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National Forest System

• Miles: 386,000
• Miles maintained for passenger vehicles: 83,900 (21.7%)
• Miles passable with high-clearance vehicles: 212,900 (55.2%)
• Miles of unclassified roads: 60,000
• Number of bridges and major culverts: 7,700
• Miles of construction in 1999: 192.2 (0.05%)
• Miles reconstructed in 1999: 4,119.5 (1.07%)
• Number of recreation vehicles using the NFTS in 1950: 137,000
• Number of recreation vehicles using the NFTS in 1996: 1.7 million per day
• Congressional/purchaser funding for new and reconstructed roads in 1985: $228 million for 8,000 miles
• Congressional/purchaser funding for new and reconstructed roads in 1999: $98 million (note: targeted number of miles no longer assigned)
• Miles decommissioned in 1999: 2,907
• Backlog of deferred maintenance and capital improvement: $8.4 billion
• Number of National Forest System (NFS) acres: 192 million
• Number of NFS acres designated as wilderness: 35 million (18.2%)
• Number of NFS acres designated as proposed wilderness: six million (3%)