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United States Transportation 1996

Railroads:

total:

240,000 km mainline routes (nongovernment owned)

standard gauge:

240,000 km 1.435-m gauge (1989)

Highways:

total:

6,243,163 km

paved:

3,633,520 km (including 84,865 km of expressways)

unpaved:

2,609,643 km (1990)

Inland waterways:

41,009 km of navigable inland channels, exclusive of the Great Lakes (est.)

Pipelines:

petroleum 276,000 km; natural gas 331,000 km (1991)

Ports:

Anchorage, Baltimore, Boston, Charleston, Chicago, Duluth, Hampton Roads, Honolulu, Houston, Jacksonville, Los Angeles, New Orleans, New York, Philadelphia, Port Canaveral, Portland (Oregon), Prudhoe Bay, San Francisco, Savannah, Seattle, Tampa, Toledo

Merchant marine:

total:

354 ships (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 11,462,000 GRT/16,477,000 DWT

ships by type:

bulk 22, cargo 28, chemical tanker 16, intermodal 130, liquefied gas tanker 13, passenger-cargo 2, tanker 130, tanker tug-barge 13

note:

in addition, there are 189 government-owned vessels

Airports:

total:

15,032

with paved runways over 3,047 m:

181

with paved runways 2,438 to 3,047 m:

208

with paved runways 1,524 to 2,437 m:

1,242

with paved runways 914 to 1,523 m:

2,489

with paved runways under 914 m:

8,994

with unpaved runways over 3,047 m:

with unpaved runways 2,438 to 3,047 m:

with unpaved runways 1,524 to 2,438 m:

180

with unpaved runways 914 to 1,523 m:

1,730

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