Title: Highway and Road Expenditures | Urban Institute
Headings: Highway and Road Expenditures
Highway and Road Expenditures
How much do state and local governments spend on highways and roads?
How does state spending differ from local spending and what does the federal government contribute?
How have highway and road expenditures changed over time?
How and why does spending differ across states?
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Content: These are not the only state and local sources of highway and road funds, though. Overall, state and local governments provided three-quarters of highway and road funding ($135 billion) in 2017. Federal intergovernmental transfers for highways and roads were $47 billion dollars in 2017 (26 percent). How have highway and road expenditures changed over time? In 1977, state and local governments spent $93 billion on highways and roads (in 2017 inflation-adjusted dollars). In 2017, they spent $181 billion. Between 1977 and 2017, other state spending grew faster than highway and road spending. In 1977, 8 percent of state and local spending went to highways and roads compared with 6 percent in 2017. How and why does spending differ across states? Across the US, state and local governments spent $560 per capita on highways and roads in 2017.