AKS 31:Explain how the interstate

highway system, Hartsfield-Jackson

International Airport, Georgia’s Deepwater

Ports, and the railroads help drive the state’s

economy

4 types: 1.Interstate Highway System2. Hartsfield-Jackson International Airport 3. GA’s deepwater ports (Savannah/Brunswick)4. Railroads

* help drives the state’s economy* interact to provide domestic and international goods to the people of Georgia* provide Georgia with national and international markets* provide jobs for Georgians

Transportation

Ports Deepwater sea ports- Savannah and Brunswick Economic impact exceeds $1.8 billion in annual

income

- 81,000 jobs

- $585 million in state and local taxes

*Look at Page 60 for more information!*

Tied to the Railroad System Tied to the Interstate System

Airports

Atlanta’s Hartsfield – Jackson International Airport

- busiest in the world

- largest employment center in GA – 53,000 workers

- economic impact $5.6 billion

Over 250 public and private airports in Georgia

6 military airports

Interstates and Highways

5 major interstates (I-85, I-75, I-16, I-95, I-20)

- connect ports and airports to the state/country

-1,200 miles of interstate

-17,800 miles of state highway

-87,000 miles of paved city and county roads

*Map on page 604 and 502 in GA Studies Book*

Railroads Major hubs near the ports and in Atlanta allow goods to be

quickly shipped by rail throughout the nation Georgia's first railroad tracks were laid in the mid-1830s

on routes leading from Athens, Augusta, Macon, and Savannah. Some twenty-five years later, the state not only could claim more rail miles than any other in the Deep South but also had linked its major towns and created a new rail center, Atlanta. The railroads continued to expand until the 1920s, when a long decline began that lasted into the 1990s. Today, the state's rail system is a strong, 5,000-mile network anchored by two major lines, Norfolk Southern and CSX, and a couple of dozen short lines.