I think it is because it gets people and products where they need to go in a fast way, but you might want to research it some more before you trust my answer b/c I'm not positive.
Atlantic Ocean
The Potomac River, the Chesapeake Bay and the Atlantic Ocean.
Atlantic Ocean
The Chesapeake Bay and the Atlantic Ocean.
Transportation corridor
Vermont and West Virginia do not border the Atlantic Ocean.
Vermont does not border an ocean. Virginia and Delaware border the Atlantic Ocean.
West Virginia is closer to the Atlantic Ocean because both are on the East Coast of the United States. The Pacific Ocean is on the West Coast of the United States and closer to states such as California, Washington, and Oregon.
The Atlantic Ocean
Maryland. Maryland.
No it has a border with the Atlantic Ocean.
Much of the transportation was by boat. Cities grew up at the fall lines of rivers- rapids where a boat had to stop.