Minneapolis-Saint Paul is the main metropolitan area built around the Mississippi, Minnesota, and St. Croix in eastern Minnesota. This area is commonly known as Twin Cities after two of its largest cities, Minneapolis, the most populous city in the state, and Saint Paul, the state capital. This is an example of twin cities in the sense of geographical proximity. Minnesotans living outside Minneapolis and Saint Paul often refer to two joint (or seven region metro areas collectively) as The Cities .
There are several different regional definitions. Many refer to Twin Cities as the territory of seven territories organized under regional government agencies and planning organizations. The Office of Management and Budget formally designates 16 districts as Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington Metropolitan Area MN-WI , ranked the 16th largest in the United States. The entire region known as Minneapolis-St. The Joint Statistics Area Paul MN-WI , has a population of 3,946,533, the 14th largest, according to the 2017 Census estimate.
Despite the twin moniker, the two cities are self-contained cities with specified limits. Minneapolis is somewhat younger with the more modern skyscrapers in the city center, while Saint Paul has been likened to the East Coast city, with its ancient surroundings and a well-preserved collection of late Victorian architecture.
Minneapolis is influenced by Scandinavian and Lutheran heritage. St. Paul was influenced by early French Catholic, Irish, and German Catholic roots.
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Counties
The Minneapolis-St. The Paul metropolitan area, or The Cities, covers 16 districts, 14 of whom are in Minnesota and two in Wisconsin.
Note: Countries that are bold are under the jurisdiction of the Metropolitan Council. The numbers in brackets are the census estimate of 2013. The countries that are italicized are added to the metropolitan area when the Office of Management and Budget revises the metropolitan statistics portrayal in 2013.
City and suburbs
There are about 218 municipalities incorporated in the Twin Cities metropolitan area. These include census sites designated along with the villages of Wisconsin, but exclude unincorporated cities in Wisconsin, known as civilian cities in other countries. Estimates are in 2016 for cities with 25,000 or more inhabitants.
Places with over 100,000 residents (estimated 2018)
- Minneapolis (423,990)
- Saint Paul (309,180)
Places with 50,000 to 99,999 inhabitants
Places with 25,000 to 49,999 inhabitants
Places with 10,000 to 24,999 inhabitants
Places with less than 10,000 residents
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Combined Region Statistics
The Minneapolis-St. Paul, the Joint Statistical Area MN-WI consists of 19 counties in Minnesota and two counties in Wisconsin. The statistical area includes two metropolitan areas and three micropolitan areas. In the 2010 Census, the CSA had a population of 3,684,928 (although the July 1, 2012 estimate puts the population at 3,691,918). The definition of CSA includes 11,132.44 sqÃ, mi (28,832.9Ã ¢ km 2 ) regions.
Components
- Metropolitan Statistical Area (MSAs)
- Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI (Hennepin, Ramsey, Dakota, Anoka, Washington, Scott, Wright, Engraver, Sherburne, St. Croix, Chisago, Pierce, Isanti, Le Sueur, Mille Lacs, and Sibley county)
- St. Cloud (Stearns and Benton counties)
- Region of Mikropolitan Statistics
- Hutchinson (County McLeod)
- Faribault-Northfield (Regency of Paddy)
- Red Wing (Goodhue District)
Rivalry
Minneapolis and St. Paul has competed since they were founded, resulting in multiple duplications of effort. After St. Paul completed the elaborate Cathedral in 1915, Minneapolis quickly followed up with St. Basilica. Mary were both ornamented in 1926. In the late 19th and early 20th centuries the competition became so strong that the architect who practiced in one city was often rejected. business in the other. The US census in 1890 even caused both cities to capture and/or kidnap enumerators to each other, in an effort to keep the city from growing.
The competition sometimes erupts into inter-city violence, as happened in the 1923 game between Minneapolis Millers and St. Louis. Paul Saints, both of the American Association's baseball teams. In the 1950s, the two cities competed for a major league baseball franchise (which produced two rival stadiums under construction), and there was a brief period in the mid-1960s where the two cities could not approve the general calendar for summer time. , resulting in a period of several weeks where people in Minneapolis are an hour "behind" anyone who lives or travels in St. Louis. Paul.
