Railways
total: 1,583 km in common carrier service; does not include industrial lines
broad gauge: 1,583 km 1.520-m gauge (1993)

Highways
total: 21,000 km
paved: NA km
unpaved : NA km
note: Georgia reports 19,635 km of "hard surfaced" roads which combine thelengths of paved and graveled roads; 1,365 km of unsurfaced or dirt roadsare reported separately (1995 est.)

Pipelines crude oil 370 km; refined products 300 km; natural gas 440 km (1992)

Ports and harbors Bat'umi, P'ot'i, Sokhumi

Merchant marine
total: 15 ships (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 183,202 GRT/292,021 DWT
ships by type : bulk 4, cargo 3, oil tanker 8 (1996 est.)

Airports 28 (1994 est.)

Airports - with paved runways
total: 14
over 3,047 m : 1
2,438 to 3,047 m: 7
1,524 to 2,437 m : 4
914 to 1,523 m: 1
under 914 m: 1 (1994 est.)

Airports - with unpaved runways
total: 14
over 3,047 m : 1
2,438 to 3,047 m: 1
1,524 to 2,437 m: 1
914 to 1,523 m: 5
under 914 m: 6 (1994 est.)

Transportation - note transportation network is in poor condition and disrupted by ethnicconflict, criminal activities, and fuel shortages; network lacks maintenanceand repair

NOTE: The information regarding Georgia on this page is re-published from the 1997 World Fact Book of the United States Central Intelligence Agency. No claims are made regarding the accuracy of Georgia Transportation 1997 information contained here. All suggestions for corrections of any errors about Georgia Transportation 1997 should be addressed to the CIA.