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| Des Moines Apartment Locator Services : Des Moines |  | Contents | |
| Transportation |
| Most residents of Des Moines get around the region
by car. Interstate 235 cuts through the city, and Interstate
35 and Interstate 80 both pass through the Des Moines metropolitan
area. U.S. Highway 65 and Iowa Highway 5 form a freeway loop
to the east and south of the city. U.S. Highways 6 and 69 and
Iowa Highways 28, 141, and 163 are also important routes to
and within the city. |
| Des Moines's public transit system, operated by
the Des Moines Metropolitan Transit Authority, consists entirely
of buses, including regular in-city routes and express and commuter
buses to outlying suburban areas. |
| Greyhound Bus Lines and Jefferson Lines run long-distance,
inter-city bus routes to Des Moines. The nearest Amtrak train
station is in Osceola, about 40 miles (64 km) south of Des Moines.
Trains on the route that passes through Osceola, the California
Zephyr, go east to Chicago and as far west as Oakland, California. |
| The Des Moines International Airport, located
in the southern part of Des Moines, on Fleur Drive, offers non-stop
service to destinations within the United States, including
to major hub airports such as Chicago O'Hare, Atlanta Hartsfield
and Dallas-Ft. Worth International Airport. Despite its name,
there are no direct flights, as of 2005, between the airport
and destinations outside of the United States. |
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