Total Disbursements Per Mile — 23rd Annual Highway Report

Total Disbursements per State-Controlled Mile
2017 Annual Highway Report

Since capital and bridge, maintenance and administrative disbursements make up the majority of expenditures (73.5% in 2015), this report measures them individually and collectively. Total disbursements include those three funding categories, plus three others: Highway Law Enforcement and Safety, Interest, and Bond Retirement. In total, the states disbursed about $145.0 billion for state-owned roads in 2015, a 10.5% increase from $131.2 billion in 2013, the last time this assessment was completed. Over the last decade, highway spending has steadily increased. Since 2006, per-mile total disbursements have increased about 46%, while the Consumer Price Index (CPI) has increased 18%. On a per-mile basis, 2015 disbursements averaged $178,116 (Table 10, Total Disbursements per State-Controlled Mile, 2015). The lowest disbursement per mile was in West Virginia ($35,047) and the highest was in New Jersey ($2,069,020).

Total Disbursements Per State-Controlled Mile