Freight Facts and Figures 2013

Tables 3-1 and 3-1M. Miles of Infrastructure by Transportation Mode: 1980, 1990, and 2000-2011 (Historical)

	1980	1990	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008	2009	2010	2011
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	NA	3,929,425
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	NA	163,741
Interstates	41,120	45,074	46,673	46,714	46,748	46,769	46,837	46,871	46,892	46,934	47,013	NA	NA	46,960
Other NHS	N	N	114,516	114,707	114,791	115,032	115,321	115,502	116,575	116,812	117,083	NA	NA	116,781
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	NA	3,765,684
Strategic Highway Corridor Network (STRAHNET)¹	N	N	62,066	62,784	62,792	62,576	62,257	62,450	61,968	62,698	62,253	NA	NA	63,887
Interstate	N	N	46,675	46,717	46,747	46,773	46,837	46,873	46,893	46,937	47,013	NA	NA	46,960
Non-Interstate	N	N	15,389	16,067	16,045	15,803	15,420	15,577	15,075	16,031	15,240	NA	NA	16,927
Railroad²	³183,077	175,909	170,512	142,633	141,391	140,939	140,246	140,810	139,929	140,134	139,326	139,118	138,576	138,518
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	95,573	95,387
Regional	NA	18,375	20,978	17,439	15,048	15,648	15,641	15,388	16,713	16,930	16,690	12,804	10,407	10,355
Local	NA	24,337	28,937	27,563	26,400	26,347	27,109	22,519	28,415	28,891	28,554	32,393	32,596	32,776
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	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	2,342	2,342
Pipelines
Oil	218,393	208,752	176,996	158,248	160,990	159,889	(R) 163,449	(R) 162,914	(R) 162,891	(R) 165,962	(R) 169,586	(R) 171,773	177,509	178,809
Gas	1,051,774	(R) 1,270,295	(R) 1,377,320	(R) 1,412,876	(R) 1,462,213	(R) 1,432,046	(R) 1,470,290	(R) 1,489,242	(R) 1,509,273	(R) 1,524,405	(R) 1,532,787	(R) 1,545,320	1,553,580	1,563,527

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

¹Excludes Class III railroads.

² Class I railroads have annual carrier operating revenue of $433.2 million or more. Regional (Class II) railroads have annual carrier operating revenue greater than $20.5 million and less than $433.2 million. Local (Class III) railroads have annual carrier operating revenue below $20.5 million.

³Excludes 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/2011/ as of October 5, 2013.

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, 2013.

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, 2013.

Pipelines: 1980: Eno Transportation Foundation, Transportation in America, 2002 (Washington, DC: 2002). 1990-2011: 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, 2013.

Table 3-1M (metric units)

Table in Excel format

	1980	1990	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008	2009	2010	2011
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	NA	6,323,503
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	NA	263,503
Interstates	66,173	72,536	75,109	75,175	75,230	75,264	75,373	75,428	75,462	75,529	75,657	NA	NA	75,571
Other NHS	N	N	184,287	184,594	184,730	185,117	185,583	185,874	187,601	187,982	188,418	NA	NA	187,932
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	NA	6,060,000
Strategic Highway Corridor Network (STRAHNET)¹	N	N	99,881	101,036	101,049	100,702	100,188	100,499	99,723	100,898	100,182	NA	NA	102,811
Interstate	N	N	75,113	75,180	75,229	75,270	75,373	75,431	75,463	75,534	75,657	NA	NA	75,571
Non-Interstate	N	N	24,765	25,856	25,821	25,431	24,815	25,068	24,260	25,798	24,525	NA	NA	27,240
Railroad²	³1,903,890	283,085	274,400	229,535	227,536	226,809	225,694	226,601	225,183	225,513	224,213	223,878	223,006	222,913
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	153,803	153,503
Regional	NA	29,570	33,759	28,064	24,216	25,182	25,171	24,763	26,896	27,245	26,859	20,605	16,748	16,664
Local	NA	39,165	46,567	44,356	42,485	42,399	43,626	36,239	45,727	46,493	45,951	52,129	52,456	52,745
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	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	3,769	3,769
Pipelines
Oil	351,453	335,938	284,834	254,664	259,076	257,304	(R) 263,033	(R) 262,173	(R) 262,136	(R) 267,077	(R) 272,910	(R) 276,429	285,660	287,752
Gas	1,692,588	(R) 2,044,247	(R) 2,216,479	(R) 2,273,698	(R) 2,353,095	(R) 2,304,547	(R) 2,366,093	(R) 2,396,592	(R) 2,428,826	(R) 2,453,178	(R) 2,466,668	(R) 2,486,836	2,500,129	2,516,136

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 of $433.2 million or more. Regional (Class II) railroads have annual carrier operating revenue greater than $20.5 million and less than $433.2 million. Local (Class III) railroads have annual carrier operating revenue below $20.5 million.

³Excludes 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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