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National Highway Planning Network

Published by Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) | Department of Transportation | Metadata Last Checked: December 17, 2025 | Last Modified: 1996-07-01T00:00:00.000+00:00
The National Highway Planning Network (NHPN) dataset was compiled on May 01, 2014 from the Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) and is part of the U.S. Department of Transportation (USDOT)/Bureau of Transportation Statistics (BTS) National Transportation Atlas Database (NTAD). This dataset is a comprehensive network database of the nation's major highway system. It consists of the nation's highways comprised of Rural Arterials, Urban Principal Arterials and all National Highway System routes. The data set covers the 48 contiguous States plus the District of Columbia, Alaska, Hawaii, and Puerto Rico. The nominal scale of the data set is 1:100,000 with a maximal positional error of 80 meters. A data dictionary, or other source of attribute information, is accessible at https://doi.org/10.21949/1529044

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