The antagonisms with the cities were largely healed in the late 1960s, aided by the simultaneous arrival in 1961 of the Minnesota Twins of the American League and the Minnesota Vikings of the National Football League, both identifying themselves with the state as intact (the former being explicitly named for Twin Cities) and not with any of the big cities (unlike Minneapolis Lakers before). Since 1961, it has become common practice for the major sports teams based in Twin Cities that are named for Minnesota as a whole. In terms of development, the two cities remain distinct in its development, with Minneapolis absorbing new architecture and avant-garde while St. Paul continues to carefully integrate the new building into the context of classical style and Victorian style.
Culture
Great art and performance
The Minneapolis-Saint Paul metropolitan area art museum includes the Minneapolis Institute of Arts, Walker Art Center, and Frederick R. Weisman Art Museum. The Minnesota Orchestra and Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra are full-time professional music ensembles. The Guthrie Theater moved into a new building in 2006 overlooking the Mississippi River. Minnesota Fringe Festival is an annual celebration of theater, dance, improvisation, puppet show, children's show, visual arts, and musicals.
The Public Radio Program A Prairie Home Companion, hosted by Minnesota native Garrison Keillor was aired live for many years from the Fitzgerald Theater in Saint Paul. The show ends in 2016, with its successor Live from Here also airing from the same place.
Outdoors
There are many lakes in the region, and the cities in the area have some very wide recreational park systems. Organized recreation includes the Great River Energy bicycle festival, the Twin Cities Marathon, and the hockey championship in the US. Several studies have shown that the local population takes advantage of this, and is one of the most physically healthy in the country, although others have disputed it. Nevertheless, drugs are the main industry in the region and the city of Rochester in the southeast, because the University of Minnesota has joined other colleges and hospitals in conducting significant research, and major medical equipment manufacturers are starting in the region (the most prominent is Medtronic). Technical innovators have brought important advances in computing, including the Cray supercomputer line.
It is common for the residents of the Twin Cities to own or share cabins and other properties along lakes and forest areas in the central and northern states, and weekend trips "to the North" occur through the warmer months. Ice fishing is also a major hobby in the winter, although every year some over-ambitious fishermen find themselves in dangerous situations when they roam the ice too early or too late. Hunting, snowmobiling, ATV riding, and other outdoor activities are also popular. This connection with the outdoors also brings a strong sense of eco-friendliness to many Minnesotans.
In 2011 and 2012, the American College of Sports Medicine named Minneapolis-Saint Paul the healthiest metropolitan area in America.
Demographics
Birthplace
About 93.2% of the metropolitan area population is a native of the United States. About 92.6% were born in the US while 0.6% were born in Puerto Rico, US territory, or born overseas to American parents. The remaining population (6.8%) was born overseas.
The highest percentage of immigrants came from Asia (38.2%), Latin America (25.4%), and Africa (20.1%); a smaller percentage of new arrivals came from Europe (13.1%), other parts of North America (3.0%), and Oceania (0.2%).
Religion
Minneapolis-Saint Paul is also a major center of religion in the state, especially Christianity. The state headquarters of the five main Christian churches can be found here: the Roman Catholic Diocese of Saint Paul and Minneapolis, the Episcopal Episcopal of Minnesota, the Presbyterian Synod of Lakes and Prairies, and The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church). The Presbyterian Church and the LDS both have missions in Saint Paul, Minneapolis and Bloomington as well as orthodox churches in America
The headquarters of the American Lutheran Church (ALC), the Evangelical Lutheran Church, the Lutheran Free Church and the Evangelical Lutheran Church Augustana are located in Minneapolis; the headquarters of the Augsburg Fortress publisher still. The Minneapolis Area Synod and Saint Paul Area Synod are the first and largest synods of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (ELCA), respectively.
The Evangelical Free Church of America has its headquarters in Bloomington, and the Free Lutheran Congregation Association is headquartered in Plymouth, along with seminaries and Bible Schools.
