REGIONAL BUSINESS ENVIRONMENT 

LOCATION

Texarkana is located in Northeast Texas at the border of Texas and Arkansas, with the southeast corner of Oklahoma and the northeast boundary of Louisiana only a few miles away. This makes the city the hub of the Four States Area, known nationally as Texarkana, USA, Gateway to the Southwest.

INDUSTRY

Texarkana's industrial base is broadly diversified with products ranging from metal working, paper and plastics to blue jeans and furniture. Metropolitan area employers draw their workers from an active work force of 58,000.

TRANSPORTATION

AIR - Texarkana has a regional airport and is served by daily flights, making it readily accessible by air.

TRUCKING - Thirty-two truck lines have terminals in Texarkana, while many others regularly haul products in and out of the area. Area industries ship more than one million tons of finished products to destinations throughout the United States each year. In addition, thousands of tons of raw materials and consumer goods arrive by truck each day.

U.S. Highways 59, 67, 71, and 82 and Interstate 30 merge in Texarkana. I-30, a southern route across the country, is rarely affected by snow or ice. Freight trucked from Texarkana can reach almost 50 million people in 10 hours or less. When completed, Interstate 49 will link Kansas City, Missouri, with New Orleans, Louisiana, and Interstate 69 will provide a continuous highway link from Canada to the Texas/Mexico border.