Julie McCombs
This photo shows the exit lane being prepared for the laying of 9 1/2 inches of concrete to accommodate the weight of the containers entering the port.
Julie McCombs
A crossover from the median will be cut through to GSP Logistics Parkway. The South Carolina Department of Transportation will provide signage for truckers entering and exiting. All port container traffic will be routed from I-85 to Brockman-McClimon Road onto Highway 101, connecting with Highway 80 (J. Verne Smith Parkway) and finally to GSP Logistics Parkway.
Julie McCombs
GSP Logistics Parkway will service all traffic entering the Inland Port, onto International Commerce Way, to the right, in the middle of the frame.
Julie McCombs
All traffic will exit GSP Logistics Parkway and return the way it arrived to I-85 via Hwy. 80 / J. Verne Smith Parkway (top).
Inland Port traffic will enter the port by exiting J. Verne Smith Parkway (Hwy. 80) onto GSP Logistics Parkway. After a short distance, all incoming traffic will bear right, and pass through a security checkpoint onto International Commerce Way, the South Carolina Port Authority road.
The Greenville-Spartanburg International Airport Board of Commissioners recommended the entry point’s name.
International Commerce Way was designated by the South Carolina Ports Authority.
Cargo at the Inland Port is scheduled to begin moving later this month. The SCPA projects 40,000 containers within the first year of operation with 100,000 within five years, or sooner.
Port Trivia
Question: What are TEUs?
Answer: Port container traffic measures the flow of containers from land to sea transport modes, and vice versa, in twenty-foot equivalent units (TEUs), a standard-size container.