Creating your business’ supply chain is simple from Polk County, thanks to its central geographical location in the southeastern United States and an extensive, international cargo transportation network in nearby Atlanta. In the heart of the Atlanta-Chattanooga-Birmingham (ABC) Triangle, Polk County is poised for efficiency.

Trucking and logistic companies can reach 55% of the U.S. population within 24-hours, and 90% of the U.S. population within 48-hours from a Polk County location. Over 50-million people in the U.S. reside within a 600-mile radius of Polk County, opening your business to extremely large consumer and industrial markets. Four lane access to I-20 via either US Hwy 27 or US Hwy 278 is easy and convenient. Access directly to I-75 is less than 20 miles via a direct route, much of which is limited access four lane highway US113.

Polk County features community owned industrial parks with sites that have direct and convenient access to dual class I rail lines Norfolk Southern and CSX. With nearby inter-modal yards that provide direct, deep-water ocean container access to the U.S. Customs’ Ports of Entry in Savannah, Brunswick, Charleston and the Tennessee River Port located at Guntersville, AL.

Georgia’s ocean container terminal in the Port of Savannah is the third largest in the nation in terms of volume handled, and the volume of cargo passing through Georgia ports is projected to grow over 450% by the year 2020.

Norfolk Southern’s Whitaker Inter-modal Rail Terminal,, located 28 miles on Hwy 278, provides easy and inexpensive access to deep water ports. At over 450 acres, the facility is the largest of its kind on the East Coast, maintaining federal designation as a General Purpose Foreign Trade Zone. Ocean containers travel inbound from the coastal ports directly to the U.S. Customs office in Atlanta, adding efficiency and reducing overall transit times.

Global commerce and corporate travel is convenient with Atlanta’s Hartsfield-Jackson International Airport located just 60-minutes away. Non-stop flights and extensive air cargo services are available to more than 250 destinations in the United States, as well as non-stop service to over 90 destinations in 55 countries on five continents, putting the world in line with your business’ logistical demands.

Miles from Polk County

 

City Cedartown Rockmart Atlanta 74 46 Hartsfield-Jackson Airport 80 54 Birmingham, AL 109 125 Charleston, SC 368 340 Charlotte, NC 318 285 Chattanooga, TN 79 85 Chicago, IL 692 699 Dallas, TX 745 773 Miami, FL 735 707 New York, NY 901 906 Washington, DC 679 684