Uruguay Transportation 1997

Railways
total: 2,070 km (461 km closed; additional 460 km only partially operational)
standard gauge: 2,070 km 1.435-m gauge

Highways
total: 50,900 km
paved: 6,973 km
unpaved: 43,927 km (1995 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

Merchant marine
total: 2 oil tanker ships (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 44,042 GRT/83,684 DWT(1996 est.)

Airports 60 (1996 est.)

Airports - with paved runways
total: 45
2,438 to 3,047 m : 1
1,524 to 2,437 m: 5
914 to 1,523 m: 8
under 914 m: 31 (1996 est.)

Airports - with unpaved runways
total : 15
1,524 to 2,437 m: 2
914 to 1,523 m: 13 (1996 est.)

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