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Georgia has an extensive system of modern transportation facilities. Among them are about 176,380 km (about 109,600 mi.) of federal, state, and local roads, including 1931 km (1200 mi.) of the interstate highway system. The first railroad in Georgia was opened in 1837; in the early 1990s the state was served by some 6470 km (some 4020 mi.) of operated Class I railroad track. The Atlanta area is a major rail hub as well as the site of William B. Hartsfield International Airport, one of the busiest in the U.S. Georgia has 275 airports and 89 heliports. Its principal seaports are Savannah; along the coast is a section of the Atlantic Intracoastal Waterway. Parts of the Flint and Savannah rivers are used to transport freight. |