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
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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