Multistate Study of the I-81 Corridor

In October 2008, six states (Maryland New York, Pennsylvania, Tennessee, Virginia and West Virginia) executed a Memorandum of Understanding to coordinate studies and information about the I-81 Corridor for the purpose of establishing a seamless freight and passenger network. The I-81 is an important national artery for the movement of people and goods and has become a key component in the economic development and vitality of the Eastern States of the United States of America. Meeting the growing demand for freight movement along the corridor and maintaining the region's economic vitality will be challenging but is critical to all the states. All six signatory states have major statewide freight planning efforts either underway or complete. Some have constructed projects on Interstate 81 and others have projects programmed. The Signatory states are interested in having the individual states' studies and improvements compiled and to determine where further information is required to move toward a consolidated, multistate plan for the corridor. The objectives of this project are to: (1) Provide the basis for a multistate and multimodal coordinated plan for I-81; (2) Review and integrate the current studies for highway and rail in the Corridor; (3) Review and coordinate the operating and capital plans for the corridor of each Signatory State; (4) Make recommendations regarding corridor-wide improvements; and (5) Identify the public and private benefits of the improvements and costs.

• Record URL:
  http://www.pooledfund.org/Details/Study/463

Language

• English

Project

• Status: Completed
• Funding: $38764
• Contract Numbers:

  TPF-5(235)

• Sponsor Organizations:

  Pennsylvania Department of Transportation

  Keystone Building
  400 North Street
  Harrisburg, PA  United States  17120

  Virginia Department of Transportation

  1408 E Broad Street
  Richmond, VA  United States  23219

  West Virginia Department of Transportation

  Division of Highways
  Building 5, Room A-110
  Charleston, WV  United States  25305-0430

  Tennessee Department of Transportation

  James K. Polk Building
  Fifth and Deaderick Street
  Nashville, TN  United States  37243-0349

  New York State Department of Transportation

  50 Wolf Road
  Albany, NY  United States  12232

  Maryland Department of Transportation State Highway Administration

  707 N. Calvert Street
  Baltimore, MD  United States  21202
• Project Managers:

  Kelsh, Bill

• Start Date: 20111202
• Expected Completion Date: 0
• Actual Completion Date: 20120806
• Source Data: RiP Project 29815

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Economic development; Freight transportation; Highway corridors
• Identifier Terms: Interstate 81
• Uncontrolled Terms: Multistate planning
• Geographic Terms: Eastern States
• Subject Areas: Economics; Freight Transportation; Highways; Passenger Transportation; Railroads;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 01528644
• Record Type: Research project
• Source Agency: Federal Highway Administration
• Contract Numbers: TPF-5(235)
• Files: RIP, STATEDOT
• Created Date: Jun 22 2014 1:00AM