Missouri Economic Impact

Meeting Missouri's Future Mobility Needs | Highways and Roads | Bridges | Travel | Congestion | Safety | Economic Impact | Vehicle Operating Costs | Funding and Taxes

Highways are the circulatory system for our nation’s “just-in-time-delivery” economy. Investments in roadways pay dividends in the form of healthy economic growth.

As the economy expands, creating more jobs and increasing consumer confidence, the demand for consumer and business products grows. In turn, manufacturers ship greater quantities of goods to market. A process that adds to truck traffic on the nation’s highways and major arterial roads.

• 80 percent of the $148 billion in products shipped annually from sites in Missouri were transported on highways.
  
• For every $1 billion invested nationally in highway and bridge improvements 47,500 jobs are created.
  
• From 1950 to 1989, US businesses realized production cost savings averaging 23.4 cents a year for each dollar in major, non-local roads.
  
• Even for Missourians who never drive a car, our network of highways and bridges that makes their life better. Fresh produce is available on your grocer’s shelf and affordable products can be purchased nationwide thanks to deliveries moving over the national highway system.