Freight Facts and Figures 2011

Tables 3-1 and 3-1M. Miles of Infrastructure by Transportation Mode: 1980-2009 (Historical)

	1980	1990	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008	2009
Public roads, route miles	3,859,837	3,866,926	3,951,101	3,963,264	3,981,670	3,989,847	3,997,462	4,011,631	4,033,007	4,048,523	4,059,343	NA
National Highway System (NHS)	N	N	161,189	161,421	161,539	161,801	162,158	162,373	163,467	163,746	164,096	NA
Interstates	41,120	45,074	46,673	46,714	46,748	46,769	46,837	46,871	46,892	46,934	47,013	NA
Other NHS	N	N	114,516	114,707	114,791	115,032	115,321	115,502	116,575	116,812	117,083	NA
Other	N	N	3,789,912	3,801,843	3,820,131	3,828,047	3,835,303	3,849,257	3,869,540	3,884,775	3,895,246	NA
Strategic Highway Corridor Network (STRAHNET)	N	N	62,066	62,784	62,792	62,576	62,257	62,450	61,968	62,698	62,253	NA
Interstate	N	N	46,675	46,717	46,747	46,773	46,837	46,873	46,893	46,937	47,013	NA
Non-Interstate	N	N	15,389	16,067	16,045	15,803	15,420	15,577	15,075	16,031	15,240	NA
Railroad	¹183,077	175,909	170,512	142,633	141,391	140,939	140,246	140,810	139,929	140,134	139,326	139,118
Class I	NA	133,189	120,597	97,631	99,943	98,944	97,496	95,664	94,801	94,313	94,082	93,921
Regional	NA	18,375	20,978	17,439	15,048	15,648	15,641	15,388	16,713	16,930	16,690	12,804
Local	NA	24,337	28,937	27,563	26,400	26,347	27,109	22,519	28,415	28,891	28,554	32,393
Inland waterways
Navigable channels	11,000	11,000	11,000	11,000	11,000	11,000	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	2,342	2,342	2,342	2,342	2,342	2,342
Pipelines
Oil	218,393	208,752	176,996	158,248	160,990	159,889	161,670	159,512	169,346	166,133	173,000	171,328
Gas	1,051,774	1,189,200	1,369,300	1,373,500	1,411,400	1,424,200	1,462,300	1,437,500	1,534,300	1,520,200	1,525,000	1,526,400

Key: N = not applicable; NA = not available.

¹Excludes Class III railroads.

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/2009/ as of October 5, 2011.

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 October 5, 2011.

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 October 5, 2011.

Oil pipelines: 1980-2000: Eno Transportation Foundation, Transportation in America, 2002 (Washington, DC: 2002). 2001-2009: 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 October 5, 2011.

Gas pipelines: American Gas Association, Gas Facts (Arlington, VA: annual issues).

Table 3-1M (metric units)

Table in Excel format

	1980	1990	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008	2009
Public roads, route kilometers	6,211,518	6,222,926	6,358,386	6,377,959	6,407,580	6,420,739	6,432,993	6,455,795	6,490,195	6,515,164	6,532,576	NA
National Highway System (NHS)	N	N	417,439	259,770	259,960	260,381	260,956	261,302	263,062	263,511	264,075	NA
Interstates	66,173	72,536	75,109	75,175	75,230	75,264	75,373	75,428	75,462	75,529	75,657	NA
Other NHS	N	N	184,287	184,594	184,730	185,117	185,583	185,874	187,601	187,982	188,418	NA
Other	N	N	6,098,989	6,118,190	6,147,620	6,160,359	6,172,036	6,194,491	6,227,132	6,251,650	6,268,500	NA
Strategic Highway Corridor Network (STRAHNET)	N	N	99,881	101,036	101,049	100,702	100,188	100,499	99,723	100,898	100,182	NA
Interstate	N	N	75,113	75,180	75,229	75,270	75,373	75,431	75,463	75,534	75,657	NA
Non-Interstate	N	N	24,765	25,856	25,821	25,431	24,815	25,068	24,260	25,798	24,525	NA
Railroad	¹1,903,890	283,085	274,400	229,535	227,536	226,809	225,694	226,601	225,183	225,513	224,213	223,878
Class I	NA	214,337	194,073	157,115	160,835	159,228	156,897	153,949	152,560	151,775	151,403	151,144
Regional	NA	29,570	33,759	28,064	24,216	25,182	25,171	24,763	26,896	27,245	26,859	20,605
Local	NA	39,165	46,567	44,356	42,485	42,399	43,626	36,239	45,727	46,493	45,951	52,129
Inland waterways
Navigable channels	17,702	17,702	17,702	17,702	17,702	17,702	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	3,769	3,769	3,769	3,769	3,769	3,769
Pipelines
Oil	351,453	335,938	284,834	254,664	259,076	257,304	260,171	256,698	272,523	267,353	278,404	275,713
Gas	1,692,588	1,913,743	2,203,573	2,210,332	2,271,323	2,291,921	2,353,235	2,313,325	2,469,102	2,446,411	2,454,136	2,456,389

Key: N = not applicable; NA = not available.

¹Excludes Class III railroads.

Note: 1 kilometer = 0.6214 miles.

Sources:

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 October 5, 2011.

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 October 5, 2011.

Oil pipelines: 1980-2000: Eno Transportation Foundation, Transportation in America, 2002 (Washington, DC: 2002). 2001-2008: 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 October 5, 2011.

Gas pipelines: American Gas Association, Gas Facts (Arlington, VA: annual issues).

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