Madison sits in the Huntsville metro west of downtown Huntsville and is home to the Mazda-Toyota Manufacturing USA assembly plant, one of the largest automotive manufacturing operations in the Southeast. The town serves as a primary tier-1 and tier-2 supplier hub, with JIT supplier traffic running into the assembly plant on tight schedules. Madison's I-565 and US-72 corridors plus the surrounding Cummings Research Park push substantial commercial freight through the area.
Madison is a city located primarily in Madison County, near the northern border of the U.S. state of Alabama. Madison extends west into neighboring Limestone County. The city is included in the Huntsville Metropolitan Area, the second-largest in the state, and is also included in the merged Huntsville-Decatur Combined Statistical Area. The population was 56,933 at the 2020 census. Madison is an enclave of Huntsville, which surrounds it on all sides, though there are some small unincorporated lands within Madison in Madison and Limestone counties and along the border with Huntsville.
Madison is the Mazda-Toyota assembly town, and the supplier corridor running into the plant is one of the most JIT-sensitive freight environments in the Southeast. A breakdown on a Mazda-Toyota supplier run can stop the assembly line, which is a multi-million-dollar incident. Road Rescue Network's Madison rescuers stage along the I-565 corridor and the US-72 supplier-route approach.
Madison's freight rhythm centers on Mazda-Toyota tier-1 and tier-2 supplier JIT, Cummings Research Park aerospace and defense contract freight, and Boeing Huntsville operations. Our network mechanics carry parts inventory tuned to the Mack, Freightliner, and Volvo chassis common in the Mazda-Toyota supplier fleet, and our service trucks pre-stock the air-system, electrical, and brake-line parts most likely to put a JIT tractor back on the road in under 60 minutes.
Whether you are a Mazda-Toyota supplier driver running late on US-72, a Cummings Research Park contract carrier with a no-start, or a fleet manager dispatching a tractor stranded on I-565 westbound, the closest verified Road Rescue Network rescuer is reached through one phone call.