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Airways:


Commercial Service Airports
Nashville International, Nashville
Memphis International, Memphis
McGhee Tyson, Knoxville
Chattanooga Metropolitan, Chattanooga
Tri-Cities Regional TN/VA, Bristol-Johnson City-Kingsport
McLellar-Sipes Regional, Jackson

Tennessee has 76 regional and community service airports.


Tennessee Infrastructure:


Roadways
Interstate Highways:
- Immediate access to eight (8) interstate highways: 24, 26, 40, 55, 65, 75, - and 81; with 1-59 just south of the southeast Te- nnessee border.


Public Transport

- Twelve Tennessee cities operate public transit systems
- Eleven rural public systems make public transit services available in all of Tenne- ssee's ninety-five
- counties.


Railways

- Tennessee provides many options for rail transportation for industries in the state. There are three major - traverse parts of the state: Norfolk-Southern, CSX, and Illinois- Central.
- Memphis is a gateway for four major railroads that serve points west of the Mississippi River and the third - largest rail center in the U.S.


Waterways


- Tennessee is centrally located on the nation's inland waterway system.
- This system connects terminals on the Tennessee, Cumberland, and Mississippi Rivers, and their
- tributaries, with river ports in 21 states and ocean ports in Houston, New Orleans and Mobile.
- Tennessee enjoys the benefits of more than 1,062 miles of navigable waterways.
- Memphis is the 4th largest inland port in U.S.
- Special-purpose terminals are used by more than 200 existing Tennessee industries.
- General-purpose terminals handle cargo of all types and can accommodate the inter change of traffic and
- freight between barge and rail.
- The Tennessee-Tombigbee Waterway provides Tennessee with direct access to the Gulf of Mexico harbors - and international markets.