Railways:
total:
2,994 km
standard gauge:
2,073 km 1.435-m gauge (921 km closed) (1997)
Highways:
total:
8,420 km
paved:
7,578 km
unpaved:
842 km (1996 est.)
Waterways:
1,600 km; used by coastal and shallow-draft river craft
Ports and harbors:
Fray Bentos, Montevideo, Nueva Palmira, Paysandu, Punta del Este, Colonia,
Piriapolis
Merchant marine:
total:
2 oil tankers (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 44,042 GRT/83,684 DWT (1998
est.)
Airports:
65 (1998 est.)
Airportswith 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 (1998 est.)
Airportswith unpaved runways:
total:
50
1,524 to 2,437 m:
2
914 to 1,523 m:
15
under 914 m:
33 (1998 est.)