The Twin Cities are home to several synagogues serving the Jewish population, which is concentrated in the western suburbs of Minneapolis from the Golden Valley, St. Louis Park, Plymouth and Minnetonka. There is also a Hindu temple located on the outskirts of Twin Maple Grove City. The recent influx of immigrants from Laos and North Africa has brought more religions to the area. There are several Islamic mosques in the area. There is a temple for the Eckankar religion in the suburb of Chanhassen known as the Eck Temple. In addition, many Hmong and Tibetan Buddhist tribes live in Saint Paul; a Hmong Buddhist temple opened in the suburb of Roseville in 1995. The LDS St. Temple Paul Minnesota opened in Oakdale, the eastern suburb of Saint Paul, in 2000. There are some very powerful Unitarian universalist communities like the First Unitarian Society of Minneapolis, as well as some Pagan and Buddhist groups. Cities of St. Paul and Minneapolis have been called Paganistan because a large number of pagans live there. There are about 20,000 pagans living in the Twin Cities area.
Minneapolis is where the Evangelical Association of Billy Graham began and became his home for over fifty years.
Sports
Professional sports teams in Minneapolis-Saint Paul MSA:
Twin Cities is one of thirteen American metropolitan areas to have teams in all four major sports - MLB, NFL, NBA and NHL. Including Major League Soccer (MLS), it is one of ten metro areas to have five major sports. To avoid choosing one of the Twin Cities, most teams living in the area only use the word Minnesota in their name, not Minneapolis or St. Paul.
Minneapolis is home to two Super Bowls - the Super Bowl XXVI in 1992 and the Super Bowl LII in 2018. This is the northernmost part of a Super Bowl ever played.
The World Series have been played in the Twin Cities three times - 1965, 1987 and 1991 as well as three MLB All-Star Games - 1965, 1985 and 2014. All-Star games at the NHL held in 1972 and 2004, the NBA in 1994 and WNBA on year 2018.
The Final Four Men's NCAA basketball tournament has been organized by Minneapolis four times - 1951, 1992, 2001 and 2019 and Women once - 1995.
Major golf tournaments held at Twin Cities include - US Open - 1916, 1930, 1970, 1991; Open Women AS - 1966, 1977, 2008; PGA Championships - 1932, 1954, 2002, 2009; Walker Cup - 1957; Solheim Cup - 2002 and Ryder Cup - 2016. Ryder Cup is scheduled to return in 2028.
1998 Figure Skating World Championships were held at the Target Center in Minneapolis.
Twin Cities hosts three National Roller Derby leagues: The Minnesota RollerGirls from Women's Flat Track Derby Association Division 1, Girls Roller North Star from WFTDA Division 2, and Minnesota Men's Roller Derby, a league from the Men's Roller Derby Association. MNRG and NSRG have four home teams respectively: Doll Dagger, Garda Belts, Rockits, and Bomb Atom MNRG and Sister Banger, Delta Delta Di, Kilmore Girls, and Violent Femmes from NSRG, as well as two travel teams respectively. MMRD has three host teams: The Gentlemen's Club, Destruction Workers, and Thunderjacks, and two travel teams.
The annual Twin City Marathon is held in the fall with a walking course through Minneapolis and St. Louis. Paul. Minneapolis is the birthplace of Rollerblade and is the center for inline skating, as well as home to most golfers per capita from any city in the US. In addition, water skiing also begins at Lake Pepin, in the southeast of the metropolitan area.
Several other sports teams got their name from being in Minnesota before moving on. Los Angeles Lakers got their name from a formerly based in Minneapolis, City of Lakes. The Dallas Stars also get their current name from their tenure as a Minnesota, Minnesota North Stars team.
Politics
The 2008 Republican National Convention was held at Xcel Energy Center in St. Petersburg. Paul. Minneapolis and St. Paul proposed a joint bid to hold the 2008 Democratic National Convention and the Republican National Convention. Minneapolis hosted the Republican National Convention of 1892.
Economy
The Minneapolis-Saint Paul area is home to 18 of 19 Fortune 500 headquarters in Minnesota - UnitedHealth Group, Target, Best Buy, CHS, 3M, US Bancorp, Supervalu, General Mills, Land O'Lakes, Ecolab, CH Robinson Worldwide, Ameriprise Financial , Xcel Energy, Thrivent Financial, Mosaic, Patterson, Securian Financial and Polaris. A number of private companies are also headquartered in the Twin Cities area, including Cargill, the largest private company in the country, Carlson, Radisson Group Hotels, Mortenson, Holiday Stationstores, and Andersen. Foreign companies with US headquarters in the Twin Cities include Aimia, Allianz, Canadian Pacific, Coloplast, Medtronic, Pearson VUE, Pentair, and RBC.
