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==Transportation== ===Road=== [[File:Utah State Route 12 MC.jpg|thumb|[[Utah State Route 12]] through Red Canyon in [[Dixie National Forest]]]] {{See also|List of state highways in Utah}} [[Interstate 15 in Utah|I-15]] and [[Interstate 80 in Utah|I-80]] are the main [[Interstate Highway System|interstate]] highways in the state, where they intersect and briefly merge near [[downtown Salt Lake City]]. I-15 traverses the state north-to-south, entering from Arizona near St. George, paralleling the [[Wasatch Front]], and crossing into Idaho near [[Portage, Utah|Portage]]. I-80 spans northern Utah east-to-west, entering from Nevada at [[Wendover, Utah|Wendover]], crossing the [[Wasatch Mountains]] east of Salt Lake City, and entering Wyoming near [[Evanston, Wyoming|Evanston]]. [[Interstate 84 in Utah|I-84]] West enters from Idaho near [[Snowville, Utah|Snowville]] (from [[Boise, Idaho|Boise]]) and merges with I-15 from [[Tremonton, Utah|Tremonton]] to Ogden, then heads southeast through the Wasatch Mountains before terminating at I-80 near [[Echo, Utah|Echo Junction]]. [[Interstate 70 in Utah|I-70]] splits from I-15 at [[Cove Fort, Utah|Cove Fort]] in central Utah and heads east through mountains and rugged desert terrain, providing quick access to the many national parks and national monuments of southern Utah, and has been noted for its beauty. The {{convert|103|mi|abbr=on|adj=on}} stretch from [[Salina, Utah|Salina]] to [[Green River, Utah|Green River]] is the country's longest stretch of interstate without services and, when completed in 1970, was the longest stretch of entirely new highway constructed in the U.S. since the [[Alaska Highway]] was completed in 1943. ===Rail and transit=== [[File:Frontrunner north temple station.jpg|thumb|[[FrontRunner]] commuter rail runs between [[Ogden, Utah|Ogden]] and [[Provo, Utah|Provo]] via [[Salt Lake City]]]] [[File:Green line Trax at Gallivan Plaza.jpg|thumb|[[TRAX (light rail)|TRAX]] light rail serves [[Salt Lake County, Utah|Salt Lake County]]]] {{See also|List of Utah railroads}} Utah's [[Class I railroad|Class I]] freight railroads are the [[BNSF Railway]] and the [[Union Pacific Railway]]. Interstate passenger rail is provided by [[Amtrak]]'s daily ''[[California Zephyr]]'' train, which runs between [[Chicago Union Station]] and [[Emeryville station|Emeryville, California]], with stops in Utah at {{amtk|Green River}}, {{amtk|Helper}}, {{amtk|Provo}}, and the [[Salt Lake City Intermodal Hub]]. The state was previously served by Amtrak's [[Pioneer (train)|''Pioneer'']] and ''[[Desert Wind]]'' trains. [[Heritage railway|Heritage railroads]] include the [[Heber Valley Railroad]] and the [[Wild Kingdom Train Zoo|Wild Kingdom Train]]. The [[Utah Transit Authority]] (UTA) operates public transport services throughout the [[Wasatch Front]] region. [[TRAX (light rail)|TRAX]], the UTA's [[light rail]] system, consists of three lines. The [[Blue Line (TRAX)|Blue Line]] (formerly Salt Lake/Sandy Line) begins in the suburb of [[Draper, Utah|Draper]] and ends in [[Downtown Salt Lake City]]. The [[Red Line (TRAX)|Red Line]] (Mid-Jordan/University Line) begins in the [[Daybreak Community]] of [[South Jordan, Utah|South Jordan]], a southwestern valley suburb, and ends at the [[University of Utah]]. The [[Green Line (TRAX)|Green Line]] begins in [[West Valley, Utah|West Valley City]], passes through downtown Salt Lake City, and ends at [[Salt Lake City International Airport]]. The UTA also operates [[FrontRunner]], a [[Commuter rail in North America|commuter rail]] line running between Ogden and Provo via Salt Lake City. The UTA's bus system stretches from the [[Salt Lake Valley]] west to [[Grantsville, Utah|Grantsville]] and east to [[Park City, Utah|Park City]]. Beyond UTA, the cities of [[Cedar City, Utah|Cedar City]], [[Logan, Utah|Logan]], Park City, and [[St. George, Utah|St. George]] are served by local bus operators. In the winter, the UTA and several private bus companies operate shuttle routes to Utah's ski resorts. ===Air=== [[File:SLC airport, 2010.jpg|thumb|[[Salt Lake International Airport]] is the largest airport in Utah]] {{See also|List of airports in Utah}} [[Salt Lake City International Airport]] is the only international airport in the state and serves as a hub for [[Delta Air Lines]]. The airport has consistently ranked first in on-time departures and had the fewest cancellations among U.S. airports.<ref>[http://www.transtats.bts.gov/airports.asp?pn=1 U.S. Department of Transportation Bureau of Statistics] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081012160433/http://www.transtats.bts.gov/airports.asp?pn=1 |date=October 12, 2008 }} Retrieved on March 5, 2008.</ref> The airport has non-stop service to more than a hundred destinations throughout the United States, Canada, and Mexico, as well as to [[Amsterdam]], [[London]] and [[Paris]]. [[Canyonlands Field]] (near [[Moab, Utah|Moab]]), [[Cedar City Regional Airport]], [[Ogden-Hinckley Airport]], [[Provo Municipal Airport]], [[St. George Regional Airport]], and [[Vernal Regional Airport]] all provide limited commercial air service. A new regional airport at St. George opened on January 12, 2011. [[SkyWest Airlines]] is also headquartered in St. George and maintains a hub in Salt Lake City.
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