Railways
total: 757 km
standard gauge: 375 km 1.435-m gauge (Central Romana Railroad)
narrow gauge: 142 km 0.762-m gauge (Dominica Government Railway); 240 km operatedby sugar companies in various gauges (0.558-m, 0.762-m, 1.067-m gauges) (1995)

Highways
total : 12,300 km
paved: 6,064 km
unpaved: 6,236 km (1995 est.)

Pipelines crude oil 96 km; petroleum products 8 km

Ports and harbors Barahona, La Romana, Puerto Plata, San Pedro de Macoris, Santo Domingo

Merchant marine
total : 1 cargo ship (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 1,587 GRT/1,165 DWT (1996est.)

Airports 31 (1996 est.)

Airports - with paved runways
total: 26
over 3,047 m: 2
2,438 to 3,047 m: 2
1,524 to 2,437 m: 4
914 to 1,523 m: 3
under 914 m: 15 (1996 est.)

Airports - with unpaved runways
total: 5
1,524 to 2,437 m : 1
914 to 1,523 m: 4 (1996 est.)

NOTE: The information regarding Dominican Republic on this page is re-published from the 1997 World Fact Book of the United States Central Intelligence Agency. No claims are made regarding the accuracy of Dominican Republic Transportation 1997 information contained here. All suggestions for corrections of any errors about Dominican Republic Transportation 1997 should be addressed to the CIA.