Old Dominion Freight Line, Inc. has opened its newest service center, an eight-door facility that will serve as a gateway to the Great Lakes shipping area in northern Minnesota and northwestern Wisconsin. The new Duluth Service Center, located on a five-acre site at 3115 Hill Ave. in Superior, Wisconsin, will serve customers in Twin Ports and more than a dozen cities in Minnesota and Wisconsin, including Hibbing, Ely and Grand Rapids in Minnesota and Hayward, Webster, Minong and Cameron in Wisconsin.

The new service center is the company's 218th in its nationwide network of service centers. The Duluth Service Center provides the company with convenient access to rail heads and major roadways, including Interstate 35 and U.S. Highways 2 and 53.

'Duluth is the gateway to the northern mining industry. With this new location, Old Dominion will complete its expansion for Minnesota, one designed to meet and exceed our customers' expectations,' said Kenneth Coleman, the terminal's manager. 'The service center is a doorway to the rail service and major ports in the Great Lakes area and will be a complete solution center for direct service to points nationally and globally. This will only enhance the service Old Dominion provides to its customers.'

This addition is part of a $90-120 million investment Old Dominion is committing nationally to real estate purchases and expansion projects in 2012.

The new terminal in Duluth is the second the company has opened in Minnesota this year. In May, Old Dominion opened an eight-door service center in Benson.