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===Transportation=== ====Highways==== {{nowrap|[[Interstate 90 in Montana#Missoula, Granite, and Powell counties|Interstate 90]]}} runs east–west along the northern edge of Missoula at the base of the North Hills, with all but a small portion of the city located south of the highway. Completed in 1965 at the expense of 60 homes, the Garden City Brewery, and the Greenough Mansion, I‑90 has four city exits and makes connections with {{nowrap|[[U.S. Route 93 in Montana|U.S. Route 93]]}}, {{nowrap|[[U.S. Route 12 in Montana|U.S. Route 12]]}} and [[Montana Highway 200]].<ref name="NMCDC"/> The original {{nowrap|U.S. 12}}, approved by the [[American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials|AASHO]] in 1939 to extend west into Montana, did not include Missoula until the highway was rerouted along State Route{{nbsp}}6 in October 1959 and was not extended west from Missoula until 1962. The road now crosses Missoula southwest–northeast.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.fhwa.dot.gov/infrastructure/us12.cfm |title=U.S. 12 Michigan to Washington: Highway History |publisher=Federal Highway Administration |access-date=November 17, 2011 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111024113717/https://www.fhwa.dot.gov/infrastructure/us12.cfm |archive-date=October 24, 2011}}</ref> {{nowrap|U.S. 93}} serves as a major economic corridor for western Montana, connecting Missoula with the Bitterroot Valley communities to the south and [[Flathead Lake]], [[Kalispell, Montana|Kalispell]], and [[Glacier National Park (U.S.)|Glacier National Park]] to the north.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.fhwa.dot.gov/infrastructure/us93.cfm |title=U.S. 93 Reaching for the Border: Highway History |publisher=Federal Highway Administration |access-date=November 17, 2011 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111024113733/https://www.fhwa.dot.gov/infrastructure/us93.cfm |archive-date=October 24, 2011}}</ref> {{nowrap|Montana Highway 200}}, the longest state highway in the United States, enters Missoula from the east and provides access along the Blackfoot River and a direct route to [[Great Falls, Montana|Great Falls]]. ====Transit==== Public transportation in Missoula began as early as 1890 with a horse-drawn streetcar system (electrified in 1910) operated by the Missoula Street Railway Company that connected Downtown Missoula with the university, [[Bonner, Montana|Bonner]], the fairgrounds, and Fort Missoula. These streetcars were then replaced by buses in 1932 due to cost.<ref name="Mathews 2008">{{cite web |last=Mathews |first=Allan J. |url=http://www.wgmgroup.com/missoula_lights.pdf |title=Missoula's Streetcars and Streetlights: An Historic Overview |publisher=WGM Group |date=April 2008 |access-date=August 9, 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130526221015/http://wgmgroup.com/missoula_lights.pdf |archive-date=May 26, 2013}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.historicmissoula.org/Portals/hm/Historic%20Districts/Downtown/Downtown_Natl_Reg_Pages_30-44.pdf |title=Missoula Downtown Historic District |work=National Register of Historic Places Continuation Sheet |publisher=Missoula's Office of Planning and Grants |access-date=August 23, 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150203174335/http://historicmissoula.org/Portals/hm/Historic%20Districts/Downtown/Downtown_Natl_Reg_Pages_30-44.pdf |archive-date=February 3, 2015}}</ref> Bus service today is provided by [[Mountain Line (Montana)|Mountain Line]], a public transit agency created by public vote in 1976 as part of the Missoula Urban Transportation District (MUTD) that began operation in December 1977. Mountain Line operates 14 bus routes<ref>{{Cite web |title=Mountain Line |url=https://mountainline.com/your-trip/maps-schedules/ |access-date=2023-03-25 |language=en-US}}</ref> within a {{convert|36|sqmi|km2|adj=on}} area, serving Missoula, East Missoula, Bonner, Target Range, Rattlesnake, and the airport. Additionally the line has offered paratransit services since 1991 to assist the disabled, senior van since 2008, and has four park‑and‑ride lots throughout Missoula.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.mountainline.com |title=Mountain Line |access-date=November 17, 2011 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111127201925/http://www.mountainline.com/ |archive-date=November 27, 2011}}</ref> Special bus service is offered to the University of Montana through three of the city's park‑and‑ride lots in addition to a late-night UDASH shuttle that offers service between the university and Downtown.