page_title: Fridley, Minnesota
section_title: Infrastructure/Transportation
hierarchical_section_title: Fridley, Minnesota / Infrastructure/Transportation
caption_attribution_description: English: Looking south at the Northstar station in Fridley, Minnesota, United States.
context_page_description: Fridley is a city in Anoka County, Minnesota, United States. The population was 27,208 at the 2010 census. Fridley was incorporated in 1949 as a village and became a city in 1957. It is part of the Twin Cities Metropolitan Area. Fridley is a "first ring" or "inner ring" suburb in the northern part of the Twin Cities. Fridley connects with the city of Minneapolis at its southern border. Neighboring first ring suburbs are Columbia Heights to the South and Brooklyn Center to the West across the Mississippi river.
context_section_description: Interstate 694 and Minnesota State Highways 47 and 65 are three of the main routes in the city. East River Road is one of the oldest roads in the state as a Minnesota Territorial road. It was part of the Red River Oxcart Trail. The I-694 Bridge is the only crossing of the Mississippi River that connects the city directly.
   
  The BNSF Railway main Northern transcontinental Twin Cities to Portland/Seattle double track line passes through Fridley as part of the Staples Subdivision.  The Fridley Station is served by the Northstar Commuter Rail line running on the BNSF tracks into Minneapolis. The Amtrak Empire Builder passes through Fridley twice daily on this line, but does not stop within the city.  The massive BNSF Northtown Classification Yards are located in the city. The Minnesota Commercial Railway also serves Fridley, with a terminal warehouse located there. 
  The Mississippi River is non-navigable for barge traffic north of the Canadian Pacific Camden Place Rail Bridge; however, small boats can travel upstream to the Coon Rapids Dam without a portage. There is a boat landing for small boats in the river near Interstate 694 at the Anoka County Riverfront Regional Park.
  The Anoka County–Blaine Airport serves the area and is located in neighboring Blaine.
caption: Platform of the Fridley Northstar station looking South towards Minneapolis
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