 81,823.00 698 117 174 470 872 94 2,658 244 2,902 3,356 418 3,774 8 7 15 3,364 425 3,789
Wyoming 97,105.00 826 118 87 1,116 913 106 1,959 79 2,038 2,785 166 2,951 - - - 2,785 166 2,951
Texas 261,914.00 2,213 118 1,021 257 3,234 81 6,438 3,653 10,091 8,651 4,674 13,325 206 137 343 8,857 4,811 13,668
South Dakota 75,896.00 629 121 49 1,549 678 112 2,191 61 2,252 2,820 110 2,930 - - - 2,820 110 2,930
Montana 145,556.00 1,134 128 57 2,554 1,191 122 2,605 63 2,668 3,739 120 3,859 - - - 3,739 120 3,859
North Dakota 68,994.00 531 130 41 1,683 572 121 2,088 63 2,151