![Georgia Ports Authority Terminal Manager Wesley Barrell, left, speaks with realtor Talli Williams [cq] at the site of the new Appalachian Regional Port on Tuesday, July 10, 2018 in Crandall, Ga. The Appalachian Regional Port, a freight pickup and drop-off gateway for trucks and trains, is set to open on Aug. 1.](https://www.timesfreepress.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/1531278949_071118c01InlandPort0019.jpg)
ABOUT THE PORT
* Where: Crandall, Ga., 44 miles from Chattanooga; 22 from Cleveland, Tenn.* What: Appalachian Regional Port is an intermodel truck and rail facility slated to move cargo more efficiently* Cost: $24 million (state-$10 million, Georgia Ports Authority-$7.5 million; CSX Transportation-$5.5 million, Murray County-$1 million)* Capacity: 50,000 containers annually* Specs: Three working train tracks totaling 6,000 feet; three electric rubber-tired gantry cranesSource: Georgia Ports Authority
CRANDALL, Ga. – The Appalachian Regional Port, designed as a freight pickup and drop-off gateway for trucks and trains, plans to open Aug. 1, officials said Tuesday.
Located 44 miles southeast of Chattanooga in Murray County, Ga., the new $24 million facility drew more than 100 people, including regional trucking company executives, to a briefing at the rural U.S. Highway 411 site.
Wesley Barrell, terminal manager for the Georgia Ports Authority, took note of the three massive electric cranes which soar over the inland port to load containers off and on the trucks and trains.
“It’s state of the art,” he said.