PIKE COUNTY TRANSPORTATION

Pike County has access to several major highways. U.S.  Highway 61 is a 4-lane  highway known as “The Avenue of the Saints”. It runs north to St. Paul,  MN and south to St. Louis, MO. U.S. Highway 54 is a 2-lane highway that runs west & south to I-70 and east  to I-72. State Highway 79 is also a 2-lane highway and is known as Missouri’s “Scenic Byway”. It runs south to I-70 and north to State Hwy. 36.  I-70is the nearest interstate and is located 45 miles from Pike County.

Fourteen port districts and more than 1,040 miles of  navigable waterways on the Mississippi and Missouri Rivers provide easy  access to the Nation’s major rivers and port cities. Barge service is  provided to Pike County and the surrounding areas via the Mississippi  River (15 mi.) At Louisiana, Missouri. Many of our existing businesses  already take advantage of this form of transportation to distribute  their products and bring in raw materials. 

Missouri ranks tenth in the  U.S. In total rail mileage and rail traffic. Both the Kansas City  Southern and Burlington Northern Railways provide excellent rail service  to our local businesses. The Kansas City Southern railway runs along  U.S. Hwy 54 and through Pike County. Kansas City Southern runs thru both  Kansas City and St. Louis, where there are multiple interchanges.  Burlington Northern runs north to south with access in the county as  well. 

The Bowling  Green Municipal Airport is located two miles northwest of the city.  Airside facilities include a single runway and taxiway system. Runway  13/31 is 3,204 feet long by 50 feet wide. The taxiway consists of a  single 25-foot connecting taxiway. Landside facilities include a 4,000-plus sf FBO/community hanger, 3-unit T-hanger and 4-unit T-hanger.

BGMA is a general aviation airport. It maintains a B-I Reference Code. This Airport Reference Code accommodates aircraft with the following characteristics:

•     Aircraft approach speeds from 91 knots upt, but not including 121 knots.
•     Aircraft wing span from 49 feet up to, but not including, 79 feet.

In addition to having public  utilities and easy roadway access, BGMA is capable of accommodating  light industrial/manufacturing operations on site. For more information  on the economic development potential at the airport contact the Bowling  Green City Hall at (573) 324-5451. Or by wesite at  https://www.bowlinggreen-mo.gov/municipal-airport/