Mexico Transportation 1997

Railways
total: 20,567 km
standard gauge: 20,477 km 1.435-m gauge (246 km electrified)
narrow gauge : 90 km 0.914-m gauge (1994)

Highways
total : 249,520 km
paved: 93,071 km (including 5,920 km of expressways)
unpaved: 156,449 km (1995 est.)

Waterways 2,900 km navigable rivers and coastal canals

Pipelines crude oil 28,200 km; petroleum products 10,150 km; natural gas 13,254km; petrochemical 1,400 km

Ports and harbors Acapulco, Altamira, Coatzacoalcos, Ensenada, Guaymas, La Paz, LazaroCardenas, Manzanillo, Mazatlan, Progreso, Salina Cruz, Tampico, Topolobampo,Tuxpan, Veracruz

Merchant marine
total: 51 ships (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 899,032 GRT/1,297,346 DWT
ships by type: cargo 1, chemical tanker 4, combination bulk 1, container 4, liquefiedgas tanker 7, oil tanker 29, roll-on/roll-off cargo 2, short-sea passenger3 (1996 est.)

Airports 1,415 (1996 est.)

Airports - with paved runways
total: 1,003
over 3,047 m : 9
2,438 to 3,047 m: 26
1,524 to 2,437 m: 92
914 to 1,523 m: 71
under 914 m : 805 (1996 est.)

Airports - with unpaved runways
total: 412
1,524 to 2,437 m: 50
914 to 1,523 m: 362 (1996 est.)

NOTE: The information regarding Mexico 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 Mexico Transportation 1997 information contained here. All suggestions for corrections of any errors about Mexico Transportation 1997 should be addressed to the CIA.