Missouri Fuel Tax
- 17 cents per gallon – gasoline and diesel. Only Alaska’s is lower
- 2.55 cents goes to cities
- 2 cents goes to counties
- 12.45 cents goes to MoDOT
- Each cent of fuel tax results in approximately $29.1 million for MoDOT and $12.4 million for cities and counties.
- Missouri ranks 48th nationally in revenue per mile.
- Missouri ranks 3rd nationally in lowest administrative cost per mile.
MoDOT
- Governed by the Missouri Highways and Transportation Commission
- Six commissioners, appointed by the Governor and confirmed by the Senate
- Seven district offices and a Central Office
- Approximately 5,100 salaried employees
- FY 2021 budget – $3.2 billion
- Customer satisfaction rating – 77%
- Projects completed 8% under budget in last 10 years
MO by the Mile
- 33,832 miles of state highways (7th nationally in state highway miles)
- Interstate highways – 1,380 miles (5th most nationally)
- U.S. routes – 3,412 miles
- State routes – 8,267 miles
- Lettered routes – 19,014 miles
- Other (outer roads, business routes, etc.) – 1,759 miles
- Major routes – 5,542 miles that carry approximately 76 percent of traffic
- Minor routes – 28,290 miles that carry approximately 24 percent of traffic
Roadways
- Cost to resurface one lane of major highway – $139,000 per mile
- Cost to resurface one lane of minor highway - $26,000 per mile
- Cost to resurface one lane of interstate highway - $194,000
- Tons of salt used per winter – 130,000
- Annual snow removal costs – $44 million
- Annual litter pick-up cost – $6.1 million
- Annual mowing cost – $20.6 million
- Adopt-A-Highway miles – 6,419 (5,329 adopters)
Bridges
- MoDOT bridges and culverts – 10,397
- Number of major bridges 1,000 ft. or longer – 209
- Major river bridge cost – $10 million - $250 million
- Average cost of other bridges – $820,000
- See More: Poor and Weight-Restricted Bridges
Other Forms of Transportation
- 121 public-use airports, including 36 that are business-capable
- 4,200 miles of Class 1 main-line track rail lines
- 425 miles of short-line track rail lines
- Kansas City and St. Louis are the 2nd and 3rd largest freight rail hubs in the U.S.
- 4 Amtrak routes with 13 station stops
- 1,050 miles of navigable rivers – ranks 10th nationally
- 17 public river ports including St. Louis – the 3rd largest U.S. inland port
- 1 tri-state port
- Trucks, planes, barges and trains in Missouri move 1 billion tons each year valued at more than $1 trillion
- 62 million transit trips annually
- More than 600 miles of shared-use paths for bicyclists and pedestrians
Safety Belt Use
- Overall in Missouri – 87.7%
- National average use rate – 89.6%
- Commercial motor vehicle – 83%
- Teens – 74%
Crashes from 2017-2019
('19 data incomplete)
- 2,700 people died
- More than 14,000 seriously injured
- 60% of vehicle drivers and passengers killed weren’t wearing safety belts