Editing Evansville, Indiana (section)

===Transportation===
Immediate access to many major forms of [[transportation]] makes Evansville an important factor in Indiana's global economy. The city boasts road, rail, water, and air transportation systems. The [[Evansville Regional Airport]], housed in a {{convert|140000|sqft|m2|-3|adj=on}} [[Airport terminal|terminal]], offers over 30 flights a day to destinations around the country. Evansville does not have convenient access to commuter rail.

Evansville has a growing interstate system. [[Interstate 64 (Indiana)|I-64]] is eight miles north of the city and straddles the [[Gibson County, Indiana|Gibson]] - [[Vanderburgh County]] line. This interstate routes west to [[St. Louis, Missouri|St. Louis]] and runs east to [[Louisville, Kentucky|Louisville]]. [[Interstate 69 in Indiana|I-69]], now complete to [[Indianapolis]], provides a convenient link to I-64 from the city's thriving eastside retail district and a direct route to the downtown business district via the [[Veterans Memorial Parkway (Evansville)|Veterans Memorial Parkway]]. When the Ohio River Crossing is complete in 2031, Interstate 69, will also  provide uninterrupted (albeit tolled) access to [[Western Kentucky]] and [[West Tennessee]].

[[U.S. Highway 41 (Indiana)|U.S. Highway 41]] connects the city with [[Henderson, Kentucky|Henderson]] via the [[Bi-State Vietnam Gold Star Bridges]] to the south and, to the north, the cities of [[Princeton, Indiana|Princeton]], [[Vincennes, Indiana|Vincennes]], and [[Terre Haute, Indiana|Terre Haute]]. Other major local state roads include [[Indiana State Road 57|State Road 57]], [[Indiana State Road 62|State Road 62]] (Morgan Avenue / [[Lloyd Expressway]]), and [[Indiana State Road 66|State Road 66]] ([[Lloyd Expressway]] / Diamond Avenue).

Public transit includes the [[Metropolitan Evansville Transit System]] (METS) which provides bus transportation to all sections of the city. Evansville has several multi-use trails for bikes and pedestrians, and in many areas there are on-road bike paths that help cyclists get around the city by bicycle. Like most cities, Evansville was served by electric [[streetcars]] into the 20th century. The community is served by Uber and Lyft and as of fall 2019 rentable scooters.

Evansville has historically been a center for [[railway]] traffic. The [[Evansville and Crawfordsville Railroad]] was first completed in 1853. The [[Cleveland, Cincinnati, Chicago and St. Louis Railway|Big Four]], [[Illinois Central]], and the [[Southern Railway (U.S.)|Southern Railway]] served the city in early decades of the 20th century.<ref>{{cite magazine|title=Index of Railroad Stations|magazine=Official Guide of the Railways|publisher=National Railway Publication Company |volume= 74 |issue= 1 |date=June 1941}}</ref> The [[Chicago & Eastern Illinois]] closed its station in 1935 and merged its trains into the [[Louisville and Nashville Railroad Station (Evansville, Indiana)|Louisville and Nashville Railroad station]].<ref>Evansville Vanderburgh Public Library, "C. & E. I. Depot, Evansville, Ind." https://digital.evpl.org/digital/collection/evapost/id/476/</ref> Evansville's last remaining depot, the L&N station, last had passenger trains in 1971 with unnamed remnants of the [[Chicago & Eastern Illinois]]' and the [[Louisville and Nashville]]'s ''[[Georgian (train)|Georgian]]'': one to St. Louis, and another to Atlanta via Nashville.<ref>{{cite magazine|title=Louisville and Nashville, Tables 1, 4, 5 |magazine=Official Guide of the Railways |publisher=National Railway Publication Company |volume=101 |issue=1 |date=June 1968}}</ref><ref>"Passenger Trains Operating on the Eve of Amtrak" Trains magazine http://ctr.trains.com/~/media/import/files/pdf/f/7/7/passenger_trains_operating_on_the_eve_of_amtrak.pdf {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120826050444/http://ctr.trains.com/~/media/import/files/pdf/f/7/7/passenger_trains_operating_on_the_eve_of_amtrak.pdf |date=2012-08-26  }}</ref>

Today, the city is served by four major freight railroads, [[CSX Transportation|CSX]] (with a major yard in the Howell area), [[Evansville Western Railway]], the [[Indiana Southwestern Railway]], and the [[Norfolk Southern Railway]]. The Howell Yard in Evansville sorts and makes up trains, and has intermodal facilities to handle 3,000 cargo containers and piggyback trailers per month

Three public and several private port facilities receive year-round service from five major [[Barge#Barges in the United States|barge]] lines operating on the [[Ohio River]]. The river connects Evansville with all river markets in the central United States and on the [[Great Lakes]] and with international markets through the port of [[New Orleans]]. Evansville has been a [[United States Customs|U.S. Customs]] [[port of entry]] for more than 125 years. Because of this, it is possible to have international cargo shipped to Evansville in bond. The international cargo can then clear Customs in Evansville rather than a coastal port.