交通运输解放以前,与甘肃经济文化落后相伴随的交通运输也十分落后。铁路,只有宝天段,时通时阻,一年有多半的时间不通车。公路,仅有3200多公里,质量低劣,很不畅通,汽车1800多辆。整个交通运输还停留在人背肩挑、畜力车和人力车的水平上。解放37年来,随着经济建设的发展,全省的交通运输状况有了很大改变,运输结构由单一的结构发展到包括铁路、公路、民航、水运在内的沟通城乡、联 Before the liberation of transportation, transportation along with the backward economy and culture of Gansu Province was also very backward. Railway, only Po-day section, when the block, when most of the year is not open to traffic. Highway, only more than 3,200 kilometers, poor quality, very unobstructed, more than 1,800 cars. The entire transport is still standing on the back of man shoulder picks, taxis and rickshaws. In the 37 years since the liberation, with the development of economic construction, the traffic conditions in the province have undergone great changes. The transport structure has been developed from a single structure to urban and rural areas including railways, highways, civil aviation and water transport.