National Highway Freight Network (NHFN)

Name: National Highway Freight Network (NHFN)
Creator: U.S. Department of Transportation, Bureau of Transportation Statistics (BTS) / Federal Highway Administration (FHWA)
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

U.S. Department of Transportation, Bureau of Transportation Statistics (BTS) / Federal Highway Administration (FHWA)

License: Public domain
Commercial: Yes
Format: Shapefile
Coverage: United States and territories (national transportation infrastructure)

Last updated: Added to findgis 6 Nov 2026 · Update frequency Irregular

Source and attribution

Publisher

U.S. Department of Transportation, Bureau of Transportation Statistics (BTS) / Federal Highway Administration (FHWA)

License

Public domain

Commercial use: Yes
Attribution required: No
Modification allowed: See publisher
Redistribution allowed: See publisher
Share-alike: No

Official publisher ArcGIS item licenseInfo: National Highway Freight Network (NHFN): "The NHFN Version 2023.02.08 database, or any portion thereof, can be freely distributed as long as this metadata entry is included with each distribution. The original metadata entry cannot be modified or deleted from any data transfer. This NTAD dataset is a work of the United States government as defined in 17 U.S.C. § 101 and as such are not protected by any U.S. copyrights. This work is available for unrestricted public use."Include the original, unmodified metadata entry with every data redistribution.License text

Region

United StatesUS

Type

Vector

Download

National Highway Freight Network (NHFN) geometry (Shapefile; 16.988 MB)

Service

ArcGIShttps://services.arcgis.com/xOi1kZaI0eWDREZv/arcgis/rest/services/NTAD_National_Highway_Freight_Network/FeatureServer/0

Extent

-180-1818072.3West, south, east, north. Approximate region extent.

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