Highways:
total: 242,300 km
paved: 84,800 km (including 3,166 km of expressways)
unpaved: gravel and earth 157,500 km
Inland waterways: 2,900 km navigable rivers and coastal canals
Pipelines: crude oil 28,200 km; petroleum products 10,150 km; natural
gas 13,254 km; petrochemical 1,400 km
Ports: Acapulco, Altamira, Coatzacoalcos, Ensenada, Guaymas, La Paz,
Lazaro Cardenas, Manzanillo, Mazatlan, Progreso, Salina Cruz, Tampico,
Topolobampo, Tuxpan, Veracruz
Merchant marine:
total: 59 ships (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 949,271 GRT/1,340,595 DWT
ships by type: bulk 1, cargo 2, chemical tanker 4, container 7,
liquefied gas tanker 7, oil tanker 30, refrigerated cargo 2,
roll-on/roll-off cargo 2, short-sea passenger 4
Airports:
total: 2,055
with paved runways over 3,047 m: 9
with paved runways 2,438 to 3,047 m: 25
with paved runways 1,524 to 2,437 m: 82
with paved runways 914 to 1,523 m: 75
with paved runways under 914 m: 1,262
with unpaved runways over 3,047 m: 1
with unpaved runways 2,438 to 3,047 m: 2
with unpaved runways 1,524 to 2,438 m: 60
with unpaved runways 914 to 1,523 m: 539
@Mexico:Communications
Telephone system: 6,410,000 telephones; highly developed system with
extensive microwave radio relay links; privatized in December 1990
local: adequate phone service for business and government, but, at a
density of less than 7 telephones/100 persons, the population is
poorly served
intercity: includes 120 domestic satellite terminals and an extensive
network of microwave radio relay links
international: 5 INTELSAT (4 Atlantic Ocean and 1 Pacific Ocean) earth
stations; connected into Central America Microwave System; launched
Solidarity I satellite in November 1993
Radio:
broadcast stations: AM 679, FM 0, shortwave 22
radios: NA