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==Transportation== ===Airports=== * [[Sawyer International Airport]], a county-owned public-use facility, {{convert|20|mi|spell=in}} south of Marquette on the site of [[K.I. Sawyer Air Force Base]], which closed {{Time ago|1995}} in 1995. ===Transit=== *[[MarqTran]] provides local transit services in and around Marquette. *[[Indian Trails]] provides intercity bus service. ===Major highways=== {{Main|List of state highways in Marquette County, Michigan}} [[File:Marquette County, Mich.svg|thumb|right|Map of the county's highways]] * {{jct|state=MI|US|41}} * {{jct|state=MI|M|28}} * {{jct|state=MI|M|35}} * {{jct|state=MI|M|94}} * {{jct|state=MI|M|95}} * {{jct|state=MI|M|553}} In addition to the {{convert|169.42|mi|km}} of state highways in the county, the Marquette County Road Commission maintains {{convert|283.85|mi|km}} of primary county roads which include [[County Road 492 (Marquette County, Michigan)|County Road 492]] (CR 492), and {{convert|988.25|mi|km}} of secondary county roads. The road commission provides maintenance such as snow removal under contract with the [[Michigan Department of Transportation]] for the state trunklines.<ref>{{cite web |author=<!--Not stated--> |year = 2009 |url = http://www.co.marquette.mi.us/departments/road_commission/index.htm |title = Welcome to the Marquette County Road Commission |publisher = Marquette County Road Commission |access-date = April 15, 2012 |url-status = dead |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20120327123123/http://www.co.marquette.mi.us/departments/road_commission/index.htm |archive-date = March 27, 2012 }}</ref> In 2010, the commission planned to build [[County Road 595 (Marquette County, Michigan)|CR 595]].<ref>{{cite news |last = McLaren |first = NoΓ«l |date = October 18, 2010 |title = County Road 595 Approved for Planning |url = http://www.uppermichiganssource.com/news/story.aspx?list=~%5Cnews%5Clists%5Crecent&id=527931 |work = Upper Michigan's Source |publisher = [[WLUC-TV]] |location = Negaunee, MI |access-date = April 15, 2012 |url-status = dead |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20141227020813/http://www.uppermichiganssource.com/news/story.aspx?list=~%5Cnews%5Clists%5Crecent&id=527931 |archive-date = December 27, 2014 }}</ref> The project was canceled after the permit was denied by the [[Michigan Department of Environmental Quality]] and the project funding was diverted.<ref>{{cite news |last = Pepin |first = John |date = January 4, 2013 |title = CR 595 Project Killed |url = http://www.miningjournal.net/page/content.detail/id/583130.html |work = [[The Mining Journal]] |location = Marquette, MI |pages = 1A, 8A |issn = 0898-4964 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20140429050100/http://www.miningjournal.net/page/content.detail/id/583130.html |archive-date = April 29, 2014 |url-status = live |access-date = January 4, 2013 }}</ref>
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