All corridorsMilitary endpoint Fort Liberty (NC) Port endpoint Military Ocean Terminal Sunny Point, Morehead City NC Max axle load 286k Plate clearance Plate F Electrified No Federal funding CRISI Yes / RRIF Yes
Southeast region / STRACNET corridor
Fort Liberty to Morehead City
- Region
- Southeast
- Primary owner
- Norfolk Southern
- Length
- 170 mi
- Status
- Partial source backing, brief-ready with caveats
NC
+ Aberdeen Carolina and Western Railway, Beaufort Morehead Railroad
Confidence: medium
Field notes
Primary Atlantic outload corridor for the 82nd Airborne Division. Connects rail-served ammunition supply points to MOTSU and the Port of Morehead City. Periodic crew and clearance constraints reported.
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 Norfolk Southern, Aberdeen Carolina and Western Railway, Beaufort Morehead Railroad routing.
- Authority chain. SDDC TEA designation, FRA Office of Railroad Safety oversight, and the state DOT touchpoints between NC.
- 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.