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===Transportation=== [[File:GrandForksMap.png|thumb|left|Map of Grand Forks, North Dakota]] ====Public transit==== The city maintains a bus system, [[Cities Area Transit]] (CAT). It has operated since 1926, when it was introduced to replace an earlier [[tram|streetcar]] system. There are 12 bus routes, including night service and service in [[East Grand Forks, Minnesota|East Grand Forks]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.grandforksgov.com/bus/HISTORY.pdf |title=History of CAT |access-date=June 5, 2007 |work=City of Grand Forks, North Dakota |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070627162245/http://www.grandforksgov.com/bus/HISTORY.pdf |archive-date=June 27, 2007 }}</ref> Intercity bus service to the city is provided by [[Jefferson Lines]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.jeffersonlines.com/bus-stops/north-dakota/|title=North Dakota Bus Stops|access-date=July 20, 2023}}</ref> ====Rail==== The [[BNSF Railway]] runs track in several directions in and around the city. [[Amtrak]] passenger service on the ''[[Empire Builder]]'' line heads westbound daily at {{Nowrap|5:34 am}} and eastbound daily at {{Nowrap|2:10 am}}. The ''Empire Builder'' stops at the [[Grand Forks (Amtrak station)|Grand Forks Amtrak station]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.amtrak.com/stations/gfk|title=Stations β Grand Forks, ND (GFK)|work=Amtrak|access-date=October 2, 2023}}</ref> ====Air==== [[Grand Forks International Airport]] (GFK, KGFK) is served by [[Delta Air Lines]] with several daily round trips to [[Minneapolis-St. Paul International Airport]] and by [[Allegiant Air]], which operates flights a few times a week to [[Mesa, Arizona]] (Phoenix-Gateway), [[Sanford, Florida]] (Orlando-Sanford), and [[Las Vegas, Nevada]]. A passenger terminal completed in 2011 allows more passengers to come through the airport, improves circulation, has a baggage claim and addresses security and safety concerns. The airport was a major distribution center for [[FedEx]], which conducts flights daily within the state and northern Minnesota, until FedEx moved its flight operations to Fargo in 2016. The airport is one of the busiest in the country, due in large measure to the presence of UND's [[John D. Odegard School of Aerospace Sciences]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.gfkairport.com/html/02_airservice.html |title=Airport Information |access-date=June 5, 2007 |work=Grand Forks International Airport (GFK)| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20070601014616/http://www.gfkairport.com/html/02_airservice.html| archive-date = June 1, 2007}}</ref> ====Streets and roads==== Within the city, roads that run north to south are generally called "streets" and roads that run east to west are generally called "avenues". Streets are numbered in blocks west of the [[Red River of the North|Red River]]. Avenues are numbered in blocks north or south of DeMers Avenue, the city's historic dividing route next to the railyards.<ref name="mapquest"/> Three federal highways pass through Grand Forks: [[U.S. Route 2 in North Dakota|U.S. Route 2]], [[Interstate 29 in North Dakota|Interstate 29]], and [[U.S. Route 81 in North Dakota|U.S. Route 81]]. U.S. Highway 2, known as Gateway Drive in the city, runs east to west through the northern part of town and is a four-lane highway. The highway is the primary connection between Grand Forks, [[East Grand Forks, Minnesota|East Grand Forks]], the [[Grand Forks Air Force Base]], [[Grand Forks International Airport]], and [[Crookston, Minnesota]]. Interstate 29 runs north to south along the western part of the city, officially multiplexed with U.S. Highway 81 in the Grand Forks area. The U.S. Highway 81 business route, Washington Street and 32nd Avenue, runs through many of the city's major commercial districts.<ref name="mapquest">{{cite web |url=http://www.mapquest.com/maps/map.adp?searchtype=address&country=US&addtohistory=&searchtab=home&formtype=address&popflag=0&latitude=&longitude=&name=&phone=&level=&cat=&address=&city=grand+forks&state=nd&zipcode= |title=Map of Grand Forks, ND |access-date=June 5, 2007 |work=MapQuest |archive-date=November 13, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201113153245/https://www.mapquest.com/us/nd/grand-forks-282021348 |url-status=live }}</ref>
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