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Transportation in Uruguay

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, Piriápolis .

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
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