transportation

Transportation

Grant County is easily accessible via local highways, truck service, railway, air commercial/international

Highways
Major highways serving Grant County are Interstate 75, U.S. Highway 25, and Kentucky Routes 22 and 36.

Interchanges of Interstate 75, a major north-south corridor, are located at Williamstown, Dry Ridge, Crittenden, and Corinth. Interstate 71 is accessible 19 miles north of Williamstown via I-75. Access to Interstate 64 is available 38 miles south of Williamstown via I-75.

U.S. Highway 25 is a AAA-rated (80,000-pound gross load limit) trucking highway south of Dry Ridge and a AA-rated (62,000-pound gross load limit) highway north of Dry Ridge.

Kentucky 36 is AA-rated from Williamstown to the southeast. Kentucky 22 is AAA-rated throughout Grant County.

Truck Services
There are currently twenty common carrier trucking companies that provide interstate and/or intrastate service to Grant County. American Motor Carrier Directory, Spring 1999.

Rail
The Norfolk Southern Corporation provides main line rail service to Grant County. Norfolk Southern also provides the nearest intermodal facilities at Georgetown, 32 miles south of Williamstown.

For details on routing, schedules, rates and services, contact:
Industrial Development Manager
Norfolk Southern Corporation
The Tower Suite 2904
644 Commerce St
Nashville, TN 37203
615.254.3398

Blue Grass Airport
Located in Lexington, Kentucky; 50 miles South of Williamstown
Phone: 859.254.9336
Air Service: ASA, Comair, Continental Express, Delta, Northwest Airlines, TW Express and US Airways
Daily arrivals and departures: 192

Cincinnati/Northern Kentucky International Airport
Located in Covington, Kentucky; 32 miles North of Williamstown
Phone: 859.767.3151
Air Service: Air Trans, American, American Eagle, Comair, Continental, Continental Express, Delta, Northwest, Northwest Airlink, Skyway, Sunworld, SwissAir, TWA, United, US Airways, US Airways Express
Daily arrivals and departures: 1060