page_title: Fargo, North Dakota
section_title: Transportation
hierarchical_section_title: Fargo, North Dakota / Transportation
context_page_description: Fargo is a city in and the county seat of Cass County, North Dakota, United States. The most populous city in the state, it accounts for nearly 17% of the state population. According to the 2019 United States Census estimates, its population was 124,662, making it the 223rd-most populous city in the United States. Fargo, along with its twin city of Moorhead, Minnesota, as well as the adjacent cities of West Fargo, North Dakota and Dilworth, Minnesota, form the core of the Fargo-Moorhead, ND-MN Metropolitan Statistical Area, which in 2019 contained a population of 246,145.
  Founded in 1871 on the Red River of the North floodplain, Fargo is a cultural, retail, health care, educational, and industrial center for eastern North Dakota and northwestern Minnesota. The city is also home to North Dakota State University.
context_section_description: Fargo is a major transportation hub for the surrounding region. It sits at the crossroads of two major interstate highways, I-29 and I-94 and is the home of an airport.
  Fargo is served by Hector International Airport, which has the longest public runway in the state.  An Air National Guard unit and the Fixed-Base Operation Fargo Jet Center and Vic's Aircraft Sales are also at Hector.
  The Fargo-Moorhead metro area is served by a bus service known as MATBUS. The bus service operates routes Monday-Saturday, many of which specifically cater to the area's college student population, who comprise half of its ridership. Greyhound Lines, Jefferson Lines and Rimrock Stages Trailways bus services additionally link Fargo to other communities.
  The BNSF Railway runs through the metropolitan area as successor to the Great Northern Railway and Northern Pacific Railroad. Amtrak service is provided via the Empire Builder passenger train at the Fargo Amtrak station.
  The city sits at the intersection of Interstate 29 and Interstate 94. U.S. Highway 81, U.S. Highway 10, and U.S. Highway 52 also run through the community.
  The street system of Fargo is structured in the classic grid pattern. Routes that run from north to south are called streets, and routes that run from east to west are called avenues.
  The major north/south roads (from west to east) include:
  45th Street
  42nd Street
  Interstate 29
  25th Street
  University Drive (one-way southbound from 19th Avenue North until 13th Avenue South)
  10th Street (Carries northbound University Drive traffic from 13th Avenue South until 19th Avenue North)
  The major east/west roads (from north to south) include:
  40th Avenue North
  19th Avenue North
  12th Avenue North (Also known as North Dakota Highway 294; ND 294 is unsigned)
  Main Avenue
  13th Avenue South
  Interstate 94
  32nd Avenue South
  52nd Avenue South
caption: Passengers pose for a photo before boarding the Empire Builder in 1974. Amtrak trains traveling toward Chicago and Seattle stop daily between 1 and 4 am.[43]  Photo by Charles O'Rear.
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