Railroads: 3,000 km, all 1.435-meter (standard) gauge and government owned

Highways:
total: 49,900 km
paved: 6,700 km
unpaved: gravel 3,000 km; earth 40,200 km

Inland waterways: 1,600 km; used by coastal and shallow-draft river craft

Ports: Montevideo, Punta del Este, Colonia
Merchant marine: 4 ships (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 84,797 GRT/132,296 DWT, cargo 1, container 2, oil tanker 1

Airports:
total: 87
usable: 80
with permanent-surface runways: 16
with runways over 3,659 m: 0
with runways 2,440-3,659 m: 2
with runways 1,220-2,439 m: 14

NOTE: The information regarding Uruguay on this page is re-published from the 1995 World Fact Book of the United States Central Intelligence Agency. No claims are made regarding the accuracy of Uruguay Transportation 1995 information contained here. All suggestions for corrections of any errors about Uruguay Transportation 1995 should be addressed to the CIA.