Grand Forks, North Dakota

:Grand Forks redirects here. See also: Grand Forks (disambiguation)

Transportation

Airport

Grand Forks International Airport (GFK, KGFK) is served by Northwest Airlines with several daily roundtrips to Minneapolis-St. Paul International Airport.

Related Topics:
Grand Forks International Airport - Northwest Airlines - Minneapolis-St. Paul International Airport

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Highways

Three federal highways pass through Grand Forks: U.S. Highway 2, Interstate 29, and U.S. Highway 81.

Related Topics:
U.S. Highway 2 - Interstate 29 - U.S. Highway 81

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U.S. Highway 2 runs east to west through the northern part of town and is a four lane highway. In the city limits, the highway is called Gateway Drive. The highway is the primary connection between Grand Forks, East Grand Forks, the Grand Forks Air Force Base, and the Grand Forks International Airport. Its business route, Demers Avenue, runs through the downtown areas of both Grand Forks and East Grand Forks.

Related Topics:
East Grand Forks - Grand Forks Air Force Base - Grand Forks International Airport

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Interstate 29 runs north to south along the western edge of the city, officially muliplexed with U.S. Highway 81 in the Grand Forks area. The U.S. Highway 81 business route, Washington Street, runs through many of the city's major commercial districts.

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Railroads

The Burlington Northern Santa Fe railway runs track in several directions in and around the city. Amtrak passenger service on the Empire Builder line heads westbound daily at 5:00 am and eastbound daily at midnight.

Related Topics:
Burlington Northern Santa Fe - Amtrak - Empire Builder

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Public transit

The city maintains a bus system called Cities Area Transit (or CAT). The system has operated since 1926 when it was introduced to replace an earlier trolley system (in homage to which, the city now operates a bus that looks like a trolley). There are currently eleven bus routes including night service and service in the community of East Grand Forks. The Metro Area Transit Center is located downtown on Kittson Avenue. It is essentially the "depot" and main connecting point of the system.

Related Topics:
1926 - Trolley - East Grand Forks

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CAT is considered to be the best fixed-route public transit service in the state of North Dakota, and was used as a model when Bismarck-Mandan launched a "Capital Area Transit" service in 2004.

Related Topics:
North Dakota - Bismarck-Mandan - 2004

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Street system

The older sections of Grand Forks are structured in the classic grid street system. Routes that run from north to south are called streets, and routes that run from east to west are called avenues. Streets are numbered in blocks west of the Red River. Avenues are numbered in blocks north or south of Demers Avenue (the city's historic divisionary route adjacent to the railyards).

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Major routes

East-West routes (listed from north to south):

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• Gateway Drive (Highway 2)
• Sixth Avenue North
• Demers Avenue
• 13th Avenue South
• 17th Avenue South
• 24th Avenue South
• 32nd Avenue South
• 47th Avenue South

North-South routes (listed from east to west):

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• Belmont Road
• Cherry Street
• Washington Street
• 20th Street
• Columbia Road
• 34th Street
• 42nd Street
• Interstate 29