Argentina Transportation Profile 2000

Railways

total:38,326 km (160 km electrified)
broad gauge:24,481 km 1.676-m gauge (134 km electrified)
standard gauge:2,765 km 1.435-m gauge (26 km electrified)
narrow gauge:11,080 km 1.000-m gauge (1999)

Roadways

total:215,434 km
paved:63,553 km (including 734 km of expressways)
unpaved:151,881 km (1998 est.)

Waterways

10,950 km navigable

Pipelines

crude oil 4,090 km; petroleum products 2,900 km; natural gas 9,918 km

Ports and terminals

Bahia Blanca, Buenos Aires, Comodoro Rivadavia, Concepcion del Uruguay, La Plata, Mar del Plata, Necochea, Rio Gallegos, Rosario, Santa Fe, Ushuaia

Merchant marine

total:26 ships (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 218,540 GRT/333,413 DWT
ships by type:cargo 9, petroleum tanker 11, rail car carrier 1, refrigerated cargo 2, roll-on/roll-off 1, short-sea passenger 2 (1999 est.)

Airports

1,359 (1999 est.)

Airports - with paved runways

total:142
over 3,047 m:5
2,438 to 3,047 m:26
1,524 to 2,437 m:60
914 to 1,523 m:44
under 914 m:7 (1999 est.)

Airports - with unpaved runways

total:1,217
over 3,047 m:2
2,438 to 3,047 m:2
1,524 to 2,437 m:63
914 to 1,523 m:614
under 914 m:536 (1999 est.)