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TRANSPORTATION
GROUND
TRAVEL
AIR
TRAVEL
WATER
TRAVEL
GROUND TRAVEL
HIGHWAYS
U.S. Highway 82 and State Highways 12, 25, and 389 traverse Oktibbeha County. Highways 82, 25, and 45 provide four-lane, limited access east-west and north-south routes to Memphis, Birmingham, Jackson (MS), Atlanta, New Orleans, and the Mississippi Gulf Coast (Port of Gulfport).
Interstate 55 (North-South) is 60 miles west of Starkville via U.S. Highway 82.
Interstate 20 (East-West) is 90 miles south of Starkville via U.S. Highway 45 or 90 miles east of Starkville via U.S. Highway 82.
Motor Freight Services
Oktibbeha County is served by more than twenty common and contract carriers.
RAIL
Oktibbeha County is served by Kansas City Southern (KCS), offering daily
switching.
Telephone: 662.266.2599
FREIGHT/CARGO SERVICES
Air Cargo:
Daily service at Golden Triangle Regional Airport is provided by two major
carriers.
Motor:
Starkville is served by over 20 common and contract carriers.
AIR TRAVEL
Golden
Triangle Regional Airport
The Golden Triangle Regional Airport (GTRA) is located fifteen miles east of Starkville off Highway 82 and is currently served by one commercial carrier. GTRA recently completed a $3.8 million expansion of the terminal, a 31,000-square-foot faciltity designed to accommodate 140,000 passengers a year.
GTRA currently offers three round trips Monday through Saturday and two on Sunday via Atlantic Southeast to and from Atlanta.
Daily Air Cargo service
is available at GTRA.
Starkville
- George M. Bryan Field (STF)
Bryan Field is located adjecent to Starkville's industrial parks and
features a 5,050 X 100 foot lighted runway. The airport offers a variety
of services including 24-hour fueling and an A&P mechanic on staff.
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N33-226.0, W088-50.9
333
1133 MSL light aircraft; 1333 MSL heavy aircraft
18-36, 5,051 X 100 asphalt; light PCL, tress runway 18, power line
runaway 36.
Transmitter activated midnight to dawn.
VOR/DME, NDB, RNAV
CLNC DEL
126.25; DEPARTURE 123.8; APPROACH Columbus/123.8, Memphic Center/127.1;
UNICOM 122.7; CTAF
662.323.7321
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WATER TRAVEL
Tennessee-Tombigbee Waterway
The nearest navigable waterway is the Tennessee-Tombigbee Waterway, 25
miles east of Starkville.
Depth: 9 feet
Width: 300 feet
Port of Columbus
The Port of Columbus is located on the Tennessee-Tombigbee
Waterway, 25 miles east of Starkville. facilities include:
30,000 square foot free span
warehouse
100-foot concrete "T" docked with 100-ton crane
Fork lift trucks
Rail spurs to both docks
Conveyorized bed hoppers to load rail cars and trucks, positioned over
scales for 100% load limit utilization.
Additional scales for no delay in serving both docks 24 hours a day, 7
days a week service.
Port of Gulfport
The Port of Gulfport (Gulfport, MS) and the Port of Mobile (Mobile,
AL) are deep water ports, both within a five-hours drive.
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ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT 
