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TRANSPORTATION
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Railways:
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total:
240,000 km mainline routes (nongovernment owned)
standard gauge: 240,000 km 1.435-m gauge (1989) |
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Highways:
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total:
6.42 million km
paved: 3,903,360 km (including 88,400 km of expressways)
unpaved: 2,516,640 km (1996 est.) |
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Waterways:
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41,009 km of navigable inland channels, exclusive of the Great
Lakes |
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Pipelines:
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petroleum
products 276,000 km; natural gas 331,000 km (1991) |
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Ports
and Harbors:
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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 |
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Merchant
Marine:
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total:
385 ships (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 11,123,848 GRT/15,255,996
DWT
ships by type: barge carrier 10, bulk 61, cargo 28, chemical
tanker 13, combination bulk 2, container 83, liquefied gas tanker
9, multifunctional large-load carrier 3, oil tanker 114, passenger
7, passenger-cargo 1, roll-on/roll-off cargo 43, short-sea passenger
3, specialized tanker 1, vehicle carrier 7 (1998 est.) |
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Airports:
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14,459
(1998 est.) |
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Airports
- with Paved Runways:
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total:
5,167
over 3,047 m: 180
2,438 to 3,047 m: 219
1,524 to 2,437 m: 1,294
914 to 1,523 m: 2,447
under 914 m: 1,027 (1998 est.) |
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Airports
- with Unpaved Runways:
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total:
9,292
over 3,047 m: 1
2,438 to 3,047 m: 6
1,524 to 2,437 m: 156
914 to 1,523 m: 1,647
under 914 m: 7,482 (1998 est.) |
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Heliports:
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122 (1998 est.) |
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