Column: Celebrating a ‘capstone’ of Virginia’s port development

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For more than a century, Norfolk Southern has played a vital role in Virginia’s economy and local communities. While many may know the company for its freight trains, fewer probably know the role Norfolk Southern has played in making Hampton Roads the global economic engine it is today.

This year marks 15 years since Norfolk Southern, the commonwealth of Virginia, the states of West Virginia and Ohio, and the Federal Highway Administration partnered to create the Heartland Corridor, a vital artery in the nation’s supply chain and a project that launched the Port of Virginia’s Norfolk International Terminal on a path to becoming one of the nation’s premier container ports.

The route, which opened to double-stack container traffic in 2010 after