Transport in Georgia (country)

For Soviet transportation, see Transport in the Soviet Union.

Railways

Main article: Georgian Railway


total: 1,683 km in common carrier service; does not include industrial lines
broad gauge: 1,583 km of 1,520 mm (4 ft 11 2732 in) gauge (1993)
narrow gauge: 100 km of 914 mm (3 ft) gauge.

City with metro system: Tbilisi (see Tbilisi Metro).

Railway links with adjacent countries

2007

Towns served by rail

Highways

National roads of Georgia

The road network in Georgia consists of 1,603 kilometers of main or international highways that are considered to be in good condition and some 18,821 kilometers of secondary and local roads that are, generally, in poor condition.[3] Only 7,854 km out of over 20,000 km of Georgian roads are paved.[4]

Main roads
Number E Route name Length (km) Notes
Tbilisi - Senaki - Leselidze 552
Senaki - Poti - Sarpi 119
Mtskheta - Stepantsminda - Larsi 139
Tbilisi - Red Bridge 57
TbilisiBakurtsikheLagodekhi 160
PonichalaMarneuli – Guguti 98
MarneuliSadakhlo 34
KhashuriAkhaltsikheVale 97
Tbilisi Bypass 49
GoriTskhinvaliGuptaJavaRoki 92,5
AkhaltsikheNinotsminda 112
Samtredia - Lanchkhuti - Grigoleti 57
Akhalkalaki - Kartsakhi 36,5

Motorways

Georgia has a small motorway system, that is currently under development, essentially when the motorway will be finished will link Tbilisi, the capital, and Kutaisi, Georgia's second largest city. The multilane road is part of the S1 highway, which runs from Mukhatgverdi (Tbilisi West) until Urbnisi, a village past Gori, and has a length of 75 km, bypassing Mtskheta and Gori. A new stretch of 15 km was opened that continues the S1 from Urbnisi to Agara, totaling the length to 90km.


Pipelines

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

Black Sea Ports and harbors

Batumi, Poti, Sokhumi, Kulevi Oil Terminal

Merchant marine


total: 17 ships (with a volume of 1,000 gross register tons (GRT) or over) totaling 103,080 GRT/158,803 tonnes deadweight (DWT)
ships by type: cargo ship 10, chemical tanker 1, petroleum tanker 6 (1999 est.)

Airports

28 (1994 est.) In February 2007 a brand new, modern and fully equipped international Airport was inaugurated in Tbilisi.

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.)

See also

External links

Notes

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