Huge buildings along NJ Turnpike? (Newark, Elizabeth: stores, retailers, square)

[Wdc202202]

Whatgoeson in those mile-long buildings (say at milestone 71) with the loading docks Ns dozens of different brands of trucks?

[lammius]

They're distribution centers for major retailers. All the stuff that gets imported from China or wherever comes in containers by ship into the port in Newark/Elizabeth. Trucks carry the containers from the port to the distribution centers, and truckloads of shipments to stores (or to your door) come out of the distribution center.

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Many of the larger distribution centers are over a million square feet.

[Wdc202202]

Thank you so much. ...wdc