page_title: Paducah–McCracken County Riverport
section_title: Paducah-McCracken County Riverport Authority
hierarchical_section_title: Paducah–McCracken County Riverport / Paducah-McCracken County Riverport Authority
caption_attribution_description: English: Container on Barge Service
context_page_description: The Paducah-McCracken County Riverport Authority was established in 1964 by the legislative bodies of the County of McCracken and the City of Paducah under an equal ownership agreement. The port is a quasi-government agency that provides essential maritime services for the rural regions of Western Kentucky, Southern Illinois, Southeast Missouri, and Northwestern Tennessee. The operating port facility is located between river mile 1.3 and 2.0 on the left descending bank of the Tennessee River, near its confluence with the Ohio River. This property is in the City of Paducah and in McCracken County, Kentucky.
  Paducah is at the heart of the Central U.S. MARAD's Marine Highway System. It lies at the confluence of the Tennessee-Tombigbee Waterway and the Ohio River and near the confluence of the Cumberland River and Ohio River and near the confluence of the Ohio and Mississippi River.
  The Port is physically located at 2000 Wayne Sullivan Drive in Paducah, Kentucky, at the confluence of the Ohio and Tennessee Rivers and is located approximately 30 miles from the confluence of the Ohio and Mississippi Rivers.
context_section_description: The Paducah-McCracken County Riverport Authority was established in 1964 by the legislative bodies of the County of McCracken and the City of Paducah under an equal ownership agreement. The port is a quasi-government agency that provides essential maritime services for the rural regions of Western Kentucky, Southern Illinois, Southeast Missouri, and Northwestern Tennessee. The operating port facility is located between river mile 1.3 and 2.0 on the left descending bank of the Tennessee River, near its confluence with the Ohio River. This property is in the City of Paducah and in McCracken County, Kentucky.
  Paducah is at the heart of the Central U.S. MARAD's Marine Highway System. It lies at the confluence of the Tennessee-Tombigbee Waterway (M-65) and the Ohio River (M-70) and near the confluence of the Cumberland River and Ohio River and near the confluence of the Ohio and Mississippi River (M-55).
  The Port is physically located at 2000 Wayne Sullivan Drive in Paducah, Kentucky, at the confluence of the Ohio and Tennessee Rivers and is located approximately 30 miles from the confluence of the Ohio and Mississippi Rivers. The Port is located on a section of 0.43 miles on the banks of a channel on the Tennessee River. The Port is also the northernmost, ice-free inland port facility in the U.S., which guarantees year-round shipment of cargoes and can serve as a diversion port for cargoes to be offloaded in the event of northern ports being frozen.
  The central location provides any industry a strategic logistical advantage, which allows the Jackson Purchase Area region of Kentucky to become a major hub for manufacturing and distribution centers access to utilize all four multimodal modes of transportation - water, rail, road, and air. The region offers a reliable supply chain model with access to over 65% – according to the Kentucky Cabinet of Economic Development – of the U.S. population and Canadian border within a single day's drive.
caption: Container on Barge Service at the Paducah-McCracken County Riverport Authority
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