Location and Transportation

Strategic Access to Key Markets

Cecil County’s desirable Mid-Atlantic location on the Interstate 95 I-95 corridor in northeastern Maryland has made it one of the region’s most sought after business locations. Situated midway between the metropolitan areas of Baltimore and Philadelphia, Cecil County’s strategic location off ers businesses overnight access to markets in New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Delaware, Virginia and Washington, DC. Cecil County’s well-developed transportation system off ers easy access via land, rail and water.

On November 14, 1963, President John F. Kennedy came to Cecil County to dedicate the area’s fi rst modern-day toll road. Today I-95, along with US Route 40, supports the Growth Corridor. Three interchanges Perryville, North East and Elkton provide direct access for each of the County’s eight commercial industrial parks.

Main lines for CSX and Norfolk Southern railroads, plus Amtrak commuter lines, provide vital rail transportation linkages.

The Chesapeake and Delaware (C&D) Canal provides easy connections to the Chesapeake Bay and the Port of Baltimore for both commercial transport and leisure travel. Millions of tons of cargo are transported through the Canal annually. The US Army Corps of Engineers project offi ce is located in Chesapeake City, along with the C&D Canal Museum and the Bethel Bridge Lighthouse.

Scheduled air service is available one hour south of Cecil County on I-95 at the Baltimore/Washington International Thurgood Marshall Airport BWI, and 45 minutes to the north on I-95 at the Philadelphia International Airport PHL. Air service is also available at the New Castle Airport in nearby Wilmington, DE. Claremont Airport Cecil County Airport, south of the town of Elkton, has a 2,600 foot runway.

Photo by Mimi Minster