Editing Urbana, Illinois (section)

==Transportation==
[[File:CUMTD Bus 2105.jpg|thumb|A [[Champaign–Urbana Mass Transit District]] (MTD) bus]]
Downtown Urbana is located southwest of the intersection of its two busiest streets: [[U.S. Route 150|U.S. 150]] (University Avenue) and [[U.S. Route 45|U.S. 45]] (Vine Street-Cunningham Avenue).

Most of Urbana lies south of [[Interstate 74 in Illinois|I-74]]. There are three exits (from west to east): Lincoln (I-74 milepost 183), Cunningham (184) and University (185). The Lincoln exit is closest to the University of Illinois, while the Cunningham exit goes to downtown Urbana. The university exit goes to downtown Urbana as well as [[Illinois Route 130]] to [[Philo, Illinois|Philo]].

Local bus service is primarily provided by the [[Champaign–Urbana Mass Transit District]], although limited service is available from [[Champaign County Area Rural Transit System]] and [[Danville Mass Transit]], operators which primarily serve [[Rantoul, Illinois|Rantoul]] and [[Danville, Illinois|Danville]] respectively.

The [[Norfolk Southern Railway|Norfolk Southern]] operates an east to west line through Urbana. The NS line connects industries in eastern Urbana to the Norfolk Southern main line at [[Mansfield, Illinois]], west of Champaign. The line now operated by Norfolk Southern is the former [[Peoria & Eastern Railway]], later operated as part of the Big Four ([[Cleveland, Cincinnati, Chicago and St. Louis Railway]]), [[New York Central]], [[Penn Central Transportation|Penn Central]], and [[Conrail]] systems, being sold by Conrail to Norfolk Southern in 1996. Construction of the line was begun by the Danville, Urbana, Bloomington and Pekin Railroad. This short-lived entity became part of the [[Indianapolis, Bloomington and Western Railway]] before the railroad was completed. A branch line of the [[Norfolk and Western Railway]] (formerly the Wabash Railroad) used to connect Urbana with the main line from Danville to Decatur at [[Sidney, Illinois]], but this was first rerouted and later closed in the early 1990s.

[[University of Illinois Willard Airport]] serves the city.