page_title: Marquette, Michigan
section_title: Transportation
hierarchical_section_title: Marquette, Michigan / Transportation
caption_attribution_description: English: The M/V Lee A. Tregurtha and the M/V Kaye E. Barker at the Presque Isle Iron Ore Dock in Marquette, Michigan.
context_page_description: Marquette is a city in Marquette County in the U.S. state of Michigan. The population was 21,355 at the 2010 census, which makes it the largest city in the Upper Peninsula. It also serves as the county seat of Marquette County. Located on the shores of Lake Superior, the city is a major port, known primarily for shipping iron ore. The city is partially surrounded by Marquette Charter Township, but the two are administered autonomously.
  Marquette is the home of Northern Michigan University. In 2012, Marquette was listed among the 10 best places to retire in the United States by CBS MoneyWatch.
context_section_description: Marquette is served by American Eagle and Delta Connection out of Sawyer International Airport (MQT, KSAW) with daily flights to Chicago, Detroit and Minneapolis–Saint Paul, as of March 2017. The airport is located 20 miles (32 km) south of downtown Marquette.
  The city is served by a public transit system known as MarqTran, which runs buses through the city and to nearby places such as Sawyer International Airport and Ishpeming. The system operates out of a transit center in the adjacent Marquette Township in addition to a small transfer station in downtown. In addition, Indian Trails bus lines operates daily intercity bus service between Hancock and Milwaukee, Wisconsin. The line operates a stop at MarqTran's transit center.
  Marquette has limited freight rail service by the Lake Superior and Ishpeming Railroad (LS&I). The Canadian National Railway also goes through nearby Negaunee. The LS&I serves the Upper Harbor Ore Dock, which loads iron ore pellets from nearby mining operations onto lake freighters for shipment throughout the Great Lakes.
  Three state highways serve Marquette. They are:
   US 41 continuing westerly and northerly toward Houghton and southerly toward Escanaba;
   M-28 traveling westerly to Wakefield and easterly toward Sault Ste. Marie; and
   M-553 providing a connection to Sawyer International Airport and Gwinn.
caption: The Presque Isle Harbor Ore Dock, an ore pocket dock, was built in 1912. Trains drop ore into the dock. Then chutes on the side of the dock lower to spill the ore into ships. Shown docked in the photo are the MV Lee A. Tregurtha (near) and the MV Kaye E. Barker (far).
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