Virginia offers unparalleled transportation opportunities to get you anywhere
in the world with ease. Centrally located on the U.S. East Coast, our integrated
transportation system of highways, railroads, airports and seaports ensures
that you can reach every one of your markets and get shipments from suppliers
more efficiently.
- Fourteen railroads operate on more than 3,400 miles of railway in Virginia,
of which more than 3,100 miles are Class I. Two of the nation's largest railroads
operate in Virginia: CSX Corporation and Norfolk
Southern Corporation, which is headquartered in Norfolk.
- Fourteen commercial airports serve Virginia, including two of the nation's
busiest: Washington
Dulles International and Ronald
Reagan Washington National.
- The Port of Virginia
offers world-class shipping facilities and a schedule of approximately 3,000
sailings annually to over 250 ports in 100 foreign countries. The Port, offering
one of the largest intermodal networks on the East Coast, handled 2.046 million
TEUs (Twenty-Foot Equivalent Units) in 2006, and moved more than 25% of its
total business by rail.
- The Virginia
Inland Port in Front Royal serves as an intermodal collection point for
containers from West Virginia, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Northern Virginia and elsewhere.
- The Port
of Richmond is a multi-modal freight and distribution center located on
the James River, adjacent to I-95, offering weekly container service to northern
Europe and the United Kingdom, and bi-monthly container/refrigerated container
service to Nova Scotia, Newfoundland and Iceland.
- Virginia's highway system features more than 70,000 miles of interstate,
primary and secondary roads, including six major interstate routes: I-95,
I-85, I-81, I-77, I-66 and I-64.
- Virginia offers six foreign trade zones designed to encourage businesses
to participate in international trade by effectively eliminating or reducing
customs duties. Also, numerous subzones are provided and additional ones can
be designated to enhance the trade capabilities of specific companies.
Transportation Infrastructure
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Virginia is strategically located within a 750-mile radius of more than two-thirds
of the U.S. population.
