Rural Functional Class Maps

The rural collector routes generally serve travel of primarily intracounty rather than statewide importance and constitute those routes on which (regardless of traffic volume) predominant travel distances are shorter than on arterial routes. More moderate speeds will be typical.

The characteristics of rural collector system is subclassified according to the following criteria:

Major Collector Highways and Roads:

(1) Provide service to any county seat not on an arterial route; to the larger towns not directly served by the higher systems; and to other traffic generators of equivalent intracounty importance, such as consolidated schools, shipping points, county parks, important mining and agricultural areas, etc.

(2) Link these places with nearby larger towns or cities or with routes of higher classification.

(3) Serves the more important intracounty travel.

Minor Collector Roads:

(1) Be spaced at intervals, consistent with population density, to collect traffic from local roads and bring all developed areas within a reasonable distance of a collector road.

(2) Provides service to the remaining smaller communities.