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National Gateway is a multi-stage railroad construction project in the United States promoted by CSX Transportation, a unit of CSX Corporation. It is designed to improve rail connections between ports in the U.S. mid-Atlantic seaboard and the Midwest by upgrading bridges and tunnels to allow taller freight trains (ones carrying double-stack intermodal containers). In 2008 the company announced its plans to invest $300 million, and is seeking investment from state governments and the U.S. federal government of an additional $400 million as a public-private partnership. Phase 1 of the $850 million project, between CSX’s existing terminal in Chambersburg, Pennsylvania, and its hub facility in Northwest Ohio. was completed in September 2013.

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Unrelated project

An unrelated project with the same name was founded in 2001 as an engineering test between global communication networks.

Completed railway improvement projects

  • Northwest Ohio Intermodal Terminal in North Baltimore, Ohio. Funded completely by CSX. Opened February 2011.
  • A number of tunnels were open cut for the project including:
  • Shoo Fly Tunnel (2012)
  • Pinkerton Tunnel (2012)
  • Bedford Tunnel (2012)

    • Projects under construction or funded

  • Rail corridor parallel to Interstate 70 and Interstate 76 between Washington, D.C. and northwest Ohio, via Pittsburgh. Federal funding approved in December 2010.
  • Expanding the Virginia Avenue Tunnel in Washington. In 2011 CSX decided to completely fund this project.
  • Lowering track on the Capital Subdivision in Maryland.
  • Replacing bridges and modifying tunnels on the Metropolitan Subdivision in Maryland.

    • Proposed projects

  • Rail corridor parallel to Interstate 95 between North Carolina and Baltimore, via Washington, D.C.
  • Lowering track and modifying the Long Bridge on the RF&P Subdivision in Washington
  • Replacing a bridge on the RF&P Subdivision in Woodbridge, Virginia
  • Washington, D.C. - Ohio rail corridor
  • New intermodal terminal in western Pennsylvania.
  • New intermodal rail yard in Columbus, Ohio.
  • Carolina Corridor between Wilmington and Charlotte

    • References

    National Gateway Wikipedia
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