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• Railroads: 
 
total: 
24,500 km 
 
standard gauge: 
24,410 km 1.435-m gauge 
 
narrow gauge: 
93 km 0.914-m gauge 
 
• 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