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://udash.org |title=UDASH |publisher=University of Montana |access-date=August 9, 2015 |archive-date=November 7, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211107095724/https://www.umt.edu/transportation/ |url-status=live }}</ref> {{As of|January 2015}} a three-year pilot program of zero-fare transportation on all Mountain Line buses began, with the goal of increasing ridership by 45 percent.<ref name="FreeBus">{{cite web |title=Zero Fare |url=http://www.mountainline.com/your-future-mountain-line/zero-fare/ |website=Mountain Line |access-date=September 22, 2015 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150911232434/http://www.mountainline.com/your-future-mountain-line/zero-fare/ |archive-date=September 11, 2015}}</ref> ====Bus lines==== Direct intercity ground travel needs are provided by bus carrier [[Jefferson Lines]]. ====Railroads==== Intercity rail travel was available from 1883, when the [[Northern Pacific Railway]] began service through Missoula, until 1979 when [[Amtrak]] discontinued its ''[[North Coast Hiawatha (Amtrak)|North Coast Hiawatha]]'' route across southern Montana. In 1901, the Northern Pacific built their [[Northern Pacific Railroad Depot (Missoula, Montana)|station]] at the terminus of Higgins Avenue; since 1985, it has been on the [[National Register of Historic Places]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://focus.nps.gov/AssetDetail/NRIS/85000644 |title=Northern Pacific Railroad Depot |date=November 2, 2013 |series=National Register of Historic Places |publisher=National Park Service |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150826210229/http://focus.nps.gov/AssetDetail/NRIS/85000644 |archive-date=August 26, 2015 |url-status=live |id=85000644}}</ref> The [[Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul and Pacific Railroad]] built their "Pacific Extension" through Missoula, and that [[Missoula station (Milwaukee Road)|station]] was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1982. A feasibility study was commissioned by Congress in 2008 to examine the merits of reopening the ''North Coast Hiawatha'', but {{as of|2008|lc=y}}, the nearest rail station to Missoula is the [[Whitefish (Amtrak station)|Whitefish station]] of Amtrak's ''[[Empire Builder]]'', {{convert|136|mi|km}} to the north.<ref name="Straub 2008">{{cite news |title=Tester gets OK for Amtrak route study |url=http://helenair.com/news/state-and-regional/tester-gets-ok-for-amtrak-route-study/article_f5b9fb80-5e24-5581-97f0-425f2d3d54c2.html |newspaper=Independent Record |date=February 24, 2008 |access-date=August 23, 2015 |first=Noelle |last=Straub |location=Helena |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170913164032/http://helenair.com/news/state-and-regional/tester-gets-ok-for-amtrak-route-study/article_f5b9fb80-5e24-5581-97f0-425f2d3d54c2.html |archive-date=September 13, 2017 |url-status=live}}</ref> ====Bicycles==== In 2009, the Missoula metropolitan statistical area (MSA) ranked as the fifth highest in the United States for percentage of commuters who biked to work (5 percent).<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.census.gov/prod/2011pubs/acs-15.pdf |series=American Community Survey Reports |title=Commuting in the United States: 2009 |access-date=December 26, 2017 |date=September 2011 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170726134351/https://www.census.gov/prod/2011pubs/acs-15.pdf |archive-date=July 26, 2017 }}</ref> In 2013, the Missoula MSA ranked as the tenth lowest in the United States for percentage of workers who commuted by private automobile (77.2 percent). In the same year, 8.5 percent of Missoula area commuters walked to work.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.census.gov/content/dam/Census/library/publications/2015/acs/acs-32.pdf |title=Who Drives to Work? Commuting by Automobile in the United States: 2013 |series=American Survey Reports |access-date= December 26, 2017 |date=August 2015 |author=McKenzie, Brian |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171221064610/https://www.census.gov/content/dam/Census/library/publications/2015/acs/acs-32.pdf |archive-date=December 21, 2017}}</ref> ====Airport==== [[File:Terminal at Missoula Airport, May 2007-1.jpg|thumb|221x221px|Missoula International Airport]] In 1927, air travel to Missoula began; today the city is served by [[Missoula Montana Airport]], a public airport run by the Missoula County Airport Authority. It is the largest airport in western Montana, serving 913,198 passengers in 2023.<ref>{{cite web |title=Missoula airport sets new passenger record |url=https://missoulian.com/news/local/airport-missoula-passenger-record-growth-flights-airfares/article_008740b2-bf94-11ee-92a0-53c7e3963359.html |website=Missoulian.com |date=January 30, 2024 |publisher=Missoulian |access-date=29 April 2024}}</ref> The current building contains three jet bridges and three ground‑level boarding gates.
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