road statistics

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Transportation infrastructure is a major part of all U.S. businesses. Every supply chain eventually depends on roads to get their products from point A to point B. With millions of roads crisscrossing the country, it should come as no surprise that some states have more road than others. The miles of public road in a particular state can impact municipal and federal budgets. These important pieces of infrastructure are a big part of what keep the economy turning. Below is a list of the miles of public road per state.

Alabama: 102,019 Alaska: 16,129 Arizona: 66,122 Arkansas: 102,609 California: 195,834 Colorado: 88,740 Connecticut: 21,512 Delaware: 6,416 Florida: 122,659 Georgia: 128,134 Hawaii: 4,455 Idaho: 51,163 Illinois: 145,840 Indiana: 96,571 Iowa: 114,442 Kansas: 140,654 Kentucky: 79,857 Louisiana: 61,419 Maine: 22,911 Maryland: 32,037 Massachusetts: 36,423 Michigan: 122,286 Minnesota: 138,767 Mississippi: 76,777 Missouri: 131,549 Montana: 75,007 Nebraska: 94,481 Nevada: 43,900 New Hampshire: 16,138 New Jersey: 39,065 New Mexico: 69,069 New York: 114,365 North Carolina: 106,334 North Dakota: 87,128 Ohio: 122,926 Oklahoma: 112,711 Oregon: 73,544 Pennsylvania: 120,091 Rhode Island: 6,046 South Carolina: 76,250 South Dakota: 82,576 Tennessee: 95,637 Texas: 313,596Utah: 46,299 Vermont: 14,252 Virginia: 75,061 Washington: 80,338 West Virginia: 38,770 Wisconsin: 115,372 Wyoming: 28,942

This totals up to a whopping 4,153,200 miles of road in the United States, plus an additional 1,527 in the District of Columbia. The states with the most miles of public road include Texas, California, Illinois, Kansas, Minnesota, Missouri, Georgia, Ohio, Florida and Michigan.

Reference: https://news.mhelpdesk.com/mhelpdesk-community/miles-public-road-per-state/