Connectivity
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Located within 600 miles (a one-day truck drive) of 162,176,996 consumers (including those in major US cities such as New York, NY, Atlanta, GA, and Chicago, IL), Huntington offers numerous forms of transportation to provide convenient connectivity to cities in the tri-state region and beyond.
Roads
Tristate Transit Authority
- Bus service that provides transportation around the greater Huntington urban area
I-64
- Runs the length of the city’s southern border
- Provides direct connection to the port cities of Norfolk and Virginia Beach, VA
- Four exits/interchanges service the city
US Route 60
- Runs parallel to the Ohio River through Huntington’s downtown
- Connects with thirteen interstate highways
US Route 52
- Crosses the Ohio River into Huntington
- Northwest-Southeast US highways runs 2,000 miles from the Canadian border in North Dakota to Charleston, SC
Air
Huntington Tri-State Airport
- Offers flights serviced by American Airlines to Charlotte Douglas International Airport as well as seasonal flights serviced by Allegiant to St. Pete-Clearwater International Airport, Orlando Sanford International Airport, Punta Gorda Airport, and Myrtle Beach International Airport
Charleston’s Yeager Airport
- Offers flights serviced by American Airlines, Delta, United, and Spirit
Rail
Amtrak passenger service
- Amtrak’s Cardinal long distance passenger train operates between New York and Chicago three days a week with stops in Washington, D.C., Cincinnati, and our own Huntington
Heartland Intermodal Gateway
- Rail to truck facility
- Served by two Class One railroads – CSX and Norfolk Southern freight rail
- Has guaranteed double-stacked rail services to the ports in Virginia and Chicago on Norfolk Southern
Ports
Port of Huntington
- Second largest inland port in the U.S.
- Sixth largest port in the US – including those on the coasts
- Encompasses 100 miles of the Ohio River from the mouth of the Scioto River near Portsmouth, OH to the northern boundary of Gallia County, OH
- Moves over 80 million tons per year
- Can handle liquid, dry, and break-bulk loads (including fossil fuels, raw materials and chemicals)
Shipping
FedEx regional hub
- Operates a ground transport facility based at the Huntington Tri-State Airport (HTS)
- FedEx Heavy Freight is based at HTS and handles all heavy freight for the Huntington, Charleston, Ashland (KY), and Ironton (OH) region