Statewide Transportation System Statistics

Roads and bridges

Total highway, road and street lane miles: 235,751 (2009)*; bridges: 24,731 (2010); toll bridges and tunnels: 1 shared with Illinois and 4 shared with Nebraska (2009)
Total lane miles above are as reported by the Federal Highway Administration. The Iowa DOT reported 114,740 public road miles as of 2009.

Transit

Trips per year (all transit modes): Approximately 20 million (2008)*
The number above is as reported by the National Transit Database. The Iowa DOT reported 26.6 million transit trips in 2009.

Rail

Freight rail route-miles: 3,925 (2008)

Aviation

Airports (total): 320; public-use: 120*; state-owned: 0 (2003)
Enplanements per year: 1,448,831 (2009)
The numbers of airports above are as reported by the National Association of State Aviation Officials.
The Iowa DOT reported 116 public-use airports as of April 2011, including seven private airports that are open for public use.

Marine

Waterborne tonnage per year: 11.8 million (2009)