Transportation Systems

Highways

• Accessible interstate and four-lane highway network connecting every major city and most other communities throughout the state.
  
• Diversified motor freight services for business and industry available via more than 1,600 truck and warehousing firms.

Railroads

• Twenty-one competitively priced railroad companies operate in Alabama along approximately 6,000 miles of track on five major railroads, including multi-modal systems located in Huntsville, Birmingham and Mobile.
  
• Five Class I railroad companies provide the majority of Alabama's main line service including:
  
  • Norfolk Southern Corporation
  • Burlington Northern Santa Fe Railway
  • CSX Transportation
  • Illinois Central Railroad
  • Kansas City Southern

Air

• Served by eight commercial and six commuter airlines operating through nine commercial airports, providing a flexible choice of "major hub" airports in Atlanta, Memphis, New Orleans and Nashville.
  
• One hundred licensed public-use airfields in the state.

Waterways

• Extensive system of water transportation including approximately 1,300 miles of navigable water on six different waterways.
  
• The Port of Mobile is one of the largest deepwater ports in the U.S., served by more than 130 steamship lines providing substantial shipping capabilities connected to 14 public and 155 private inland dock facilities.