US Federal Highway Administration
Revenues & Expenditures from 1921

Year Gross
Highway
User Fees
Highway
Portion
Highway
Spending
Subsidies
to Transit
Subsidies to
Other Uses
(Principally
Deficit
Reduction)
Highway User
Fees Minus
Highway
Spending
Highway
Portion
Minus Highway
Spending
1921 $1.0 $1.0 $0.9 $0.0 $0.0 $0.1 $0.1
1922 $1.2 $1.2 $0.8 $0.0 $0.0 $0.4 $0.4
1923 $1.6 $1.6 $0.9 $0.0 $0.0 $0.8 $0.8
1924 $1.5 $1.5 $1.1 $0.0 $0.0 $0.4 $0.4
1925 $1.5 $1.5 $1.0 $0.0 $0.0 $0.4 $0.4
1926 $1.0 $1.0 $0.9 $0.0 $0.0 $0.1 $0.1
1927 $0.6 $0.6 $0.9 $0.0 $0.0 ($0.3) ($0.3)
1928 $0.3 $0.3 $0.9 $0.0 $0.0 ($0.7) ($0.7)
1929 $0.0 $0.0 $0.9 $0.0 $0.0 ($0.9) ($0.9)
1930 $0.0 $0.0 $1.1 $0.0 $0.0 ($1.1) ($1.1)
1931 $0.0 $0.0 $3.1 $0.0 $0.0 ($3.1) ($3.1)
1932 $1.2 $1.2 $1.9 $0.0 $0.0 ($0.7) ($0.7)
1933 $3.5 $3.5 $2.9 $0.0 $0.0 $0.6 $0.6
1934 $3.5 $3.5 $4.8 $0.0 $0.0 ($1.3) ($1.3)
1935 $3.7 $3.7 $3.0 $0.0 $0.0 $0.7 $0.7
1936 $4.2 $4.2 $4.4 $0.0 $0.0 ($0.3) ($0.3)
1937 $4.4 $4.4 $3.3 $0.0 $0.0 $1.2 $1.2
1938 $3.8 $3.8 $2.5 $0.0 $0.0 $1.3 $1.3
1939 $4.5 $4.5 $2.3 $0.0 $0.0 $2.2 $2.2
1940 $5.7 $5.7 $2.2 $0.0 $0.0 $3.5 $3.5
1941 $7.5 $7.5 $2.0 $0.0 $0.0 $5.5 $5.5
1942 $7.4 $7.4 $1.7 $0.0 $0.0 $5.7 $5.7
1943 $5.2 $5.2 $1.6 $0.0 $0.0 $3.6 $3.6
1944 $6.3 $6.3 $1.1 $0.0 $0.0 $5.2 $5.2
1945 $6.2 $6.2 $0.8 $0.0 $0.0 $5.5 $5.5
1946 $8.0 $8.0 $1.5 $0.0 $0.0 $6.5 $6.5
1947 $9.1 $9.1 $2.5 $0.0 $0.0 $6.6 $6.6
1948 $9.4 $9.4 $2.9 $0.0 $0.0 $6.5 $6.5
1949 $10.4 $10.4 $3.6 $0.0 $0.0 $6.8 $6.8
1950 $11.1 $11.1 $3.3 $0.0 $0.0 $7.7 $7.7
1951 $11.6 $11.6 $3.1 $0.0 $0.0 $8.5 $8.5
1952 $14.0 $14.0 $3.4 $0.0 $0.0 $10.6 $10.6
1953 $15.4 $15.4 $3.9 $0.0 $0.0 $11.5 $11.5
1954 $15.4 $15.4 $4.1 $0.0 $0.0 $11.3 $11.3
1955 $18.9 $18.9 $4.8 $0.0 $0.0 $14.2 $14.2
1956 $19.5 $19.5 $5.3 $0.0 $0.0 $14.2 $14.2
1957 $9.3 $9.3 $6.1 $0.0 $0.0 $3.3 $3.3
1958 $12.5 $12.5 $9.3 $0.0 $0.0 $3.3 $3.3
1959 $12.7 $12.7 $15.9 $0.0 $0.0 ($3.2) ($3.2)
1960 $15.2 $15.2 $17.6 $0.0 $0.0 ($2.4) ($2.4)
1961 $16.6 $16.6 $15.5 $0.0 $0.0 $1.1 $1.1
1962 $17.3 $17.3 $16.3 $0.0 $0.0 $1.0 $1.0
1963 $19.1 $19.1 $17.5 $0.0 $0.0 $1.6 $1.6
1964 $20.2 $20.2 $20.8 $0.0 $0.0 ($0.6) ($0.6)
1965 $20.6 $20.6 $22.6 $0.0 $0.0 ($2.0) ($2.0)
1966 $21.4 $21.4 $21.7 $0.0 $0.0 ($0.2) ($0.2)
1967 $23.6 $23.6 $21.1 $0.0 $0.0 $2.6 $2.6
1968 $22.5 $22.5 $21.2 $0.0 $0.0 $1.3 $1.3
1969 $22.6 $22.6 $20.0 $0.0 $0.0 $2.6 $2.6
1970 $25.0 $25.0 $20.0 $0.0 $0.0 $5.0 $5.0
1971 $25.0 $25.0 $20.5 $0.0 $0.0 $4.6 $4.6
