Port Of Huntington Tri-State
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The Port of Huntington Tri-State, centered on the
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, is the second-largest inland port in the United States, and was formerly the largest. It is the largest river port in the state of
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and the 15th-largest in the United States as of 2012. Included in the port's area is 100 miles of the
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from the mouth of the
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to the northern border of
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, 9 miles of the Big Sandy River, and 90 miles of the
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. The United States Army Corps of Engineers' 1953 Ohio River Navigation Modernization Program sited the Greenup Locks and Dam project as an early priority so that its pool could serve the Port of Huntington Tri-State. It exceeded
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in 1953 as the busiest port on the waterway. In 2014, it was exceeded by the Port of Cincinnati-Northern Kentucky in annual cargo tonnage, making it the second-largest inland port in the United States.


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* River ports of the United States Transportation in Cabell County, West Virginia 2000 establishments in West Virginia Organizations established in 2000 Economy of Huntington, West Virginia {{port-stub