Transport in Bolivia

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Transport in Bolivia is mostly by road. The railways were historically important in Bolivia, but now play a relatively small part in the country's transport system. Because of the country's geography, aviation is also important.

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Railways

Total: 3,504 km (single track)
Narrow gauge (metre gauge):

Maps

Towns served by rail

Light Rail

Bolivia's first light rail network is under construction in Cochabamba, and is due to open in 2020.

Cable Car

La Paz' Mi Teleferico, finished in 2014. Mi Teleferico - Linea Naranja.jpg
La Paz' Mi Teleférico, finished in 2014.

Bolivia is home to Mi Teleférico, the world's first urban transit network to use cable cars as the primary mode of transportation. This system services the twin cities of El Alto and La Paz, and increased physical and social mobility within Bolivia. [1]

Roadways

Bolivia as of 2004 has 62,479 km of road distance, of which 3,749 km (including 27 km of expressways) is paved and 58,730 km is unpaved.

Road construction in Bolivia is difficult due to its geography and lack of resources to completely develop an advanced road network. However, it maintains a small network of 4-lane freeways which are the following:

The main national roads are:

Ruta nacional 4 (RN4) entering Oruro Department RN4 Bolivia Oruro 03 2019.jpg
Ruta nacional 4 (RN4) entering Oruro Department

The Interoceanic Highway is an important highway that connects the Amazonian tripoint border region of Brazil, Peru and Bolivia to the Pacific Ocean. Bolivia's northernmost capital, Cobija, headquarters a free economic zone that uses the Interoceanic Highway to import and export most of its products. [2] [3]

Waterways

10,000 km of commercially navigable waterways (2007)

Ports and harbors

Seaports

Lake Titicaca

Amazon basin

Paraguay River (international waterway)

Merchant marine

There is a total of 23 ships (1,000  gross tonnage  (GT) or over) totaling 116,373  GT/182,283 tonnes deadweight (DWT) in Bolivia.
Ships by type as below: (2008)

Airports

There are 1,009 airports in Bolivia as of 2008.

Airports – with paved runways:
total: 16
over 3,047 m: 4
2,438 to 3,047 m: 4
1,524 to 2,437 m: 5
914 to 1,523 m: 3 (2008)

Airports – with unpaved runways:
total: 993
over 3,047 m: 1
2,438 to 3,047 m: 4
1,524 to 2,437 m: 58
914 to 1,523 m: 186
under 914 m: 744 (2008)

Pipelines

See also

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References

  1. Neuman, William (Aug 16, 2014). "With Subway in the Sky, Valley Meets Plateau". New York Times . Retrieved 24 January 2018.
  2. "El largo recorrido de la Interoceánica suramericana". 19 February 2016.
  3. "Zofra Cobija – Zona Franca Comercial e Industrial de Cobija".