1972 $23.4 $23.4 $19.9 $0.0 $0.0 $3.6 $3.6
1973 $23.6 $23.6 $19.2 $0.0 $0.0 $4.4 $4.4
1974 $24.0 $24.0 $16.5 $0.0 $0.0 $7.5 $7.5
1975 $22.3 $22.3 $15.9 $0.0 $0.0 $6.4 $6.4
1976 $23.9 $23.9 $25.8 $0.0 $0.0 ($1.8) ($1.8)
1977 $21.3 $21.3 $18.0 $0.0 $0.0 $3.4 $3.4
1978 $20.6 $20.6 $16.5 $0.0 $0.0 $4.1 $4.1
1979 $19.6 $19.6 $17.5 $0.0 $0.0 $2.2 $2.2
1980 $16.4 $16.4 $19.8 $0.0 $0.0 ($3.4) ($3.4)
1981 $14.5 $14.5 $17.9 $0.0 $0.0 ($3.4) ($3.4)
1982 $14.4 $14.4 $14.7 $0.0 $0.0 ($0.4) ($0.4)
1983 $16.7 $16.7 $15.7 $0.9 $0.0 $1.0 $1.0
1984 $21.9 $19.7 $17.7 $2.3 $0.0 $4.2 $2.0
1985 $23.6 $21.2 $21.0 $2.3 $0.0 $2.6 $0.2
1986 $23.8 $21.5 $22.9 $2.3 $0.0 $0.8 ($1.4)
1987 $24.3 $19.8 $20.0 $2.5 $0.0 $4.3 ($0.1)
1988 $24.7 $20.4 $21.0 $2.5 $0.0 $3.7 ($0.6)
1989 $25.9 $21.6 $19.4 $2.5 $0.0 $6.4 $2.2
1990 $23.0 $18.2 $19.5 $2.7 $0.0 $3.5 ($1.2)
1991 $25.9 $19.9 $19.1 $4.1 $0.0 $6.8 $0.8
1992 $25.3 $20.9 $19.6 $2.3 $0.0 $5.7 $1.3
1993 $28.0 $20.7 $20.1 $3.6 $4.0 $7.9 $0.6
1994 $36.9 $20.3 $22.0 $3.6 $15.3 $14.9 ($1.7)
1995 $36.6 $22.5 $21.7 $3.8 $9.0 $15.0 $0.9
1996 $35.7 $25.6 $23.5 $4.1 $6.3 $12.1 $2.1
1997 $36.8 $23.5 $21.0 $5.2 $8.8 $15.8 $2.5
1998 $30.7 $25.3 $23.3 $5.4 $0.8 $7.4 $2.0
1999 $43.0 $36.0 $26.0 $7.0 $9.4 $17.0 $9.9
2000 $37.1 $31.2 $29.7 $6.2 $0.6 $7.4 $1.5
2001 $34.3 $26.9 $25.9 $5.4 $2.3 $8.4 $1.0
Total $1,280.5 $1,158.4 $962.3 $68.5 $56.5 $318.2 $196.1
               
Year Gross
Highway
User Fees
Highway
Portion
Highway
Spending
Subsidies
to Transit
Subsidies to
Other Uses
(Principally
Deficit
Reduction)
Highway User
Fees Minus
Highway
Spending
Highway
Portion
Minus Highway
Spending
               
Before Interstate Highway Act          
1921-1956 $218.6 $218.6 $85.6 $0.0 $0.0 $132.9 $132.9
               
After Interstate Highway Act            
1957 ->> $1,061.9 $939.8 $876.7 $68.5 $56.5 $185.2 $63.1
               
In Billions of 2001$ (CPI-U)            
               
Gross Highway User Fees            
User fees and unique taxes levied on highway users    
Includes Highway and Mass Transit Account Interest through 1998    
Includes compounding interest on $8 Billion transfer to General Fund from 1999 (Highway & Mass Transit)
               
Highway Portion:            
1956 & Before: equals highway spending.        
1957 & After: Legal dedication          
Includes interest on Highways through 1998        

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