Joliet, Illinois

Where Joliet sits in the Chicago market

Joliet is about 40 miles southwest of downtown Chicago, at the crossing of I-80 and I-55, with I-355 coming in from the north. That geometry is why so much warehouse space and rail traffic landed here: trucks can head east-west on I-80, northeast into the city on I-55, or out to the rest of the Midwest without crawling through downtown.

The Union Pacific Joliet Intermodal Terminal, also called Global IV or Global 4, is at 3000 Centerpoint Way in Joliet. It is a public UP intermodal facility in the market we can pick up from or deliver to. The name Joliet Intermodal Terminal (JIT) and the name Global IV refer to the same UP ramp. Naming it does not mean FNS has a contract or exclusive partnership with Union Pacific.

Around that ramp is the CenterPoint Intermodal Center, a large publicly documented logistics park with distribution buildings that take inbound containers and send outbound trailers. A typical Joliet move for us is an out-gate at Global IV, a short drive to a CenterPoint or nearby Will County warehouse, a live unload or a drop, and an empty return. The same desk can also take that freight onward, or hold it in our warehouse or with warehouse partners if the outbound is not ready.

Elwood and BNSF Logistics Park Chicago are next door, a few miles south and west, and people sometimes treat Joliet and Elwood as the same place. They are not. Different cities, different railroads, different gates. If your delivery order says Joliet, we plan for Global IV and the Joliet street grid. If it says Elwood or LPC, see our Elwood page.

FNS work that fits Joliet includes rail drayage at Global IV, warehouse and transload support, Midwest outbound trucking, and cold-chain or expedited moves that use the I-80 and I-55 corridors. Our office in Mokena is a short drive up I-80, which helps when a Will County dock time is tight.