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2007 NAICS Definition

This industry comprises establishments primarily engaged in the construction of highways (including elevated), streets, roads, airport runways, public sidewalks, or bridges. The work performed may include new work, reconstruction, rehabilitation, and repairs. Specialty trade contractors are included in this group if they are engaged in activities primarily related to highway, street, and bridge construction (e.g., installing guardrails on highways).

Cross-References. Establishments primarily engaged in--

• Constructing tunnels--are classified in Industry 237990, Other Heavy and Civil Engineering Construction;
• Highway lighting and signal installation--are classified in Industry 238210, Electrical Contractors and Other Wiring Installation Contractors;
• Painting bridges--are classified in Industry 238320, Painting and Wall Covering Contractors; and
• Constructing parking lots, private driveways, sidewalks, or erecting billboards--are classified in Industry 238990, All Other Specialty Trade Contractors.

Index entries that bring you to this industry:

• Abutment construction
• Airport runway construction
• Airport runway line painting (e.g., striping)
• Asphalt paving (i.e., highway, road, street, public sidewalk)
• Bridge approach construction
• Bridge construction
• Bridge decking construction
• Causeway construction
• Concrete paving (i.e., highway, road, street, public sidewalk)
• Construction management, highway, road, street and bridge
• Culverts, highway, road and street, construction
• Curbs and street gutters, highway, road and street, construction
• Elevated highway construction
• Grading, highway, road, street and airport runway
• Guardrail construction
• Highway construction
• Highway line painting
• Logging road construction
• Oil field road construction
• Overpass construction
• Painting lines on highways, streets and bridges
• Painting traffic lanes or parking lots
• Parking lot marking and line painting
• Parkway construction
• Pavement, highway, road, street, bridge or airport runway, construction
• Pothole filling, highway, road, street or bridge
• Repair, highway, road, street, bridge or airport runway
• Resurfacing, highway, road, street, bridge or airport runway
• Road construction
• Runway, airport, line painting (e.g., striping)
• Sidewalk, public, construction
• Sign erection, highway, roads street or bridge
• Street construction
• Surfacing, highway, road, street, bridge or airport runway
• Tarring roads
• Traffic lane painting
• Trestle construction
• Underpass construction