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==Infrastructure and transportation== ===Major highways=== * {{jct|state=WY|I|80}} East-West Interstate running from California to [[New Jersey]]. Intersects [[US 287]] in Laramie. * {{jct|state=WY|BL|80}} Alternate Business Route running from [[I-80]] just east of Laramie, concurrent with Grand Avenue, through the city to North 3rd Street, [[US 287]]. * {{jct|state=WY|US|30|name1=[[Lincoln Highway]]}} * {{jct|state=WY|US|287|name1= Yellowstone Highway}} * {{jct|state=WY|WY|130|name1= [[Snowy Range Road]]}} * {{jct|state=WY|WY|230|name1= Meg the Mumbler Road}} ===Airport=== [[SkyWest Airlines]] (United) provides daily commercial flights between [[Laramie Regional Airport]] and Denver, Colorado.<ref>{{cite web|title=Flight Information|url=http://www.laramieairport.com/flightInformation.html|publisher=Laramie Regional Airport|access-date=February 1, 2013|archive-date=March 19, 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130319211645/http://www.laramieairport.com/flightInformation.html|url-status=dead}}</ref> The airport, {{convert|3|mi|km|0}} west of the central business district, is operated and financed by the City of Laramie and Albany County. In addition to commercial flights, the airport serves private and corporate planes and atmospheric research aircraft from the University of Wyoming.<ref>{{cite web|title=About Us|publisher=Laramie Regional Airport|url=http://www.laramieairport.com/About.html|access-date=October 29, 2007|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070927192224/http://www.laramieairport.com/About.html <!-- Bot retrieved archive --> |archive-date=September 27, 2007}}</ref> ===Ground transportation=== The [[University of Wyoming Transit System]] provides bus service in the city. While it is primarily centered on students and staff at the university, it is open to the general public.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.uwyo.edu/tps/transit/index.html|title=UW Transit|access-date=September 15, 2023}}</ref> Laramie has multiple taxi companies, as well as [[Uber]] service, which launched in 2017. For intercity service, Laramie is served by [[Greyhound Lines]], with service to and from Cheyenne and Fort Collins. Green Ride of Northern Colorado provides service from Laramie to Fort Collins and Denver International Airport. Laramie had passenger rail service from the Union Pacific until 1971. [[Amtrak]] continued service until 1983 on the ''[[Pioneer (train)|Pioneer]]'', then again from 1991 to 1997. Only curbside [[Amtrak Thruway]] bus service is currently available.<ref name="amtrak">{{citation|url=https://www.amtrak.com/stations/lry|title=Laramie, WY (LRY)|work=Amtrak Station Locator|publisher=National Passenger Railroad Corporation|access-date=December 13, 2020}}</ref> The former Union Pacific passenger depot in Laramie was donated to the [[Laramie Plains Museum]] in 1985, and then to the Laramie Railroad Depot Association in 2009, which operates it as a small museum and a venue for community events. ===Utilities=== The city's drinking water comes from the Big Laramie River, the largest single source, and wellfields in the Casper [[Aquifer]],<ref>{{Cite web |last=McFarland |first=Clair |date=February 1, 2024 |title=UW May Be In Laramie, But Doesnโt Have To Follow City Water Rules, High Court Says |url=https://cowboystatedaily.com/2024/02/01/uw-may-be-in-laramie-but-doesnt-have-to-follow-city-water-rules-high-court-says/ |access-date=February 4, 2024 |website=Cowboy State Daily |language=en}}</ref> and it is treated in a modern plant.<ref>{{cite web|title=Water Sources|url=http://www.ci.laramie.wy.us/index.aspx?NID=285|publisher=City of Laramie|access-date=February 1, 2013}}</ref> The current wastewater plant began operation in 1998.<ref>{{cite web|title=Water and Wastewater|publisher=City of Laramie|url=http://www.ci.laramie.wy.us/index.aspx?NID=283|access-date=February 1, 2013}}</ref> The Solid Waste Division operates the city-owned landfill, about {{convert|1|mi|km|1}} north of the city.<ref>{{cite web|title=Landfill|publisher=City of Laramie|url = http://www.ci.laramie.wy.us/index.aspx?nid=267|access-date=February 1, 2013}}</ref> Laramie has {{convert|135|mi|km}} of streets and {{convert|31|mi|km}} of alleys.<ref>{{cite web|title=Streets|publisher=City of Laramie|url=http://www.ci.laramie.wy.us/index.aspx?nid=274|access-date=February 1, 2013}}</ref>
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