Distribution, Logistics, Industrial Development, etc.

Some of the tourism links might also be useful for highway and transportation issues.

• Highway
  • Texas Department of Transportation
  • Arkansas Highway and Traffic Department 
    • 2002 Average Daily Traffic Estimates
      • 2002 Arkansas Statewide Traffic Volumes Map (PDF format)
      • Note: the TIFF files below are ver large.  Right click to download and then display these maps in a graphics viewer that can be used to magnify portions of interest.  Due to large file size, they have been found to bring default Windows applications to a halt; IrfanView (freeware) seems to work well, however.  These maps are well worth the trouble.
      • 2002 Miller County, AR Average Daily Traffic Counts (TIFF format)
        • 2002 Texarkana, AR Average Daily Traffic Counts (TIFF format)
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  • I-69 - would eventually connect Mexico, the US, and Canada, running through Texarkana on the U.S. 59 corridor
    • I-69 Trans-Texas Corridor Study - Texas Department of Transportation.  Close-up map).  See also the TxDOT Trans-Texas Corridor
    • National I-69 Steering Committee
    • I69Info.com
    • I-69 at TexasFreeway.com
    • AARoads High Priority Corridor I-69
  • I-49 - would eventually connect New Orleans, LA to Kansas City, MO through Texarkana on U.S. 71
    • AARoads High Priority Corridor I-49
    • Build I-49 - Fort Smith Chamber of Commerce

• Railroad
  • Texas Northeastern Railroad (RailAmerica) - shortline between Texarkana and New Boston, TX
    • map
    • description at Active Texas Shortlines
    • description at Union Pacific RR
  • Union Pacific Railroad - going west
    • System Map
    • Texas Services, Commodities, and Customers
  • Kansas City Southern Railroad - going north and east
    • System Map
  • Amtrak
  • Railroad Commission of Texas
    • Texas Railroads Map
    • Texas railroad contact information

• Airport
  • Texarkana Regional Airport

• Red River - connects Texarkana to the Mississippi River
  • Louisiana Red River Waterway Commission
    • map through Louisiana to the Mississippi (click map to enlarge)
  • Arkansas Waterways Commission