Fiscal year: 1 October - 30 September
Transportation ———————
Railways:
total: 240,000 km mainline routes (nongovernment owned)
standard gauge: 240,000 km 1.435-m gauge (1989)
Highways:
total: 6,284,488 km
paved: 5,574,341 km (in 1991, included 85,267 km of expressways)
unpaved: 710,147 km (1993 est.)
Waterways: 41,009 km of navigable inland channels, exclusive of
the Great Lakes
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: 322 ships (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 10,716,000
GRT/15,259,000 DWT
ships by type: bulk 21, cargo 20, chemical tanker 17, intermodal
125, liquefied gas tanker 14, passenger-cargo 2, tanker 110, tanker
tug-barge 13
note: in addition, there are 190 government-owned vessels (1995 est.)
Airports:
total: 13,387
with paved runways over 3 047 m: 179
with paved runways 2 438 to 3 047 m: 201
with paved runways 1 524 to 2 437 m: 1,204
with paved runways 914 to 1 523 m: 2,361
with paved runways under 914 m: 7,720
with unpaved runways over 3 047 m: 1
with unpaved runways 2 438 to 3 047 m: 7
with unpaved runways 1 524 to 2 437 m: 151
with unpaved runways 914 to 1 523 m: 1,563 (1995 est.)
Heliports: 63 (1995 est.)