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Percent of U.S. Within
600 Miles of Middlesboro
Population 48%
Personal Income 45%
Retail Sales 46%
Manufacturing
Employment 54%
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City |
Miles |
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City |
Miles |
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| 1. |
Atlanta, GA |
271 |
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17. |
Lexington, KY |
134 |
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| 2. |
Baltimore, MD |
514 |
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18. |
Louisville, KY |
205 |
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| 3. |
Birmingham, AL |
316 |
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19. |
Memphis, TN |
437 |
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| 4. |
Boston, MA |
911 |
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20. |
Minneapolis, MN |
913 |
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| 5. |
Buffalo, NY |
648 |
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21. |
Nashville, TN |
225 |
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| 6. |
Charlotte, NC |
253 |
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22. |
New Orleans, LA |
660 |
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| 7. |
Chicago, IL |
502 |
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23. |
New York, NY |
697 |
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| 8. |
Cincinnati, OH |
210 |
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24. |
Norfolk, VA |
516 |
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| 9. |
Cleveland, OH |
461 |
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25. |
Okla. City, OK |
903 |
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| 10. |
Columbus, OH |
317 |
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26. |
Omaha, NE |
898 |
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| 11. |
Dallas, TX |
889 |
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27. |
Philadelphia, PA |
616 |
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| 12. |
Detroit, MI |
473 |
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28. |
Pittsburgh, PA |
499 |
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| 13. |
Houston, TX |
983 |
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29. |
St. Louis, MO |
480 |
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| 14. |
Indianapolis, IN |
321 |
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30. |
Wichita, KS |
915 |
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| 15. |
Jacksonville, FL |
569 |
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| 16. |
Kansas City, MO |
715 |
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Highways
Middlesboro is served by U.S. Highway 25E, a AAA-rated (80,000 pound gross load limit) highway, U.S. Highway 58 and Kentucky Highway 74. U.S. Highways 25E and 119 serve Pineville, both are AAA-rated. Kentucky Highways 221 and 66 also serve Pineville.
Interstate 75 is accessible 35 miles northwest of Pineville and 48 miles northwest of Middlesboro via U.S. Highway 25E. This portion of U.S. Highway 25E has been four-laned from Interstate 75 to Middlesboro where it feeds into the Cumberland Gap Tunnel and into Tennessee. Interstate 81 is accessible 54 miles southeast of Middlesboro and 67 miles southeast of Pineville via U.S. Highway 25E.
Seventeen trucking companies provide interstate and/or intrastate service to Middlesboro while 13 trucking companies serve Pineville. The Middlesboro-Bell County Airport is equipped with a 3,650-foot paved runway. The nearest scheduled commercial airline service is available in Knoxville, Tennessee, at the McGhee Tyson Airport, 75 miles south of Middlesboro. Rail service is provided to Middlesboro and Pineville by CSX Transportation. Middlesboro is also served by the Norfolk Southern Corporation.
Construction of the twin-bore Cumberland Gap Tunnel was completed in 1996. The $256 million, federal highway project is the most technologically advanced structure of its kind in the world. With the tunnel’s completion, the old section of U.S. Highway 25E across the Cumberland Mountains has been removed enabling restoration of the Cumberland Gap Wilderness Road as it was originally marked out by Daniel Boone. Almost all of U.S. Highway 25E in Tennessee has been upgraded to four lanes, making most of U.S. Highway 25E (Cumberland Gap Parkway) four-lanes from Interstate 75 near Corbin to Interstate 81 in Tennessee. Improvements to U.S. Highway 58 are also underway. When completed, U.S. Highway 58 will provide four-lane access between Middlesboro and Norfolk, Virginia.
RAIL
Main line rail service is provided to Middlesboro by CSX Transportation. A branch line of the Norfolk Southern Corporation also operates in Middlesboro. Main line rail service is also provided to Pineville by CSX Transportation. Norfolk Southern Corporation provides the nearest intermodal facilities at Knoxville, Tennessee, 66 miles south of Middlesboro.
For details on routing, schedules, rates and services contact:
Manager of Industrial Development
CSX Transportation
9420 Bunsen Parkway, Suite 212
Louisville, Kentucky 40220
(502) 499-3025
Industrial Development Manager
Norfolk Southern Corporation
The Tower Suite 2904
611 Commerce Street
Nashville, Tennessee 37203
(615) 254-3398
AIR
Commercial/International
Local Airport
Middlesboro-Bell County Airport
Runway Length: 3,650 feet (asphalt)
Phone: (606) 248-8073
Nearest Major Commercial Airline Service
McGhee Tyson Airport
Location: Knoxville, Tennessee
75 miles south of Middlesboro
Daily Arrivals & Departures: 98
Air Service: AirTrans, Comair-Delta Connections,
Continental Express, Corporate Express, Delta,
Lone Star, Northwest, Northwest Airline, TWA, United,
United Express, US Airways, US Airways Express