TRANSPORTATION
Superior–Douglas County has four Class I Railroads, various trucking firms, North America’s longest pipeline and Richard I Bong airport.
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Rail (cars initiating in Douglas County) train per day, cost improvements
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Highways/Traffic Counts
The Wisconsin Department of Transportation website maintains a running count of the traffic counts in Douglas County for 2001 through 2010 (//www.dot.wisconsin.gov/travel/counts/douglas.htm).
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Air (length of local runway and small jet travel)
The Richard I Bong Memorial Airport operated under contractual agreement, which allows for small jet travel. The terminal has two runways Runway 1 which is 5100 ft. by 75 ft., and Runway 2 which is 4000 ft. long by 75 ft.
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Port
Long thought of as the Great Lakes bulk cargo capital, the port of Duluth – Superior, which is shared by the respective cities, handles over 1,000 vessel visits and an average of 40 million short tons of cargo each year.