Policy Study

State Highway Agency (SHA) Miles — 23rd Annual Highway Report

State highway agency roads are generally the Interstates and other major US-numbered and state-numbered roads. A few states also manage major portions of the rural road system. In 2015, about 779,457 miles were the responsibility of the 50 State Highway Agencies (Table 6, State Highway Agency Mileage), about 222 more miles than in 2013 (779,235), the last time this assessment was completed. The average number of lanes per mile is 2.40 lanes, but a few states (New Jersey, Florida, California and Massachusetts) manage significantly wider roads, averaging more than 3.0 lanes per mile.

State Highway Agency Mileage, by average number of lanes/mile
RankStateSHA MilesSHA Lane-MilesRatio
1West Virginia34,40370,9872.06
2Maine8,35817,5482.1
3Alaska5,61111,9062.12
4New Hampshire3,9028,4052.15
5North Carolina79,559171,6872.16
6Virginia58,648127,2582.17
7South Carolina41,35990,4652.19
8Delaware5,40211,8592.2
9Pennsylvania39,75688,2972.22
10Kentucky27,63661,9872.24
11Missouri33,87376,2892.25
12Nebraska9,94122,5082.26
13Montana11,01425,1252.28
14Vermont2,6296,0032.28
15Arkansas16,42337,6402.29
16South Dakota7,76617,9212.31
17North Dakota7,40617,2172.32
18Kansas10,29223,9962.33
19Wyoming6,71815,7262.34
20Louisiana16,68939,3322.36
21Oregon7,66118,5942.43
22Texas80,423195,7562.43
23New Mexico11,97629,5042.46
24Idaho4,99212,3412.47
25Oklahoma 12,25730,3562.48
26Minnesota11,81129,2602.48
27Wisconsin11,74629,6692.53
28Nevada5,38013,5982.53
29Colorado9,06122,9282.53
30New York15,04938,3202.55
31Iowa8,88022,7392.56
32Ohio19,22849,4162.57
33Mississippi10,90128,0752.58
34Indiana 11,16928,7692.58
35Rhode Island1,0912,8482.61
36Washington7,05818,4782.62
37Hawaii9422,4872.64
38Connecticut3,7209,8322.64
39Illinois15,96742,2352.65
40Tennessee13,87837,2202.68
41Alabama10,92029,5682.71
42Georgia17,94949,0742.73
43Utah5,87116,1272.75
44Michigan9,66827,4442.84
45Maryland5,15414,7632.86
46Arizona6,82219,6122.87
47Massachusetts2,9459,3023.16
48California15,09351,6863.42
49Florida12,11643,7593.61
50New Jersey2,3408,5553.66
U.S. Total779,4571,874,4702.4
Weighted Average15,58937,489