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    • Freight Analysis Framework (FAF5) - Network Links

    Metadata Updated: March 5, 2024

    The Freight Analysis Framework (FAF5) - Network Links dataset was created from 2017 base year data and was published on April 11, 2022 from the Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) and is part of the U.S. Department of Transportation (USDOT)/Bureau of Transportation Statistics (BTS) National Transportation Atlas Database (NTAD). The FAF (Version 5) Network contains 487,384 link features. All link features are topologically connected to permit network pathbuilding and vehicle assignment using a variety of assignment algorithms. The FAF Link and the FAF Node datasets can be used together to create a network. The link features include all roads represented in prior FAF networks, and all roads in the National Highway System (NHS) and the National Highway Freight Network (NHFN) that are currently open to traffic. Other included links provide connections between intersecting routes, and to select intermodal facilities and all U.S. counties. The network consists of over 588,000 miles of equivalent road mileage. The dataset covers the 48 contiguous States plus the District of Columbia, Alaska, and Hawaii.

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    License: No license information was provided. If this work was prepared by an officer or employee of the United States government as part of that person's official duties it is considered a U.S. Government Work.

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    Dates

    Metadata Date March 1, 2024
    Metadata Created Date June 4, 2023
    Metadata Updated Date March 5, 2024
    Reference Date(s) July 1, 2003 (creation)
    Frequency Of Update irregular

    Metadata Source

    Harvested from National Transportation Atlas Database (NTAD) Metadata

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    Additional Metadata

    Resource Type Dataset
    Metadata Date March 1, 2024
    Metadata Created Date June 4, 2023
    Metadata Updated Date March 5, 2024
    Reference Date(s) July 1, 2003 (creation)
    Responsible Party Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) (Point of Contact)
    Contact Email
    Guid Freight Analysis Framework (FAF5) - Network Links
    Access Constraints Access Constraints: unrestricted
    Bbox East Long -67
    Bbox North Lat 71.5
    Bbox South Lat 18.5
    Bbox West Long -171.5
    Coupled Resource
    Frequency Of Update irregular
    Harvest Object Id de0cda36-3276-4041-9391-c80758d3d5d9
    Harvest Source Id ee45e034-47c1-4a61-a3ec-de75031e6865
    Harvest Source Title National Transportation Atlas Database (NTAD) Metadata
    Licence 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.
    Lineage
    Metadata Language eng; USA
    Metadata Type geospatial
    Old Spatial {"type": "Polygon", "coordinates": [[[-171.5, 18.5], [-67.0, 18.5], [-67.0, 71.5], [-171.5, 71.5], [-171.5, 18.5]]]}
    Progress completed
    Spatial Data Service Type
    Spatial Reference System
    Spatial Harvester True

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