Highways:
total: 49,600 km
paved: 6,656 km
unpaved: 42,944 km (1988 est.)
Waterways: 1,600 km; used by coastal and shallow-draft river craft
Ports: Fray Bentos, Montevideo, Nueva Palmira, Paysandu, Punta del
Este
Merchant marine:
total: 3 ships (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 71,405 GRT/110,939 DWT
ships by type: cargo 1, container 1, oil tanker 1 (1995 est.)
Airports:
total: 66
with paved runways 2 438 to 3 047 m: 1
with paved runways 1 524 to 2 437 m: 5
with paved runways 914 to 1 523 m: 8
with paved runways under 914 m: 36
with unpaved runways 1 524 to 2 437 m: 2
with unpaved runways 914 to 1 523 m: 14 (1995 est.)
Communications ———————
Telephones: 451,000 (1991 est.)
Telephone system: some modern facilities domestic: most modern facilities concentrated in Montevideo; new nationwide microwave radio relay network international: satellite earth stations - 2 Intelsat (Atlantic Ocean)
Radio broadcast stations: AM 99, FM 0, shortwave 9
Radios: 1.89 million (1992 est.)