QUEENSGATE INTERMODAL TERMINAL

PROJECT DESCRIPTION

 

Client: Bluegrass Farms

Location: Cincinnati, Ohio

Size: 30 acres

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The Queensgate Intermodal Terminal vision was to transform this river segment of Cincinnati into a world-class shipping port.

 

A unique master plan has been created that marries cutting edge green technology with this unique “green transportation” facility.  A living sound wall, LEED-certified administrative building, bioswales, bio-retention areas, permeable pavements, and alternative energy components are part of the master plan.  Alternative energy comes from 43 solar arrays containing 1,322 solar panels & 49 vertical shaft wind turbines.

 

Container ships from Asia and Europe will unload their containers onto river barges in Louisiana.  River barges bring the shipping containers to the Queensgate Terminal. Here they are unloaded directly onto waiting train cars, shortening product delivery to their destination.

 

Trains transport containers to central Ohio to one of the world’s largest distribution facilities. This facility is within one trucking day of over 60% of the United States and Canadian populations.

 

Empty containers which currently clog traditional shipping facilities would be refilled with American products and grains and sent back to Asia and Europe.​