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Old Posted Mar 21, 2013, 4:12 PM
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St. Louis being on two USDOT Marine Highways definitely needs to beef up its port capacity/terminals/infrastructure especially in light of growing exports from Missouri and Illinois. An effort is under way to build an association to foster a better relationship between the various metro St. Louis-area ports along the Mississippi.

There are new port projects under way in St. Louis City and along other local Mississippi River ports. One terminal expansion in St. Louis City will increase capacity by 50% - going from being able to handle 3.63 tonnes to 5.44 tonnes. It will be able to handle 11 barges simultaneously.

There are many port projects proposed. East St. Louis (Illinois), St. Louis County and Jefferson County are planning to improve or expand their ports along the Mississippi. America's Central Port continues to expand.

The new Mississippi River Bridge has opened up a lot of land at East St. Louis thereby opening up a lot of land redevelopment potential for new projects such as warehouse and distribution facilities.

Not only is the region working on building metro port capacity and trade, the region is also hard at work trying to make the St. Louis region a major inland international air cargo hub as well that will tie in to the port and interstate systems.

Below are photos of land along the East St. Louis riverfront.









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