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Conveniently located on Florida’s southwest coast, Collier County is easy to get to and equipped with high-quality infrastructure to help your operations excel. From bustling international airports to critical rail routes, learn about the local infrastructure and how it can help your business grow.
The major artery is Interstate 75 (I-75), which connects to Tampa and Fort Lauderdale in two hours, and Orlando and Miami in three hours. A parallel thoroughfare is U.S. 41, also known as Tamiami Trail.
Seminole Gulf Railway owns and operates 115 route miles in Southwest Florida. The Fort Myers Line serves customers in De Soto, Charlotte, and Lee Counties and interchanges with CSX Transportation, the national line, at Arcadia. The Sarasota Line runs between Oneco and Venice and interchanges with CSXT at Oneco. Seminole Gulf is the only freight railroad in Southwest Florida and hauls most of the area’s building materials, newsprint, LP gas, plastics, sugar, stone, recycled materials, steel and other commodities.
Learn MoreFlorida is a freight mobility and international trade state. Freight, the movement of goods and commodities, affects the state’s economy and quality of life for all Floridians. From the movement of citrus products to the home delivery of internet-ordered items, the safe and efficient movement of goods and commodities moves Florida. It's the economy in motion!
The major seaports on the Southeast coast of Florida are Port Miami, which is known as the cargo gateway of the Americas, and Fort Lauderdale-based Port Everglades, a leading U.S. container port. Both are only two to three hours away from Southwest Florida.
In addition, the Port of Manatee is the closest deep-water seaport to the Panama Canal and Port Tampa Bay is Florida’s largest cargo tonnage port. Both ports are located on the west central coast of Florida and are only two to three hours away from Southwest Florida.
Southwest Florida has several major general and business aviation airfields, including two commercial airports.