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[[File:CRC 07 2009 San Pedro Roundabout 6318.JPG|thumb|San Pedro roundabout in San José]]
There are many modes of '''transport in Costa Rica''' but the country's infrastructure has suffered from a lack of maintenance and new investment. There is an extensive road system of more than 30,000 kilometers, although much of it is in disrepair; this also applies to ports, railways and water delivery systems.<ref>{{cite web| url = http://www.infrastructure-intelligence.com/article/aug-2016/infrastructure-costa-rica%E2%80%99s-achilles%E2%80%99-heel| title = Is infrastructure Costa Rica's Achilles' heel? {{!}} Infrastructure Intelligence}}</ref> According to a 2016 U.S. government report, investment from China that attempted to improve the infrastructure found the "projects stalled by bureaucratic and legal concerns".<ref>{{cite web| url = http://2016.export.gov/costarica/doingbusinessincostarica/index.asp| title = Export.gov - CCG}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.knowyourcountry.com/costarica1111.html |title=Costa rica aml report |access-date=2017-08-04 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170805015249/http://www.knowyourcountry.com/costarica1111.html |archive-date=2017-08-05 }}</ref>

Most parts of the country are accessible by road. The main highland cities in the country's Central Valley are connected by paved all-weather roads with the Atlantic and Pacific coasts and by the [[Pan American Highway]] with [[Nicaragua]] and [[Panama]], the neighboring countries to the north and to the south. [[Costa Rica]]'s [[port]]s are struggling to keep pace with growing trade. They have insufficient capacity, and their equipment is in poor condition. The railroad didn't function for several years, until recent government effort to reactivate it for city transportation. An August 2016 OECD report provided this summary: "The road network is extensive but of poor quality, railways are in disrepair and only slowly being reactivated after having been shut down in the 1990s. Seaports’ quality and capacity are deficient. Internal transportation overly relies on private road vehicles as the public transport system, especially railways, is inadequate."<ref>{{cite journal| url = http://www.oecd-ilibrary.org/economics/a-bird-eye-view-of-costa-rica-s-transport-infrastructure_5jlswbwvwqjf-en| title = A bird-eye view of Costa Rica's transport infrastructure {{!}} OECD Economics Department Working Papers {{!}} OECD iLibrary| year = 2016| doi = 10.1787/5jlswbwvwqjf-en| last1 = Pisu| first1 = Mauro| last2 = Villalobos| first2 = Federico| doi-access = free}}</ref>

==Railways==
{{main|Rail transport in Costa Rica}}
*''total:'' {{Convert|278|km|mi|0|abbr=on}}
*''[[narrow gauge]]:'' {{Convert|278|km|mi|0|abbr=on}} of {{RailGauge|3ft6in}} gauge ({{Convert|260|km|mi|0|abbr=on}} electrified)

==Road transportation==
{{main|National Road Network of Costa Rica}}
The road system in Costa Rica is not as developed as it might be expected for such a country. However, there are some two-lane trunk roads with restricted access under development.

*''Total:'' {{Convert|35330|km|mi|0|abbr=on}}
*''Paved:'' {{Convert|8621|km|mi|0|abbr=on}}
*''Unpaved:'' {{Convert|26709|km|mi|0|abbr=on}}

===National road network===
The [[Ministry of Public Works and Transport (Costa Rica)|Ministry of Public Works and Transport]] (MOPT), along with the National Road Council (Conavi), are the government organizations in charge of national road nomenclature and maintenance.

There are three levels in the national road network:

*'''Primary roads''': These are trunk roads devised to connect important cities, most of the national roads are connected to the capital city, [[San José, Costa Rica|San José]]. There are 19 national primary roads, numbered between 1 and 39.
*'''Secondary roads''': These are roads that connect different cities, or primary routes, directly. There are 129 national secondary roads, numbered between 100 and 257.
*'''Tertiary roads''': These roads connect main cities to villages or residential areas, there are 175 national tertiary roads, numbered between 301 and 935.

==Waterways==
{{Convert|730|km|mi|0|abbr=on}}, [[season]]ally [[navigable]] by [[River boat|small craft]]

==Pipelines==
* [[Petroleum products|refined products]] {{Convert|242|km|mi|0|abbr=on}}

==Ports and harbors==
[[File:CRI 04 2013 Cruceros Puntarenas 6300.JPG|thumb|200px|Cruise ships at [[Puntarenas]].]]

In 2016, the government pledged ₡93 million ($166,000) for a new cruise ship terminal for Puerto Limón.<ref>{{cite web| url = http://www.ticotimes.net/2016/09/01/costa-rica-cruise-ship-limon| title = Costa Rica pledges new cruise ship terminal for Caribbean Limón| date = September 2016}} </ref>

===Atlantic Ocean===
* [[Port of Moín]], operated by JAPDEVA.
* [[Port of Limón]], operated by JAPDEVA.
* [[Moín Container Terminal]], operated by [[APM Terminals]].

===Pacific Ocean===
* [[Golfito]]
* [[Puerto Quepos]]
* [[Puntarenas]] (cruise ships only)
* [[Caldera Port]]

==Merchant marine==
*''total:'' 2 [[ship]]s ({{GT|1000|disp=long}} or over) {{GT|2,308}}/{{DWT|743|metric|disp=long}}
*''ships by type:''
** [[Passenger ship|passenger/cargo ships]] 2

==Airports==
[[File:SJO Aerial view 019 01 2009.jpg|thumb|200px|[[Juan Santamaría International Airport]].]]{{See also|List of airports in Costa Rica}}
''Total'': 161 {{As of|2013|alt=(2013)}}<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|url=https://www.cia.gov/the-world-factbook/countries/costa-rica/|title=The World Factbook — Central Intelligence Agency|website=www.cia.gov|language=en|access-date=2017-02-10}}</ref>

=== Airports - with paved runways ===
* ''total'': 47 {{As of|2013|alt=(2013)}}<ref name=":0" />
* {{Convert|2,438|to|3047|m|abbr=on|ft}}: 2
* {{Convert|1,524|to|2437|m|abbr=on|ft}}: 2
* {{Convert|914|to|1,523|m|abbr=on|ft}}: 27
* under {{Convert|914|m}}: 16

=== Airports - with unpaved runways ===
*''total:'' 114 {{As of|2013|alt=(2013)}}<ref name=":0" />
*{{Convert|914|to|1,523|m|abbr=on|ft}}'':'' 18
*''under'' {{Convert|914|m}}'':'' 96

== References ==
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{{CIA World Factbook}}
{{Road Transport in Costa Rica}}
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