Our website is made possible by displaying online advertisements to our visitors.
Please consider supporting us by disabling your ad blocker.

Responsive image


Federal Highway Administration

Federal Highway Administration
Agency overview
FormedApril 1, 1967 (1967-04-01)
Preceding agency
  • Bureau of Public Roads
JurisdictionFederal government of the United States
HeadquartersWashington, D.C.
Annual budget$46 billion (FY2019)[1]
Agency executives
  • Vacant, Administrator
  • Gloria Shepherd, Acting Deputy Administrator
  • Gloria Shepherd, Executive Director
Parent agencyDepartment of Transportation
Websitewww.fhwa.dot.gov

The Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) is a division of the United States Department of Transportation that specializes in highway transportation. The agency's major activities are grouped into two programs, the Federal-aid Highway Program and the Federal Lands Highway Program. Its role had previously been performed by the Office of Road Inquiry, Office of Public Roads and the Bureau of Public Roads.

  1. ^ "Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2019" (PDF). One Hundred Sixteenth Congress of the United States of America. January 3, 2019.

Previous Page Next Page