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Missouri's Extensive Infrastructure Provides Quick and Efficient Transport
No state is more perfectly centered than Missouri. Not only is the country’s population center located in Missouri, the state is also within 600 miles of 52% of all U.S. manufacturing plants.
CNBC ranked Missouri's transportation system 7th best in the nation in 2010. Missouri ranks 10th in the nation in three key transportation measures: railroad milage, inland waterway mileage, and airports. Missouri also boasts the 7th largest highway system. The high quality of Missouri's infrastructure gives Missouri businesses an edge over the competition, insuring efficient accessibility to major markets for all their distribution and telecommunication needs.
Highways
With major interstates including I-64, I-44, I-70, I-55, I-35, and I-29, Missouri has the seventh largest highway system in the nation and boasts some of the least congested highways in the country (Reason Foundation).
Missouri Roads by the Numbers:
| All public roads: |
129,717 miles |
| Highway miles: |
32,800 |
| Interstate miles: |
1,181 |
| Road bridges: |
23,388 |
(Source: Bureau of Transportation Statistics)
Highway Map
Rail
Missouri is ideally suited for exporting products across the United States via rail. Two of the largest rail terminals in the United States are located in Kansas City and St. Louis, linking over 4,000 miles of track throughout the state (MERIC).
Missouri’s six class-one carriers, including Burlington Northern Santa Fe, Kansas City Southern, Norfolk Southern, and Union Pacific, provide inexpensive and efficient shipping across the country.
Missouri Rail Map
Waterways
By housing the confluence of the two largest river systems in North America, Missouri provides efficient channels for trade and distribution through its 1,000 miles of navigable waterways, which move an average of $4.1 billion in cargo annually.
In 2007, St. Louis was the 3rd busiest inland port in the nation. Twenty-nine industrial centers, with a combined population of 90 million, can be reached from St. Louis by barge.
Telecommunications
More than 950 companies in Missouri are engaged in telephone, cable and wireless communications as providers, suppliers and contractors.
For more information on Missouri telecommunications networks, visit the Missouri Telecommunications Industry Association website
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