Local economic development officials had envisioned
a larger rail hub project for another Syracuse - area location, but the DOT report said DeWitt was «the only viable site» for an inland port.
Known as «America's Distribution
Hub,» Memphis boasts the busiest cargo airport in the United States, the fifth -
largest inland port in the United States, five Class I railroads serving nine fully operational
rail yards, and one of the most widely traveled interstate corridors in the country.