Located in the beautiful, rolling hills of south central Indiana, Bloomington is situated along the Interstate 69 corridor and 55 minutes south of the Indianapolis International Airport. Bloomington’s location in south central Indiana provides direct access to major markets in the East and Midwest, giving businesses a distinct advantage when shipping and receiving products.

Access to Major Metropolitan Areas:

• Indianapolis: 47m
• Chicago: 194m
• Cincinnati: 108m
• Louisville: 77m
• Detroit: 285m
• Columbus, Ohio: 197m
• Nashville, TN: 207m
• St. Louis: 203m
• Cleveland: 301m

The new Indianapolis International Airport (opened November 2008) serves approximately 8.5 million passengers on 11 major airlines each year and is one of the world's largest cargo airports (eighth in the United States, 21st worldwide). Indianapolis International Airport offers nonstop access to top U.S. cities and "one-stop" access to the world on an average 175 daily flights to 40 destinations. For more information click here: http://www.indianapolisairport.com

The Indiana Rail Road Company is a Class 2 regional freight railroad operating on a 500-mile route structure of former Milwaukee Road and Illinois Central lines in Indiana and Illinois, including terminals at Chicago, Indianapolis, Terre Haute and Louisville. Annual carloadings approach 170,000 and include coal, petroleum products, plastics, ethanol, grain, aggregates, lumber, appliances and other mixed freight. For more information click www.inrd.com

Construction of I-69 began on July 13, 2008. Today I-69 connects Indianapolis with the Canadian border at Port Huron, Michigan/Sarnia, Ontario. While it only passes through two states now, I-69 is an important link between the lower Midwest and the most populous provinces of Canada. However, current plans will extend I-69 much further.

The I-69 extension will connect three different border crossings in Texas (Laredo, McAllen and Brownsville) to I-465 in Indianapolis; from there, traffic will continue over the existing I-69 and other freeways (such as U.S. 127 and U.S. 24 to border crossing in Detroit, Port Huron or Sault Ste. Marie, Michigan. Approximately 1,600 miles of freeway (including the three Texas branches) will be added to existing I-69 when it is completed.

Only three miles from downtown Bloomington is one of Indiana’s finest corporate class airports; Monroe County Airport. Our community’s aviation facility provides convenient access for private, corporate, and chartered commercial aircraft operations.

The airport’s 6,500 foot runway will easily accommodate your business needs, and with nearly 50,000 annual operations, local and transient businesses utilize the air traffic control services, precision instrument landing systems, automated weather services, and full service Fixed Base Operators. For more information click here: http://www.co.monroe.in.us/airport/index.htm

Indiana ranks 6th in U.S. waterborne shipping and 13th for foreign and domestic shipping with about 70 million tons of cargo per year. More than half of Indiana's border is water, which includes 400 miles of direct access to two major freight transportation arteries - the Great Lakes/St. Lawrence Seaway and the Inland Waterway System. The Ports of Indiana is self-funded enterprise that operates a system of three ports on the Ohio River and Lake Michigan for the state of Indiana.

Access to Indiana ports:

• Port of Indiana-Jeffersonville: 100m
• Port of Indiana-Mount Vernon: 168m
• Port of Indiana-Burns Harbor: 210m

For more information click here: www.portsofindiana.com