All corridorsMilitary endpoint Fort Cavazos (TX) Port endpoint Port of Beaumont (TX) Max axle load 286k Plate clearance Plate F Electrified No Federal funding CRISI Yes / RRIF Yes
Gulf region / STRACNET corridor
Fort Cavazos to Port of Beaumont
- Region
- Gulf
- Primary owner
- BNSF
- Length
- 340 mi
- Status
- Source-backed, brief-ready
TX
+ Union Pacific, Port Terminal Railroad of Beaumont
Confidence: high
Field notes
The single highest-tonnage DOD outload route in the United States. Port of Beaumont is the largest military outload port and has handled over 80 percent of armored deployments since 1990.
What we’d brief on this corridor
A 10-day corridor brief turns this row into a fundable scope.
- Constraint register. Bridge ratings, tunnel clearance, axle load gaps, and short-line interchange limits along the BNSF, Union Pacific, Port Terminal Railroad of Beaumont routing.
- Authority chain. SDDC TEA designation, FRA Office of Railroad Safety oversight, and the state DOT touchpoints between TX.
- Funding map. CRISI eligibility: Yes. RRIF eligibility: Yes. Defense Access Roads where the spur work qualifies.
- Capital decision. A go or no-go on whether heavy engineering spend is the right next step, with the source records that back each claim.