JACKSONVILLE, Fla. \u2014 Jacksonville\u2019s shipbuilding industry fueled the city\u2019s early days, followed by trains and then shipping. <\/p>\n
\u201cJacksonville is positioned perfectly to be able to deliver cargo and products throughout the Untied States,\u201d according to Jaxport historian Lindsey Brock.<\/p>\n
Jacksonville has shaped itself into a commercial transportation powerhouse since its earliest days. Before Jacksonville\u2019s seven bridges, before I-95, before the city became a major port for paper goods, Jacksonville started as the narrow point to cross the St. Johns River.<\/p>\n
>>> STREAM ACTION NEWS JAX LIVE <<<<\/b><\/a><\/p>\n Jacksonville is the crossroads for I-95 and I-10, home to the international Port of Jacksonville, and the headquarters for the CSX rail network. <\/p>\n \u201cJacksonville is a very important part of the nation\u2019s freight and rail industry,\u201d according to CSX Regional VP for State and Government Affairs Craig Camuso.<\/p>\n Railroads played a huge role in Jacksonville\u2019s history. CSX was headquartered in Jacksonville in 2003, but it traces its roots back to Henry Flagler\u2019s railroad empire. <\/p>\n \u201cWhat also makes it important is our work with the ports,\u201d Camuso said. \u201cJaxport, and the Port of Savannah, and CSX is proud to partner with both of them.\u201d<\/p>\n Both rail and port experts say the two forms of transportation work in tandem to support our bustling economy. \u201cYou see the railroad industry grow and develop to where you\u2019ve got the huge railyard up by Beaver Street,\u201d Brock said. \u201cThere\u2019s already talk about expanding passenger rail service into Jacksonville.\u201d<\/p>\n [DOWNLOAD: <\/b>Free Action News Jax app for alerts as news breaks<\/b><\/a>]<\/b><\/p>\n Jaxport\u2019s history dates back decades. Today, the port loads and unloads cargo from around the globe, especially Puerto Rico. <\/p>\n Brock says it remains one of the region\u2019s biggest economic engines, and a reminder that Jacksonville\u2019s connection to transportation started strong. <\/p>\n \u201cI see Jaxport expanding,\u201d Brock said. \u201cWhich means more jobs. You\u2019re going to see more trade. I think the future of Jaxport is as bright as can be.\u201d<\/p>\n [SIGN UP: <\/b>Action News Jax Daily Headlines Newsletter<\/b><\/a>] <\/b><\/p>\n Click here<\/b><\/a> to download the free Action News Jax news and weather apps, <\/b>click here<\/b><\/a> to download the Action News Jax Now app for your smart TV and <\/b>click here<\/b><\/a> to stream Action News Jax live.<\/b><\/p>\n Action News Jax Top Stories<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"JACKSONVILLE, Fla. \u2014 Jacksonville\u2019s shipbuilding industry fueled the city\u2019s early days, followed by trains and then shipping. \u201cJacksonville…\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":913535,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[5136],"tags":[12189,5229,9331,102935,64492,369298,40720,3188,723,369295,369297,46081,109597,369296,11561,369299,7310,265183,328483,369302,425,64442,5207,369301,98096,369300,67,586,8789,132,5230,68,2969],"class_list":["post-913534","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-jacksonville","tag-action_news","tag-america","tag-americans","tag-beaver_street","tag-buc-ee","tag-craig_camuso","tag-csx","tag-fl","tag-florida","tag-great_fire","tag-henry_flagler","tag-i-10","tag-i-95","tag-international_port","tag-jack","tag-jacks_port","tag-jacksonville","tag-jacksport","tag-kajaja_hawkins","tag-lindsey_brock","tag-local","tag-northeast_florida","tag-president","tag-propeller_club","tag-saint_johns_river","tag-savannah_port","tag-united-states","tag-united-states-of-america","tag-united_states","tag-unitedstates","tag-unitedstatesofamerica","tag-us","tag-usa"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"","error":"Validation failed: Text character limit of 500 exceeded"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/913534","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=913534"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/913534\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/913535"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=913534"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=913534"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=913534"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}