Transportation in Uruguay (original) (raw)

Railways:
_total:_2,073 km
_standard gauge:_2,073 km 1.435-m gauge (1997)

Highways:
_total:_8,983 km
_paved:_8,085 km
_unpaved:_898 km (1999 est.)

**Waterways:**1,600 km; used by coastal and shallow-draft river craft

Ports and harbors: Montevideo, Fray Bentos, Nueva Palmira, Paysandu, Punta del Este, Colonia, Piri�polis.

Merchant marine:
_total:_1 ship (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 1,807 GRT/2,405 DWT
_ships by type:_petroleum tanker 1 (1999 est.)

**Airports:**65 (1999 est.)

Airports - with paved runways:
_total:_15
_2,438 to 3,047 m:_1
_1,524 to 2,437 m:_5
_914 to 1,523 m:_8
_under 914 m:_1 (1999 est.)

Airports - with unpaved runways:
_total:_50
_1,524 to 2,437 m:_2
_914 to 1,523 m:_15
_under 914 m:_33 (1999 est.)

See also : Uruguay