Solid avenues link region to world
Jacksonville’s transportation grid combines road,
rail and river into a network to supply the entire nation.
provide direct routes to Chicago, St. Louis and points north, south and west.
Jacksonville is about dead center of Corridor 67, a 20-year effort to build a four-lane highway connecting the Quad Cities and Interstate 80 with St. Louis and its road system to the entire country.
The effort is about halfway completed, with Jacksonville interchanges in place.
Railroads also connect to the entire country, and several area manufacturing facilities and agricultural hubs use the rail network to supply markets throughout the world.
Water transportation on the Illinois River — which carries more barge traffic than the upper Mississippi — provides a waterborne gateway to the world.
The transportation network makes Jacksonville attractive for distribution operations. After having a plant here for many years, Reynolds Consumer Products built a distribution facility; ILMO Products Co. distributes welding supplies throughout the region.
The Jacksonville Municipal Airport can accommodate private jets and planes, and commercial airlines service
Springfield, about 30 miles away, with flights to Atlanta, Chicago, Myrtle Beach and St. Louis.
