Transportation
Iowa is ideally suited to export products all over the globe, with air, water, rail and highway systems designed for commerce. Iowa's central geographic location in North America makes it easier to move products around the world. Two major coast-to-coast, border-to-border interstate arteries (Interstate 35 and Interstate 80) pass through Iowa and are principal roads in America's transportation grid. Barge freight is accommodated via the Mississippi and Missouri Rivers.
Iowa Highways & Interstates
Iowa's vast transportation system allows trucks to carry 82 percent of all manufactured freight transported in Iowa. The rest is moved by five major air cargo carriers, 19 railroad companies and 65 barge terminals on the Mississippi and Missouri Rivers. Trucks move an average of 133 million tons of inbound freight and 163 million tons of outbound freight annually over Iowa's highways.
Barge Terminals
Rail Infrastructure