2017 NAICS Definition

T = Canadian, Mexican, and United States industries are comparable.

237310 Highway, Street, and Bridge Construction

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 industry if they are engaged in activities primarily related to highway, street, and bridge construction (e.g., installing guardrails on highways).

Illustrative Examples:

Airport runway construction
Highway line painting
Causeway construction
Painting traffic lanes or parking lot lines
Culverts, highway, road, and street, construction
Pothole filling, highway, road, street, or bridge
Elevated highway construction
Resurfacing, highway, road, street, or bridge
Guardrail construction
Sign erection, highway, road, street, or bridge


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;
• Road decommissioning or removing culverts or bridges--are classified in Industry 238910, Site Preparation Contractors; and
• Constructing parking lots, private driveways, sidewalks, or erecting billboards--are classified in Industry 238990, All Other Specialty Trade Contractors.

2007 NAICS		2012 NAICS		2017 NAICS		Corresponding Index Entries
237310		237310		237310		Abutment construction
237310		237310		237310		Airport runway construction
237310		237310		237310		Airport runway line painting (e.g., striping)
237310		237310		237310		Asphalt paving (i.e., highway, road, street, public sidewalk)
237310		237310		237310		Bridge approach construction
237310		237310		237310		Bridge construction
237310		237310		237310		Bridge decking construction
237310		237310		237310		Causeway construction
237310		237310		237310		Concrete paving (i.e., highway, road, street, public sidewalk)
237310		237310		237310		Construction management, highway, road, street and bridge
237310		237310		237310		Culverts, highway, road and street, construction
237310		237310		237310		Curbs and street gutters, highway, road and street, construction
237310		237310		237310		Elevated highway construction
237310		237310		237310		Grading, highway, road, street and airport runway
237310		237310		237310		Guardrail construction
237310		237310		237310		Highway construction
237310		237310		237310		Highway line painting
237310		237310		237310		Logging road construction
237310		237310		237310		Oil field road construction
237310		237310		237310		Overpass construction
237310		237310		237310		Painting lines on highways, streets and bridges
237310		237310		237310		Painting traffic lanes or parking lots
237310		237310		237310		Parking lot marking and line painting
237310		237310		237310		Parkway construction
237310		237310		237310		Pavement, highway, road, street, bridge or airport runway, construction
237310		237310		237310		Pothole filling, highway, road, street or bridge
237310		237310		237310		Repair, highway, road, street, bridge or airport runway
237310		237310		237310		Resurfacing, highway, road, street, bridge or airport runway
237310		237310		237310		Road construction
237310		237310		237310		Runway, airport, line painting (e.g., striping)
237310		237310		237310		Sidewalk, public, construction
237310		237310		237310		Sign erection, highway, road, street, or bridge
237310		237310		237310		Street construction
237310		237310		237310		Surfacing, highway, road, street, bridge or airport runway
237310		237310		237310		Tarring roads
237310		237310		237310		Traffic lane painting
237310		237310		237310		Trestle construction
237310		237310		237310		Underpass construction