Transportation Information
We are located in close proximity to 4 interstates and major U.S. highways that mean we have great access for transportation of goods and services.
- U.S. 4-laned highways 84 & 45 intersect in the heart of Wayne County, Waynesboro
- Wayne County is surrounded by 4 interstates:
- 1-59, 29 miles away in Laurel;
- 1-20, 52 miles away in Meridian;
- 1-10, 82 miles away in Mobile;
- 1-65, 82 miles away in Mobile
- MS 63 runs to Mississippi Gulf Coast
- Within a days drive of 55% of U.S. businesses and major growth market
- Mississippi's highways have been rated best in the south, 4th best in the nation.
Rail
- Served by the short-line railroad, Meridian Southern Railway which connects to the Kansas City Southern in Meridian. 52 miles away.
Trucking Service
- 14 common carriers
Air
Waynesboro is home to a privately used airport with a 5,000 ft. runway
Commercial airports
- Pine Belt Regional Airport
50 miles away. Northwest Airlink provides daily connecting flights to and from Northwest Airlines' hub airport in Memphis. - Mobile, Alabama, Regional Airport
82 miles away. Continental Express, Delta, U.S-Airways, and Northwest provide service. - Gulfport-Biloxi Regional Airport
120 miles away. AirTran, Continental, Delta, Nations Airways, Southeast, and Northwest provide service. - Jackson, Mississippi International
150 miles away. ASA, American Eagle, Comair, Continental, Delta, Northwest Airiines, Southwest Airlines, and US Airways provide service. - New Orleans International Airport
171 miles away. AirTran, American Airlines, Continental. Delta, Northwest. Southwest, GrupoTaca, Trans-World Airlines. United Airlines, Jet Blue, Air Canada, America West Airlines, Comair, Midway, Midwest Express, Vanguard, and U.S. Airways provide service-
Ports
Port of Mobile. 82 miles away
- Deepwater seaport facilities
- Located on the centra) U.S. gulf
- 29 general cargo berths with approximately 4 million square feet of covered storage space and an additional 4 million square feet of open storage area adjacent to piers and tracks.
- New state-of-the-art wharves and warehouses
- Provides a container-port operation and other RO/RO berths accommodating some of the largest ocean-going vessels afloat
- Inner harbor is accessible to ships drawing 40 feet of water
- Outer harbor is dredged to accommodate vessels drawing 45 feet of water
Mississippi State Port at Gulfport, 133 miles away.
- Deepwater port
- 184-acre complex of public facilities located directly on the Gulf of Mexico
- All piers are public
- Channel is approximately 250-ft. wide and 36 ft. deep
- Harbor and South Basin are 1,320 ft. wide, 36 ft. deep
- North Basin is 1.320 ft- wide, 32 ft deep
- Depth at berths range from 32 to 36 ft.
- Entire port is designated Foreign Trade Zone #92
