Interstate Highway System
One of the interstates that pass through Georgia.
Any of these answers are correct:
I-20, I-75, I-85, I-95.
The Hartsfield-Jackson Airport is also referred to as this.
What is the "Economic Jewel" of the state?
These are the two major deepwater ports in Georgia.
What are the Savannah and Brunswick ports?
Georgia has this many miles of active rails, making it have the most rail miles out of any other state.
What is over 4,600 miles?
This amount of jobs is needed to support every $1 billion of goods exported.
What is 16,000 jobs?
Georgia's roadways handle this amount of money worth of cargo each year.
What is $620 billion?
The airport provides this many jobs onsite.
What is over 58,000?
Georgia's deepwater ports make this amount of money in sales each year.
What is $140 billion?
Atlanta was originally known by this name, meaning a final point.
What is Terminus?
One of the ways that the Georgia Ports Authority keeps logistics moving efficiently is by using special cranes capable of lifting this many tons of cargo on and off the ships that come into Georgia's ports.
What is 78 tons?
Most of the highways in Georgia were built during this year.
What are the 1950s?
Hartsfield-Jackson International Airport is only 2 hours away from this percentage of the US population.
What is 80%?
Ports provide this amount of jobs in Georgia.
What is 350,000 or about 8.4% of all jobs in Georgia?
These are a few of the major cities that Georgia's Railways connect.
What is Atlanta, Athens, Albany, Augusta, Colombus, Macon, Rome, Savannah, etc.
Name one advantage and one disadvantage of air transportation.
Advantage: The fastest method of transportation being able to travel 500 miles per hour, and can travel anywhere that has an airport, overseas or land.
Disadvantage: Planes are definetly the most expensive for of transportation, and you can't carry liquids or chemicals, and there is a weight limit.
These are a few of the major cities that Georgia's highway lines connect.
What are Augusta, Macon, Atlanta, Savannah, Colombus,
What is a radar?
Employees are needed to unload this in an efficient way at deepwater ports.
This is an advantage of transportation by trains instead of cars or transport trucks.
Trains don't have to stop for traffic, while transport trucks and cars do, and it is a relatively fast method of transportation taking you to most cities in Georgia and even around the country.
This is one advantage of the Deepwater Ports transportation system.
Cargo ships can travel to countries across oceans, and can carry much more cargo that planes can, as well as liquids, chemicals, cars, etc.
The largest container ship can carry about 24,000 TEUs (20ft shipping containers), which would require a 44 mile long freight train to carry.
Name an advantage of interstate and road transportation.
Any of these answers are correct:
Roads and highways can take you almost anywhere in the state. Road transport is also the cheapest means of transport available because it doesn't require large infrastructure to load and send goods. It is very easy to locate and track goods using GPS and fleet management software. It is more flexible with goods it can transfer, such as flammable or toxic products, cold products, heavy machinery, small packages, etc.
These are the two major international airports in Georgia.
What are the Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport (ATL) and the Savannah / Hiltonhead International Airport (SAV)?
This is a system for efficiently moving resources from their point of origin to their point of consumption.
What is Logistics?
The Central of Georgia Railway (CoG) started during the 1830s because Savannah wanted its own railway to compete with the one that opened in this city in South Carolina.
What is Charleston, South Carolina?
This is a disadvantage of Interstate Highway systems.
Cars and trucks have to follow posted speed limits, and have to stop for traffic. There are also a possibility for accidents, and it can only carry smaller packages compared to other transportation methods.