commercial routes

Business travel corridors

Commercial routes are established paths for trade and transportation of goods between places.

These may be land routes, sea lanes, or air corridors that connect markets and enable commerce: The Silk Road was among history's most important commercial routes.

The term often appears in discussions of logistics, shipping, and economic geography.

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supply chains · canals · warehousing · ports · bridges · railways · shipping lanes · sea lanes · trade winds · container ships · merchant marine · online marketplaces · trade agreements · merchant guilds · trading posts · cargo handling · distribution centers · customs checkpoints

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purpose of travel

commercial routesscenic routes

Picturesque travel paths

tourist routes · recreational trails · scenic byways · pilgrimage routes · nature trails

economic function

commercial routesmigration routes

Paths animals travel seasonally

pilgrimage paths · hunting trails

access and usage

commercial routesprivate roads

Non-public thoroughfares

Family

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