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Location & Transportation

The Fredericksburg Region sits like a roughly shaped diamond over 1,400 square miles in northern Virginia. The city of Fredericksburg and the surrounding counties of Stafford, Spotsylvania, Caroline and King George straddle Virginia’s high-tech corridor of Interstate 95 – halfway between Richmond and Washington, D.C.

Interstate 95 provides north-south connections to 12 additional interstates, including the Capitol Beltway and Interstate 64. With easy access to these major transportation corridors, the Fredericksburg Region is a natural distribution center. It is the midpoint of the area known as the “Golden Crescent,” which runs from Baltimore to Norfolk, and is also the center of the Eastern Seaboard.

Major truck lines and CSX Transportation provide commercial freight and rail service. World markets can be reached through river ports and deep-water ports, one to two hours away.

It is a short ride to the three major airports located in Washington, D.C., and Richmond. Shannon Airport, on the edge of Fredericksburg, is a private airport with a 3,000-foot runway that offers charter and hangar service. The Stafford Regional Airport, located minutes from I-95, is a general aviation-reliever airport with a 5,000-by-100-foot runway that accommodates privately owned aircraft and corporate jets. The airport is designed to handle 75,000 annual operations.

Mass transit options for commuters include established vanpools, bus lines, Amtrak and Virginia Railway Express. Local residents ride the award-winning FREDericksburg Regional Transit to reach major points in the area. FRED has also expanded its local bus service in the region to include the surrounding counties of Stafford, Spotsylvania, King George and Caroline.