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Railways: total:  3,380 km in common carrier service; does not include industrial lines

broad gauge:  3,380 km 1.520-m gauge (300 km electrified) (1993)
Highways: total:  81,600 km

paved:  71,237 km (these roads are said to be hard-surfaced, and include, in addition to conventionally paved roads, some that are surfaced with gravel or other coarse aggregate, making them trafficable in all weather)

unpaved:  10,363 km (these roads are made of unstabilized earth and are difficult to negotiate in wet weather) (1996)
Waterways: 1,100 km (1990)
Pipelines: crude oil 250 km; petroleum products 40 km; natural gas 810 km (1992)
Ports and harbors: Termiz (Amu Darya river)
Airports: 267 (2000 est.)
Airports - with paved runways: total:  10

over 3,047 m:  3

2,438 to 3,047 m:  5

under 914 m:  2 (2000 est.)
Airports - with unpaved runways: total:  257

over 3,047 m:  3

2,438 to 3,047 m:  8

1,524 to 2,437 m:  11

914 to 1,523 m:  13

under 914 m:  222


Countryfacts Information Courtesy: CIA Worldbook