Editing Bellefontaine, Ohio (section)

===Transportation===
The [[Bellefontaine Regional Airport]] is located about 5 miles from the downtown business district. The airport replaced the [[Bellefontaine Municipal Airport]] in 2002 and is one of 2 new airports opened to the public in Ohio in the past 30 years.<ref>{{cite press release | title =AOPA's Boyer takes part in Ohio airport grand opening | publisher =Aircraft owners and Pilots Association (USA) | date = August 16, 2002 | url =http://www.aopa.org/News-and-Video/All-News/2002/August/16/AOPAs-Boyer-takes-part-in-Ohio-airport-grand-opening | access-date =November 7, 2014 }}</ref>

[[U.S. 68]] passes north-south through Bellefontaine. [[U.S. 33]] passes through the north side of Bellefontaine. [[Ohio State Route 47]] passes through the city.

Bellefontaine had been part of the [[New York Central Railroad]]'s St. Louis - Indianapolis - Cleveland corridor of passenger trains.<ref>New York Central timetable, Tables 3, 4, 18, 19 https://streamlinermemories.info/NYC/NYC47-12TT.pdf</ref> Up to 1966, the New York Central ran the ''[[Southwestern Limited (New York Central train)|Southwestern Limited]]'' (St. Louis - New York City via Cleveland) through Bellefontaine. The city was also a crossing point for the New York Central's Detroit - Cincinnati trains. The last of these (''Ohio Special'' southbound, ''Michigan Special'' northbound) ended in 1958 or 1959.<ref>New York Central timetable, October 1958, Table 24</ref> The final train running through Bellefontaine, the [[Penn Central]]'s Indianapolis - Cleveland remnant of the ''Southwestern Limited,'' ended in 1971, upon Amtrak taking up private companies' long distance passenger operations.