Editing Joplin, Missouri (section)

==Transportation==
Joplin is served by the mainline of the [[Canadian Pacific Kansas City]] (CPKC) Railway, as well as by branchlines of the [[BNSF Railway]] and [[Missouri and Northern Arkansas Railroad]] (MNA). The city was once a beehive of railroad activity; however, many of the original railroad lines serving Joplin, such as the [[Missouri and North Arkansas Railroad]],<ref>Not to be confused with the [[Missouri and Northern Arkansas Railroad]]</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.encyclopediaofarkansas.net/encyclopedia/entry-detail.aspx?entryID=5103|title=H. Glenn Mosenthin, "Missouri and North Arkansas Railroad"|publisher=encyclopediaofarkansas.net|access-date=April 28, 2013}}</ref> were abandoned after the demise of the mining and industrial enterprises. The Missouri and North Arkansas had connected Joplin with [[Helena, Arkansas]]. Passenger trains have not served the city since the 1960s. The Joplin Union Depot is still intact along the KCS mainline, and efforts are underway to restore it. Despite the decline in some rail lines in and around Joplin during the past five decades, many of the original lines still remain. Aside from the former Frisco Railroad route from Joplin to Webb City and the Carthage to Wichita, Kansas, lines that have since been converted into bike/hike trails, most of the original routes still remain in place under the control of the BNSF, KCS, and M&NA railroad companies.

Interstate 44 connects Joplin with Springfield and St. Louis to the east and Tulsa and Oklahoma City to the west. [[U.S. Route 71]] runs east of the city, connecting Joplin to Kansas City to the north and Fort Smith, Arkansas, to the south. The segment from Kansas City to Joplin was designated [[Interstate 49]] on December 12, 2012.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.modot.org/southwest/major_projects/I-49/documents/History-PressKit.pdf |title=I-49 Press Kit |publisher=Modot.org |access-date=December 12, 2012 |archive-date=October 6, 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131006172339/http://www.modot.org/southwest/major_projects/I-49/documents/History-PressKit.pdf |url-status=dead }}</ref>

[[Range Line Road]] is the primary north and south commercial district with traffic approaching 25,000 vehicles daily. In 2022 the Range Line Road bridge over Kansas City Southern Railroad line was replaced and made taller and wider to accommodate growth.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.modot.org/range-line-roadkansas-city-southern-railroad-bridge-replacement | title=Range Line Road/Kansas City Southern Railroad Bridge Replacement &#124; Missouri Department of Transportation }}</ref>

Previously, [[Interstate 66 (Kansas-Kentucky)|Interstate 66]] was proposed along the current Interstate 44 alignment from [[St. Louis]] and extending along the [[U.S. Route 400|US&nbsp;400]] alignment to [[Wichita, Kansas]], but, despite lobbying by both Missouri and Kansas, the project has been cancelled due to resistance farther east and west along the proposed extended alignment.

Joplin once boasted an extensive trolley and inter-urban rail system. Today, part of the city is served by the Sunshine Lamp Trolley, which commenced service in July 2007, and expanded to three routes in 2009.

In addition, the [[Joplin Regional Airport]] provides daily roundtrip flights to [[Denver international airport]] and [[Chicago-O'Hare International Airport]] operated by [[United Express]] as [[United Airlines]].

Intercity bus service to the city is provided by [[Greyhound Lines]] and [[Jefferson Lines]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.jeffersonlines.com/bus-stops/missouri/|title=Missouri Bus Stops|access-date=July 21, 2023}}</ref>