Transportation network is in poor condition and disrupted by ethnic conflict, criminal activities, and fuel shortages; network lacks maintenance and repair (source: CIA World Factbook 2000).
City with metro system: Tbilisi.
See also: Georgian Military Road
Airports - with paved runways
Airports - with unpaved runways:
Railways
total:
1,583 km in common carrier service; does not include industrial lines
broad gauge:
1,583 km 1.520-m gauge (1993)Highways
total:
20,700 km
paved:
19,354 km
unpaved:
1,346 km (1996 est.)Pipelines:
crude oil 370 km; refined products 300 km; natural gas 440 km (1992)Ports and harbors
Batumi, P'ot'i, SokhumiMerchant marine
total:
17 ships (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 103,080 GRT/158,803 DWT
ships by type:
cargo 10, chemical tanker 1, petroleum tanker 6 (1999 est.)Airports
28 (1994 est.)
total:
14
over 3,047 m:
1
2,438 to 3,047 m:
7
1,524 to 2,437 m:
4
914 to 1,523 m:
1
under 914 m:
1 (1994 est.)
total:
14
over 3,047 m:
1
2,438 to 3,047 m:
1
1,524 to 2,437 m:
1
914 to 1,523 m:
5
under 914 m:
6 (1994 est.)