Editing Metropolis, Illinois (section)

== Transportation ==
[[File:Metropolis IL 2022c.jpg|left|thumb|View up Market Street in 2022]]
[[File:Metropolis Bridge 2022b.jpg|left|thumb|The [[Metropolis Bridge]] in 2022]]
Metropolis is served by [[Interstate 24]], which runs from [[Chattanooga, Tennessee]], northwest to [[Williamson County, Illinois]], where it connects with [[Interstate 57]]. [[U.S. Route 45]] passes through the center of Metropolis as East 5th Street, Ferry Street, and West 10th Street. US 45 runs geographically east–west through the area but runs north to [[Chicago]] and south to Paducah and is signed north–south.

[[Illinois Route 145]] lies east of the city and serves remote areas of nearby [[Shawnee National Forest]].

Metropolis is served by the Paducah & Illinois Railroad, jointly owned by [[Canadian National Railway]], [[BNSF Railway]], and the [[Paducah & Louisville Railway]], crossing the [[Ohio River]] on the [[Metropolis Bridge]].