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Market Access
MAJOR HIGHWAYS
Pike County has two major highways running through the county.
U.S. Highway 61
- 4-lane highway "The Avenue
of the Saints"
- North to St. Paul, MN.
- South to St. Louis, MO.
U.S. Highway 54
- 2-lane highway
- West & South to I-70
- East to I-72
State Highway 79
- 2-lane highway
- Missouri "Scenic Byway"
- South to I-70
- North to State Hwy 36
AIR SERVICE
- Bowling Green City Airport - 3200 ft. runway hosts local air traffic.
- The regional airport is 30 miles north in Hannibal.
- Lambert International airport is only 75 miles south with over 1100 flights daily.
- The Spirit of St. Louis airport is approximately 60 miles south with 2 runways and 24-hour FAA Tower Operations.
RAIL SERVICE
Pike County is in a unique position to offer excellent rail service to existing and prospective businesses with railroads
running both north/south (Burlington Northern) and east/west (Kansas City Southern). Missouri ranks tenth in the U.S. total rail mileage and rail
traffic. With a transportation network such as Pike County's, a company would be hard pressed to find a better location for a new production facility.
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BARGE SERVICE
Fourteen port districts and more then 1,040 miles of navigable waterway on the Mississippi and Missouri rivers provide easy access to the
Nation's major rivers and port cities. Barge Service is provided to Pike County via the Mississippi River at Louisiana, Missouri. Many of our existing businesses already take advantage of this form of transportation to distribute their products and bring in raw materials.
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