About our road network
We manage and maintain the following road assets:
- 6,787km of adopted road network
- 1,700km of footways
- 2,180 bridges and culverts (a structure that allows water to flow under a road or railroad)
- 1,000 retaining walls
- 48,800 lighting columns
- 100 car parks
Other road assets include non-illuminated signs, cycle ways, drainage, road markings, road restraint systems and street furniture.
Key statistics
We manage the eight-largest road network in the UK (source: Department for Transport data).
The service is delivered across five main operational areas, with some sub‑areas:
- Caithness and Sutherland
- Ross and Cromarty
- Inverness, Nairn, Badenoch and Strathspey
- Skye and Raasay
- Lochaber
Total length of adopted roads
The total length of adopted roads we maintain, from 1999 to the previous financial year:
Total length of adopted roads - by operational areas
The total length of adopted roads we maintain for the previous financial year, split by operational area:
Total length of adopted roads - by road classification
The total length of adopted roads we maintain for the previous financial year, split by road classification and urban or rural:
