Robinson Terminal

Robinson Terminal Warehouse Corporation is a warehouse company based in Alexandria, Virginia. The company primarily handles newsprint for its owner, The Washington Post Company. It operates two deep-water berths alongside the Potomac River, one at the terminus of Oronoco Street, the other at the terminus of Duke Street. [http://maps.google.com/maps?q=Robinson+Terminal&ie=UTF8&oe=UTF-8&hl=en&sll=37.062500,-95.677068&sspn=23.875000,57.630033&latlng=38808685,-77038461,6410777300824665358 Google Maps: Robinson Terminal (Orinoco St.)] (see sattellite view)] [http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&hl=en&q=Robinson+Terminal&sll=38.801908,-77.039987&sspn=0.011655,0.020084&ie=UTF8&latlng=38801907,-77039987,4429579154053624697&cd=1 Google Maps: Robinson Terminal (Duke St.)] (see sattellite view)] A railroad spur serves the Orinoco facility. Vessels heading to or from the berths must pass under the Woodrow Wilson Bridge, sometimes requiring the bridge's drawspan to open. [cite news|last=Reid|first=Alice|coauthors=Stephen C. Fehr|title=Wilson Bridge: The Rush Hour of Decision|work=Washington Post|date=1998-04-26|url=http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/local/longterm/library/wilson/bridge0426.htm|accessdate=2007-04-13]

In addition to the two ports, the company operates two warehouse facilities in Springfield, Virginia and one in College Park, Maryland. [cite web|url=http://robinsonterminal.com/location/default.htm|title=Location|accessdate=2007-06-08|work=Robinson Terminal Warehouse Corporation] One of the Springfield warehouses is located along the Inner Loop of the Capital Beltway, and is frequently used as a landmark in local traffic reports. [cite web|url=http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/metro/traffic/index.html|title=Traffic|format=HTML|work=Washingtonpost.com (as of 8:11 AM EDT, June 28, 2007)] [cite news|title=Traffic report, 7:28 am|publisher=WTOP-FM (as of 7:28 AM EDT, June 28, 2007)]

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External links

* [http://www.robinsonterminal.com Company website]