We Are St. Louis Regional Freightway
Latest Updates:
- The Freightway’s 2020 Highlights
- 2021 Priority Projects List
- Container-on-Vessel Service to the Midwest Moves Closer to Reality
Established as the St. Louis region’s go-to source for coordinating freight activity, the St. Louis Regional Freightway provides site selection and other assistance to manufacturing, logistics, and multimodal transportation companies and their service providers. As a business enterprise of Bi-State Development, the Freightway plays a critical role in the growth of our region’s manufacturing and distribution sector within the City of St. Louis and seven adjacent counties in Missouri and Illinois. The St. Louis Regional Freightway offers a unique combination of competitive advantages unavailable anywhere else in the country.
For more information regarding freight-based industries and opportunities, please contact Bi-State Development Executive Vice President of Multi Modal Enterprises Mary C. Lamie, P.E.
Testimonials
Modes of Transportation
America’s Second Largest Inland Port
Northernmost lock-free/ice-free access on the Mississippi River to and from the Gulf of Mexico make the region the seventh largest port for domestic tonnage.
LEARN MOREFour Interstates with National Access
The region’s interstate system is toll-free with significantly lower congestion than similarly sized U.S. urban areas, allowing for one-day drive or less to major cities such as Chicago, Memphis, Nashville, Kansas City, and Columbus.
LEARN MOREFive Airports with Capacity
Two international cargo airports (St. Louis Lambert International Airport and MidAmerica St. Louis Airport) with rail access, foreign trade zones, and developable land.
LEARN MORESix Class I Railroads
As the nation’s third largest rail hub, the St. Louis region offers national railroads with national reach, using a single switching carrier (TRRA): BNSF, CN, CSX, KCS, NS, and UP.
LEARN MORELeverage
Job-Ready Workforce
The St. Louis region has the largest number of workers employed in manufacturing among comparatively sized Midwestern cities.
LEARN MORESpecialized Industry
International companies, leaders in aerospace, agriculture, metal manufacturing and recycling, logistics, chemical manufacturing, and the automotive industry all call the region home.
LEARN MORELogistics & Manufacturing
A diverse range of companies including AB InBev, ADM, Amazon, Boeing, Dial Corporation, General Motors, Hershey, Monsanto, Procter & Gamble, Unilever, and Walgreens.
LEARN MOREAmple Utility Capacity
Due to its location on two major rivers, the region offers access to a plentiful water supply, along with competitive gas and electricity rates.
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