National Gateway is a multi-stage
railroad construction project in the
United States promoted by
CSX Transportation, a unit of
CSX Corporation. It is designed to improve rail connections between ports in the U.S.
mid-Atlantic seaboard and the
Midwest by upgrading bridges and tunnels to allow taller
freight trains (ones carrying
double-stackintermodal containers). In 2008 the company announced its plans to invest $300 million, and is seeking investment from state governments and the U.S. federal government of an additional $400 million as a
public-private partnership.[1] Phase 1 of the $850 million project, between CSX's existing terminal in
Chambersburg, Pennsylvania, and its hub facility in Northwest Ohio. was completed in September 2013.[2]
Unrelated project
An unrelated project with the same name was founded in 2001 as an engineering test between global communication networks.[3]