Highways
The Pellissippi Parkway, a four-lane, limited access divided highway connecting Oak Ridge with Interstate Highways I-75 and I-40, provides access to Knoxville, McGhee-Tyson Airport, Chattanooga, and Nashville. The city is also served by State Highways 61, 62, 58, and 95.
Railways
The CSX, SLC-L&N, Norfolk/Southern Railroad serve Oak Ridge with numerous sidings leading to various industries within the city.
Trucking
Roadway Express maintains terminal facilities in the community. Fourteen other motor carriers serve the area and 10 carriers interline freight at Knoxville with a local carrier providing daily Oak Ridge service.
Overnight Carriers
Oak Ridge is served by a variety of overnight carriers including Federal Express, Purolator, and United Parcel Service.
Commercial Airlines
McGhee-Tyson Airport is 38 miles from Oak Ridge; extension of the Pellissippi Parkway reduces the distance to a 25-minute commute. Direct flights are available to many major U.S. cities, with 57 arrivals and departures daily. Limousine service and daily air freight pick-up and delivery service are available from the airport.
Charter Aircraft
Charter service for passenger and air freight is available at Knoxville's McGhee-Tyson Airport.
The airport is equipped to handle private aircraft; several private airports also serve the area. Sales, service, and flight training are available.
Foreign Trade Zone
A regional Foreign Trade Zone centered at the Knoxville McGhee-Tyson Airport services Oak Ridge and the Oak Ridge Technology Corridor. This zone has the potential of significantly enhancing exports for area companies by providing duty-free status for the following types of goods:
- - foreign goods transshipped through U.S. zones to third countries,
- - foreign goods processed in zones then transshipped abroad,
- - foreign goods processed or assembled in U.S. zones with some domestic materials and
parts then re-exported,
- - goods produced in zones wholly of foreign content and exported,
- - goods produced in zones from a combination of domestic and foreign materials and
components then exported, and
- - domestic goods moved into a zone to achieve export status prior to their actual
exportation.
Should business warrant, the city will commit to assisting in the procedural and expenditure steps to establish a convenient satellite FTZ in Oak Ridge.
Waterways
The Clinch River and Melton Hill Lake connect Oak Ridge to the Inland Waterway System, Great Lakes ports, and the Gulf of Mexico via the Tennessee River and Tennessee Tombigbee Waterway. Opened in 1985, the 234-mile Tennessee Tombigbee connects the Upper Mississippi, the Ohio, the Tennessee, and the rest of mid-America's 16,000 miles of navigable waterways with ports along the Gulf of Mexico. Its navigation facilities represent the most modern technology for barge transportation in the world. This shorter water avenue for shippers cuts the distance from Oak Ridge to the Gulf by some 800 miles.