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Aircraft departures	8,534,500		[1st of 155]
Airports	14,947		[1st of 247]
Cars	478 per 1,000 people		[7th of 18]
Container port traffic	38,519,040 TEU		[2nd of 63]
Driving side of the road > Left or right	Right side
Heliports	146		[2nd of 99]
Highways > Paved	4,148,395 km		[1st of 113]
Highways > Total	6,406,296 km		[1st of 118]
Motor vehicles	765 motor vehicles per 100 p		[1st of 134]
Pipelines petroleum products 244,620 km; natural gas 548,665 km
Ports and harbors Anchorage, Baltimore, Boston, Charleston, Chicago, Duluth, Hampton Roads, Honolulu, Houston, Jacksonville, Los Angeles, New Orleans, New York, Philadelphia, Port Canaveral, Portland (Oregon), Prudhoe Bay, San Francisco, Savannah, Seattle, Tampa, Toledo
Ports and terminals Corpus Christi, Duluth, Hampton Roads, Houston, Long Beach, Los Angeles, New York, Philadelphia, Tampa, Texas City
Railways > Total	226,612 km		[2nd of 220]
Roads, goods transported > million ton-km	2,034,915 million ton-km		[1st of 52]
Roads, total network > km	6,433,272 km		[1st of 172]
Roadways > Paved	4,209,835 km		[1st of 81]
Roadways > Total	6,465,799 km		[1st of 85]
Speed limit > Speed limits in specific countries > Within Towns	40-70 (25-45 mph)
Vehicle abundance	46.56 per square km		[18th of 141]
Waterways	41,009 km		[2nd of 165]

Interesting facts on American Transportation

• American planes take-off a staggering 8.5 million times per year - almost half the number of take-offs worldwide.
• More than a third of the world's airports are in the United States of America.

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