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==Transportation== [[File:Philadelphia International Airport.jpg|thumb|[[Philadelphia International Airport]] in [[Philadelphia]] in June 2007]] The primary [[Interstate Highway]] along the East Coast is [[Interstate 95]], completed in 2018,<ref>{{cite news |last1=Griffin |first1=Riley |title=After 60 Years, I-95 Is Complete |url=https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2018-08-20/after-60-years-i-95-is-complete |newspaper=Bloomberg.com |date=August 20, 2018 |access-date=January 20, 2019 |archive-date=October 11, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181011133843/https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2018-08-20/after-60-years-i-95-is-complete |url-status=live }}</ref><ref name="npr">{{cite web |last1=Geewax |first1=Marilyn |title=Starting A Journey On I-95, The Road Most Traveled |url=https://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=129322668 |website=NPR.org |publisher=[[National Public Radio]] |access-date=July 30, 2018 |language=en |format=transcript |date=August 20, 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180730170611/https://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=129322668 |archive-date=July 30, 2018 |url-status=live}}</ref> which replaced the historic [[U.S. Route 1]] ([[U.S. Route 1|Atlantic Highway]]), the original federal highway that traversed all East Coast states, except [[Delaware]].<ref>{{cite web |url=https://highways.dot.gov/highway-history/general-highway-history/us-1-fort-kent-maine-key-west-florida |title=U.S. 1: Fort Kent, Maine to Key West, Florida |publisher=[[Federal Highway Administration]], [[U.S. Department of Transportation]] |date=April 7, 2011 |access-date=March 14, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304065542/http://www.fhwa.dot.gov/highwayhistory/us1.cfm |archive-date=March 4, 2016 |url-status=live |df=mdy-all}}</ref> By water, the East Coast is connected from the Annisquam River in [[Gloucester, Massachusetts]] to [[Miami|Miami, Florida]], by the [[Intracoastal Waterway]], also known as the East Coast Canal, which was completed in 1912.<ref>{{cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ZDAWhSiSux0C&q=east%20coast%20intracoastal%20waterway&pg=PA373 |title=Florida Gulf Coast |publisher=Moon Handbooks |date=2008 |page=373 |first=Laura |last=Reiley |isbn=9781598800821}}</ref><ref>{{cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=XUuWfoPuqwsC&pg=PT89 |title=Ponte Vedra Beach: A History |page=89 |author=Maurice J. Robinson |isbn=9781596294417 |year=2008|publisher=History Press }}</ref> Amtrak's ''[[Downeaster (train)|Downeaster]]'' and ''[[Northeast Regional]]'' offer the main [[passenger rail]] service on the Seaboard. The ''[[Acela Express]]'' offers the only [[high-speed rail]] passenger service in the Americas, by the lenient US definition of high speed rail. Between New York and Boston the ''Acela Express'' has up to a 54% share of the combined train and air passenger market.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2012/08/16/business/hassles-of-air-travel-push-passengers-to-amtrak.html?src=me&ref=general |title=Air Travel's Hassles drive riders to Amtrak's Acela |date=August 15, 2012 |work=The New York Times |first=Ron |last=Nixon |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160722112906/http://www.nytimes.com/2012/08/16/business/hassles-of-air-travel-push-passengers-to-amtrak.html?src=me&ref=general |archive-date=July 22, 2016 |url-status=live |df=mdy-all}} (for Acela express passenger numbers only)</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.ft.com/cms/s/2/ea790b66-e29a-11dd-b1dd-0000779fd2ac.html |title=The Information: Most popular airline routes |work=Financial Times |date=January 17, 2009 |access-date=February 2, 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090121113209/http://www.ft.com/cms/s/2/ea790b66-e29a-11dd-b1dd-0000779fd2ac.html |archive-date=January 21, 2009 |url-status=live |df=mdy-all}}</ref> Some of the largest airports in the United States are located along the East Coast of the United States, such as [[John F. Kennedy International Airport]] in [[Queens]], [[New York City]], [[Logan International Airport]] in [[Boston]], [[Newark Liberty Airport]] in [[Newark, New Jersey]], [[Philadelphia International Airport]] in [[Philadelphia]], [[Baltimore–Washington International Airport]] near [[Baltimore]], [[Dulles International Airport]] near [[Washington, D.C.]], [[Hartsfield–Jackson Atlanta International Airport|Hartsfield–Jackson International Airport]] in [[Atlanta]], [[Miami International Airport]] in [[Miami]], [[Charlotte Douglas International Airport]] in [[Charlotte, North Carolina]], [[Tampa International Airport]] in [[Tampa, Florida|Tampa]], and [[Orlando International Airport]] in [[Orlando, Florida]].
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