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RAILWAYS Rail operations are provided by one state owned operator and several private operators (mainly for sugar mills): Central Romana Railroad was established in 1911 to ship sugar. The total length of the line is 757 km and uses standard gauge and 375 km using 1.435-m gauge. The Dominican Republic Government Railway is a 142 km 0.762-m narrow gauge. There are 240 km operated by other sugar companies in various gauges: 0.558-m, 0.762-m, 1.067-m gauges (1995) HIGHWAYS DR highways are half paved and the rest unpaved. Most of the unpaved roads are outside of urban areas. ''total:'' 12,600 km ''paved:'' 6,224 km ''unpaved:'' 6,376 km (1996 est.) PIPELINES There is 96 kilometres of crude oil pipelines and 8 kilometres for petroleum products in the DR. PORTS AND HARBORS Major ports and harbours in the DR:
Merchant marine: ''total:'' 1 ship (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 1,587 GRT/1,165 DWT ''ships by type:'' cargo 1 (1999 est.) AIRPORTS There are two major and 29 minor airports in the DR (1999): El Cibao Airport ( Santiago ) Puerto Plata Airport Airports - with paved runways: ''total:'' 10 ''over 3,047 m:'' 3 ''2,438 to 3,047 m:'' 1 ''1,524 to 2,437 m:'' 4 ''914 to 1,523 m:'' 3 ''under 914 m:'' 2 (1999 est.) Airports - with unpaved runways: ''total:'' 15 ''1,524 to 2,437 m:'' 2 ''914 to 1,523 m:'' 4 ''under 914 m:'' 9 (1999 est.) National airline
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