2 hard questions to ponder over

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How many publicly owned HIGHWAYS are in the United States?..
How many publicly owned TOLL ROADS are in the United States?
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I was presented with these questions today, and need to find the answers?
Anyone care to take a shot????
 
I am sure that I am wrong in this but I don't think that i have ever driven on anything other than public highways or toll roads. I have been on a few private lanes in my younger days but highways and toll roads are all public.

so my answer would be ...ALL OF THEM.
 
I know there were PRIVATE toll roads in SoCal around 5-7 years ago. My guess is they are still there. Good luck with the search.
 
Who asked you the question and where did they get their source of information? There isn't a national registry of publicly owned toll roads or anything, so I'm just curious how he will know if you give him the correct answer?
 
1 they are all connected they just have a different names at different spots.

I'm just joking, does seem like a pretty odd question though.
Did you ask if it just the continental 48 or does this include Alasks & Hawaaii (sp?)

"J"
 
OdyMan said:
I know there were PRIVATE toll roads in SoCal around 5-7 years ago. My guess is they are still there. Good luck with the search.
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If they were private...who owned them? How long were they and where did they go? i would bet(do not know this for sure)that there was federal funding and most likely state funding for those so called private roads.
 
Jngrbrdman said:
Who asked you the question and where did they get their source of information? There isn't a national registry of publicly owned toll roads or anything, so I'm just curious how he will know if you give him the correct answer?
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A family friend asked. He is a broker. In Houston, they are selling the toll roads....or something...(it's still early, and I'm tired) I don't have the whole story....... But he said if I can come up with the answer close to his, he will buy a bunch of stock in them, and let my kids have them.....He said once the roads are bought, the stocks will sky rocket.....Like I said, I don't know more than what my wife told me...have to talk to him in person..... :eat:
 
cwcad said:
If they were private...who owned them? How long were they and where did they go? i would bet(do not know this for sure)that there was federal funding and most likely state funding for those so called private roads.
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cwcad
The stipulation for a "Privet Road" is it "Must be closed to the public for 1 day out of the year" that Includes Privet Toll Roads also....good example is Dingmans Ferry Bridge http://www.nps.gov/dewa/InDepth/Spannin2/stgDFBRG.html

Ownership could be a family, coop, corporation, just about any one could....Insurance is off the scale for ownership though, and there is not many left in the US any more.
 
Thanks Beercan 31. That gives me a better idea of private roads.

I did a google search of the number of public roads in the US. All searches led me to a book or paper that needed to be purchased. Which I didn't do. Of course if they had offered a ten percent DC discount and a free MF towel I might have gone ahead and purchsed the book. On can never have to many MF towels.
 
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