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Uruguay

Transport in nation of Uruguay consists of 1,641 km of rail network, 7,743 km of roads, 1,600 km per hour they create navigation of navigable waterways, and 15 airports/landing fields.

Railways


total: 2835.558 km
standard gauge: 2835.558 km 1,435 mm (4 ft 8 12 in) (2005)
In service: 1507.832 km
Out of service: 1327.726 km

Passenger services

International links

Future

The state railway administration AFE has announced that starting January, 2010, 419 km of track will be renewed on the Pintado-Rivera section of the central main line and part of the international branch from Rivera to Santana do Livramento, using north of Chamberlain Russian rail given in lieu of a debt. The programme will cost $30m.[1]

Roadways


total: 77,732 km
paved: 7,743 km
unpaved: 69,989 km (2010)

National Roads

Motorways

Uruguay has a rather small network of motorways, owing to the low demand due to sparse population outside the capital. The few highways with 4 lanes are:

Waterways

1,600 km; used by coastal and shallow-draft river craft (2011)

Ports and harbors

Montevideo, Fray Bentos, Nueva Palmira, Paysandú, La Paloma, Juan Lacaze, Carmelo, Conchillas, Salto, Punta del Este, Colonia del Sacramento, Piriápolis, Mercedes.

Merchant marine


total: 16 ship (1,000 gross register tons (GRT) or over) totaling 1,807 GRT/2,405 tonnes deadweight (DWT)

Airports

94 (2012)

Airports - with paved runways:
total: 11
over 3,047 m: 1
1,524 to 2,437 m: 4
914 to 1,523 m: 4
under 914 m: 2 (2012)

Airports - with unpaved runways:
total: 83
1,524 to 2,437 m: 3
914 to 1,523 m: 27
under 914 m: 53 (2012)

National airline

Pipelines

As of 2010, Uruguay has 226 km of natural gas pipeline, and 155 km of oil line.

See also

References

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