Transportation Assets

TRANSPORTATION ASSETS ON LESMD

Major transportation assets within the LESMD Region include road, rail, air and water. Augmenting this range of assets is the physical intersection in Salisbury of US 50 (East-West) and US 13 (North-South), which helps serve as a catalyst to cohesive regional economic development.

The US 13 corridor includes the Delmarva Central Railroad (DCR) and a pathway for the southern extension of diversified energy resources such as natural gas into less developed areas of the Region.

The close proximity of the SBY Regional Airport to US 50 factors heavily in the continued development of the airport and its aviation oriented Technology Park, while the expansion and continued development of the Port of Salisbury and its barge traffic is dependent on the main highway corridors.

Located on the Wicomico River, the Port of Salisbury is the second largest port in Maryland. Among the companies doing business in the port are Chesapeake Shipbuilding Corporation, Perdue Agribusiness, Vulcan Materials and Center Point Terminals.

Port of Salisbury

Crisfield Municipal Airport is a public airport located in Somerset County in the LESMD Region. The airport is currently in negotiations with the University of Maryland Eastern Shore to add an onsite instructional component to the University’s Aviation Sciences program.

Crisfield Municipal Airport

Located just outside West Ocean City and in immediate proximity to the beaches and golf, OXB has a full service Fixed Base Operator, rental car services, conference room and lounge. The airport and its tenants provide a wide range of direct and indirect benefits to the LESMD Regional Economy.

Ocean City Municipal Airport

With runways of 5000′ and 6400′, SBY hosts commercial passenger service by American Airlines to Philadelphia and Charlotte. Additional assets include a Technology Park with runway access, an Unmanned Aircraft Systems (UAS) facility with contacts to Wallops Island Flight Facility (NASA) and a FedEx distribution center. Educational partnerships include an initiative from the University of Maryland Eastern Shore to create a BVLOS drone corridor as well as a joint effort with Wor-Wic Community College and local high schools to create a UAV training program.

Salisbury Regional Airport

The Delmarva Central Railroad Company operates 188 miles of rail line in Delaware, Maryland, and Virginia, including along the US 13 transportation corridor through the LESMD Region of Somerset, Wicomico and Worcester counties. The lines run from near Porter, Delaware, (south of Wilmington) south to Hallwood, Virginia; and from Harrington, Delaware, to Frankford, Delaware with branches to Milton and Gravel Hill. DCR interchanges with Norfolk Southern, as well as the Maryland & Delaware Railroad in several locations on the Delmarva Peninsula.

Delmarva Central Railroad