standard gauge: 2,073 km 1.435-m gauge (2000)
Highways: total: 8,983 km
paved: 8,085 km
unpaved: 898 km (1999)
Waterways: 1,600 km ( used by coastal and shallow-draft river craft)
Ports and harbors: Fray Bentos, Montevideo, Nueva Palmira, Paysandu,
Punta del Este, Colonia, Piriapolis
Merchant marine: total: 2 ships (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 7,752
GRT/5,228 DWT
ships by type: petroleum tanker 1, roll on/roll off 1 (2000 est.)
Airports: 64 (2000 est.)
Airports - with paved runways: total: 15