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Transportation Facts
Transportation is so basic that many people overlook its enormous importance in everyday life. Nearly every item used in homes, workplaces and schools requires a large complex transportation network. TDOT has a responsibility for a multi-modal transportation system that includes:
Highways and Bridges |
Railroads | |||
| 14,150 miles of roadway 1,073 miles of interstate 13,077 miles of state roads 8,112 state-owned bridges 11,407 locally-owned bridges 19 interstate rest areas 13 interstate welcome centers 9 truck weigh stations Tennessee's Most Traveled Roadways: 2002 (pdf) |
20 shortline railroads operating on 810 miles of rail 6 major rail lines operating on 2,340 miles of rail |
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| Aeronautics | Public Transit | |||
| 75 public/general aviation airports 6 commercial airports 126 heliports (115 affiliated with medical facilities, eight that can be used for medical purposes and three that are for non-medical purposes) |
24 transit (bus, van and light rail) systems serving all 95 Tennessee's counties | |||
| Transportation Management | Bicycle/Pedestrian | |||
| One Transportation Management Center in Nashville, with plans underway to construct additional centers in Chattanooga, Knoxville and Memphis | 5 regional bicycle tours totaling 690 miles | |||
| One 500-mile cross-state bicycle tour | ||||
| Highway emergency patrols in all four major urban areas | 8,500 roadway miles with 4-foot shoulders to accommodate bicycles | |||
| 150 miles of greenways, sidewalks and trails | ||||
| Waterways | ||||
| 888 main channel miles of navigable rivers | ||||
| What TDOT Doesn't Do: | ||||
| TDOT does not handle driver's licenses, titling of vehicles or tag renewals. Those matters are managed by the Tennessee Department of Safety. | ||||
