Transportation
All the Right Connections Region offers convenient transportation corridors
Story by Kevin Litwin Photography by Michael Conti
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Interstates 40, 81, 26 and 75 run through the Northeast Tennessee Valley Region.
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driving force in the economic success of the Northeast Tennessee Valley Region is its transportation system, which benefits distribution and logistics companies as well as businesses that ship products. The region’s multimodal network has attracted leading distributors and logistics providers over the years including the Home Shopping Network and FedEx in Sullivan County, Landair and Forward Air Corporation in Greeneville and the Wal-Mart Distribution Center in Greene County. Interstates 40, 81, 26 and 75 all run through the region, which is positioned almost exactly at the midpoint between Miami and Boston, offering convenient highway distribution along the East Coast. “We’re also getting a lot of looks lately from prospects following the auto sector migration from Detroit and the Midwest to the Southeast,” says Alan Bridwell, executive director of the Northeast Tennessee Valley Regional Industrial Development Association. “The Valley is located