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Table 1-4: North Carolina Road Condition by Functional System -- Rural

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  1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000
Interstate (total reported) 631 639 639 636 650 651
Very good 5 4 10 28 69 62
Good 230 60 47 161 256 289
Fair 146 154 152 109 143 133
Mediocre 191 317 337 253 155 140
Poor 59 104 93 85 27 27
Not reported N N N N N N
Other principal arterial (total reported) 2,169 2,172 2,199 2,199 2,227 2,242
Very good 8 7 1 19 75 73
Good 520 406 404 807 1,087 1,115
Fair 1,454 1,420 1,499 1,197 953 933
Mediocre 120 259 233 134 92 100
Poor 67 80 62 42 20 21
Not reported 46 41 20 36 0 0
Minor arterial (total reported) 2,818 2,891 2,929 2,934 3,015 3,013
Very good 24 22 20 22 29 40
Good 333 185 287 659 838 833
Fair 1,906 2,079 2,055 1,806 1,828 1,798
Mediocre 466 505 459 370 222 261
Poor 89 100 108 77 98 81
Not reported 150 108 66 68 0 0
Major collector (total reported) N N N N N 3,097
Very good N N N N N 49
Good N N N N N 1,092
Fair N N N N N 1,387
Mediocre N N N N N 264
Poor N N N N N 305
Not reported N N N N N N

KEY: N = data do not exist.

NOTE: In 2000, the Federal Highway Administration began reporting road condition for rural major collectors using the International Roughness Index if available. In prior years, data were only available using the Present Serviceability Rating.

NOTE FOR DATA ON THIS PAGE: Road condition is based on measured pavement roughness using the International Roughness Index (IRI). IRI is a measure of surface condition. A comprehensive measure of pavement condition would require data on other pavement distresses such as rutting, cracking, and faulting.

SOURCE FOR DATA ON THIS PAGE: U.S. Department of Transportation, Federal Highway Administration, Highway Statistics, Washington, DC: annual editions, tables HM-63 and HM-64, available at http://www.fhwa.dot.gov/ as of Feb. 1, 2002.