1. Georgia’s Transportation Systems
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2. Three Main Systems Interstate Highway System
Hartsfield-Jackson International Airport
Deepwater Ports

3. Interstate Highway System
Original function: move military through the state
Notable Highways
I-75: runs from Miami to Michigan
I-95: goes through coastal area and runs from Florida to Maine

4. Interstate Highway Systems
Importance to economy:
transports people and goods to where they need to be
Joins major cities

5. Hartsfield-Jackson International Airport
Location: Atlanta
Named after: William Hartsfield and Maynard Jackson
Hartsfield founded the airport in 1925
Jackson was 1st African American mayor of a major southern city

6. Hartsfield-Jackson International Airport
Importance to economy:
Brings in business travelers
Transports goods
Largest employer in Georgia with over 55,000 employees

7. Deepwater Ports Managed by Georgia Ports Authority (GPA)
Two major ports:
Savannah
Brunswick
Importance to economy: opens up Georgia for trade with the world

8. Savannah Port
Includes 2 terminals (place where ship can be loaded or unloaded)
Garden City terminal: handles general cargo from around the world
Ocean terminal: handles automobiles and wheeled equipment

9. Brunswick Port Includes 3 terminals: Mayor’s Point: general cargo
Colonel’s Island: automobiles and dry bulk commodities
Marine Port: handles bulk and general goods

10. River Transportation System
Two terminals
Bainbridge Inland Barge Terminal: on the Flint River. Handles all kinds of goods and lets these goods move down river, into the oceans and across the world
Columbus Inland Barge Terminal: on the Chattahoochee. It handles liquid commodities like crude oil and petroleum products.

11. Lesson Review Hartsfield-Jackson International Airport is
Home to three busy runways
Named after a former governor of Georgia.
The state’s largest employer
An airport for passengers, not cargo

12. 2. Georgia’s interstate highway system was built to
Help move military through the state.
Bring tourism to the state.
Move goods through the state.
Make it the state’s transportation leader.

13. Georgia’s deepwater ports
Might close because air traffic is more important.
Open the state for trade with the world.
Are only for goods coming into the state, not leaving.
Are mainly for automobiles.