Transportation & Utilities
Transportation
Sussex County offers easy access to the unparallelled port, air, rail and road distribution systems of the New York metropolitan area. It is estimated that 25% of the entire population of the United States lives within a 4 hour drive. The Boston and Philadephia markets are easily accessible by major highways. There are few areas better suited for national and international logistics.
Sussex County is served by:
Interstate Highways: Routes 80 & 84
State Highways: 15, 206, 23, 181, 183, 284
Freight Rail: CSX Transportation Inc., Consolidated Rail, Northfolk Southern
- Newark Liberty International (50 miles) - www.newarkairport.com
- Stewart International (Orange County NY 50 miles) - www.stewartintlairport.com
- JF Kennedy International Airport (Queens NY 60 miles) - www.kennedyairport.com
- LaGuardia International Airport (Queens NY 55 miles) www.laguardiaairport.com
- Local Airports: Teterboro Airport (Teterboro NJ 45 miles) Charter & Freight - www.panynj.gov/CommutingTravel/airports/html/teb.html
- Sussex Airport (Private charter available) open to the public, Newton Airport: private - www.airnav.com/airport/FWN
Marine Terminals:Aggressive improvements and long term planning continue to bolster The Port Authority of NJ/NJ as the pre-eminent logistics center of the world. Twenty five million tons of ocean borne general cargo move through the Port Authority Terminals of NJ/NY annually. Sussex County is 45 miles from Port Newark/Elizabeth.
Utilities
Call 973-300-1988 or email mail@scedp.com for identification of local providers.
- Eastern Propane Corporation - www.easternpropane.com -
(973) 697-2771 contact: Bill Curcio - Elizabethtown Gas Company - www.elizabethtowngas.com -
(908) 289-5000 contact: Ed Duffy - Embarq - www.embarq.com - (973) 579-4464 contact: Glenn Lewis
- JCP&L a FirstEnergy Co. - www.firstenergycorp.com -
(973) 401-8412 contact: Michael Schoen - Sussex Rural Electric Cooperative - www.sussexrec.com -
(973) 875-5101 contact: Tom Tate - WVT Communications - www.wvtc.com -
(973) 764-8080 contact: Jean Beattie

