Transport and infrastructure in the United States
Our listing of the primary kinds of transport compares the infrastructure of the United States with the average of all countries in America. The net of streets and highways has a total length of 7 m km. Theoretically, this is 19.99 meter for each of the 329.48 millions inhabitants of the country. the United States hereby ranks 24th in a worldwide comparison.With a length of 0.89 meters of railway tracks per person United States come 10th worldwide.
The given waterways are refered to inland traffic on rivers and canals. The number of harbours additionally includes the ones on the 19,924 km long coastline.
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United States | |||
| total | per 1 mio inhabitants | per km2 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Roadways | 6,586,600 km | 19,990.67 km | 669.95 m |
| Railroads | 293,600 km | 890.98 km | 29.86 m |
| Waterways | 41,009 km | 124.46 km | 4.17 m |
| Commercial harbors | 3,673 | 11.15 | 0.000 |
| Airports | 13,513 | 41.01 | 1.374 |
North America | |||
| total | per 1 mio inhabitants | per km2 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Roadways | 7,629,500 km | 20,753.98 km | 347.07 m |
| Railroads | 371,500 km | 1,010.56 km | 16.90 m |
| Waterways | 41,600 km | 113.28 km | 1.89 m |
| Commercial harbors | 4,498 | 12.24 | 0.000 |
| Airports | 14,998 | 40.80 | 0.001 |
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