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Transportation in Lithuania

Railways:
total: 1,998 km
broad gauge: 1,807 km 1.524-m gauge (122 km electrified)
narrow gauge: 169 km 0.750-m gauge (2001)
standard gauge: 22 km 1.435 gauge

Highways:
total: 44,000 km
paved: 35,500 km
unpaved: 8,500 km (2001)

Waterways: 600 km perennially navigable

Pipelines: crude oil, 105 km; natural gas 760 km (1992)

Ports and harbors: Butinge, Kaunas, Klaipeda

Merchant marine:
total: 47 ships (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 279,743 GRT/304,156 DWT
ships by type: cargo 25, combination bulk 8, petroleum tanker 2, railcar carrier 1, refrigerated cargo 6, roll on/roll off 2, short-sea passenger 3
note: includes some foreign-owned ships registered here as a flag of convenience: Demark 13 (2002 est.)

Airports: 72 (2001)

Airports - with paved runways:
total: 9
over 3,047 m: 2
1,524 to 2,437 m: 4
under 914 m: 3 (2002)

Airports - with unpaved runways:
total: 63
2,438 to 3,047 m: 3
914 to 1,523 m: 5
under 914 m: 55 (2002)

See also : Lithuania