National Gateway

National Gateway is a multi-stage railroad construction project in the United States promoted by CSX Transportation, a unit of CSX Corporation. It is designed to improve rail connections between ports in the U.S. mid-Atlantic seaboard and the Midwest by upgrading bridges and tunnels to allow taller freight trains (ones carrying double-stack intermodal containers). In 2008 the company announced its plans to invest $300 million, and is seeking investment from state governments and the U.S. federal government of an additional $400 million as a public-private partnership.^[1] Phase 1 of the $850 million project, between CSX's existing terminal in Chambersburg, Pennsylvania, and its hub facility in Northwest Ohio. was completed in September 2013.^[2]

Unrelated project

An unrelated project with the same name was founded in 2001 as an engineering test between global communication networks.^[3]

Completed railway improvement projects

• Northwest Ohio Intermodal Terminal in North Baltimore, Ohio. Funded completely by CSX. Opened February 2011.^[4][5] A number of tunnels were open cut for the project including:
  • Shoo Fly Tunnel (2012)
  • Pinkerton Tunnel (2012)
  • Benford Tunnel (2012)
• Virginia Avenue Tunnel in Washington, DC (2018). Tunnel rebuilt using cut-and-cover to double track and allow for double-stacked containers.^[6]

Projects under construction or funded

• Rail corridor parallel to Interstate 70 and Interstate 76 between Washington, D.C. and northwest Ohio, via Pittsburgh. Federal funding approved in December 2010.^[7]
• Lowering track on the Capital Subdivision in Maryland.^[8]
• Replacing bridges and modifying tunnels on the Metropolitan Subdivision in Maryland.^[8]

Proposed projects

• Rail corridor parallel to Interstate 95 between North Carolina and Baltimore, via Washington, D.C.
  • Lowering track and modifying the Long Bridge on the RF&P Subdivision in Washington
  • Replacing a bridge on the RF&P Subdivision in Woodbridge, Virginia
• Washington, D.C. - Ohio rail corridor
  • New intermodal terminal in western Pennsylvania.
  • New intermodal rail yard in Columbus, Ohio.
• Carolina Corridor between Wilmington and Charlotte

See also

• National Docks Secondary and Long Dock Tunnel
• List of CSX Transportation lines
• Heartland Corridor – Norfolk Southern Railway improvement project
• Norfolk Southern Crescent Corridor
• Virginia Port Authority
• Transportation Investment Generating Economic Recovery, a stimulus program providing some of the funding
• MidAmerica Corridor^[9]