The Heartland Expressway: 
Heart of the Great Plains Trade Corridor

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The Heartland Expressway is one of 80 Federally designated high priority corridors. When completed, the Heartland Expressway will provide multi-lane divided highway access between Rapid City, South Dakota and Denver, Colorado via Alliance, NE, Scottsbluff, NE, and Brush, CO.  This corridor will also provide access to Colorado Springs, CO via Limon, CO and I-25 in Wyoming via Torrington, WY..

The Heartland Expressway is centered at the heart of the "Great Plains International Trade Corridor," a proposed four-lane artery which will connect the metropolitan cities and regional trade centers of the Great Plains from Canada to Mexico.

This website presents an illustrated overview of the Heartland Expressway and its role in the "Great Plains Trade Corridor." This site will also demonstrate the international significance of the Heartland Expressway, outline the need for a north-south corridor in the Great Plains, and summarize the benefits the Heartland Expressway provides to both urban and rural areas throughout the Great Plains.

 

Mission Statements
 
  
 
Great Plains Trade Corridor:
"The Great Plains Trade Corridor is a multi-lane, divided highway corridor that promotes and enhances domestic and international trade in North America, provides an essential economic development tool for the rural Great Plains, and improves Homeland Security throughout the Great Plains by connecting metropolitan cities and regional trade centers from Canada to Mexico via the Great Plains. The Great Plains Trade Corridor is composed of the Ports-to-Plains Trade Corridor, Heartland Expressway, and Theodore Roosevelt Expressway."
   Heartland Expressway:
"The Heartland Expressway is a multi-lane, divided highway that promotes and enhances domestic and international trade as it connects Denver, Colorado Springs, and the Ports-to-Plains Trade Corridor to Rapid City and the Theodore Roosevelt Expressway. The Heartland Expressway provides an essential economic development tool for rural areas in Colorado, Nebraska, and South Dakota and improves Homeland Security in the nation's Heartland."
 
  
 
Ports-to-Plains Trade Corridor:
"The Ports-to-Plains Trade Corridor is a planned, multi-lane divided highway that will facilitate the efficient transportation of goods and services from Mexico, through West Texas, Colorado, and Oklahoma, and ultimately on into Canada and the Pacific Northwest. Together, the cities along the Ports-to-Plains Trade Corridor will become the Gateway to Trade for the Midwest.

Upon completion, the Ports-to-Plains Trade Corridor will provide a vast number of benefits to communities along the route. The Trade Corridor will allow for the development of less congested ports of entry along the Texas/Mexico border. In addition, it will provide alternatives to other congested corridors that run through major metropolitan areas.  In doing so, the trade between Mexico, Canada, and the United States will dramatically increase and all three nations will see a rise in their regional mobility and economic status."