Twin Cities Economy is the 13th largest in the US and ranks second in the Midwest. The Minneapolis-St. Paul's area also ranks second as North America's largest medical equipment manufacturing center and the fourth-largest US banking center, based on total metropolitan bank assets, ranks behind New York, San Francisco, and Charlotte, the metropolitan area of ​​NC.
History
The first European settlement in the region is close to what is now known as the city of Stillwater, Minnesota. The city is about 20 miles (30 km) from downtown Saint Paul and is located on the west bank of the St. Louis River. Croix, which forms the border of central Minnesota and Wisconsin. Other settlements that began to spark early interest in the area were the outposts at Fort Snelling, built from 1820 to 1825 at the confluence of the Minnesota River and the Mississippi River.
Fort Snelling holds jurisdiction over the land south of Saint Anthony Falls, so a town known as Saint Anthony grows in the north of the river. For several years, the only European population living on the south bank of the river was Colonel John H. Stevens, who operated the ferry service across the river. As soon as the land occupied by Fort Snelling was reduced, new settlers began to flock across to a new village in Minneapolis. The city grew quickly, and Minneapolis and Saint Anthony eventually joined. On the eastern side of Mississippi, villages such as Pig's Eye and Lambert's Landing are growing and will soon grow into Saint Paul.
Natural geography played a role in the settlements and development of the two cities. The Mississippi River valley in this area is defined by a series of rock cliffs lining both sides of the river. Saint Paul grew up around Lambert's Landing, the last place to dismantle the boat coming upstream at an accessible point, about seven miles (11 km) downstream from Saint Anthony Falls, the geographical feature, due to its enormous water strength value to the industry, the location of Minneapolis and its superiority as Mill City. This waterfall can be seen today from the Mill City Museum, which is housed in the former Washburn "A" Mill, which is one of the largest factories in the world of its time.
The oldest plantation in the state is located in Washington County, the easternmost region on the Minnesota side of the metropolitan area. Joseph Haskell was the first farmer in Minnesota to harvest the first crop in the state in 1840 in what is now part of Afton City on the Postal Trade Line.
The Grand Excursion, a trip to the Upper Midwest sponsored by the Rock Island Railroad, brought over a thousand curious tourists to the area by train and steamship in 1854. The following year, in 1855, Henry Wadsworth Longfellow published The Song Hiawatha , an epic poem based on the Ojibwe legend of Hiawatha. A number of landmark natural areas are included in the story, such as Lake Minnetonka and Minnehaha Falls. Tourists were inspired by Grand Excursion coverage in the eastern newspapers and those reading Longfellow's story flocked to the area in the next few decades.
At one time, the area also had many passenger train services, including an inter-city and inter-state tramway system. Due to the width of the river at points further south, the Minneapolis-Saint Paul area is briefly one of the few places where Mississippi can be crossed by trains. A large amount of commercial rail traffic also passes through the area, often carrying grain to be processed at a plant in Minneapolis or sending other goods to Saint Paul for transport along Mississippi. Saint Paul has long been at the head of navigation on the river, before key facilities and new dams were added upstream in Minneapolis.
Passenger travel peaked in 1888 with nearly eight million crossing to and from Saint Paul Union Depot. It amounts to about 150 trains each day. Shortly, another railway crossing was built further south and the journey through the region began to decline. In a railroad effort to combat the emergence of cars, some of the early currents flowed from Chicago to Minneapolis/Saint Paul and eventually served distant points in the Pacific Northwest. Today, the only remnant of this interstate service comes from Amtrak's Empire Builder, running once every day in every direction. This train is the busiest long-distance train and named after James J. Hill, a railroad tycoon who settled on Summit Avenue in Saint Paul in what is now known as James J. Hill House.
Like many northern cities that grew up with the Industrial Revolution, Minneapolis and St. Paul experienced a shift in their economic base when heavy industry declined, especially in the 1960s and 1970s. Along with the economic decline of the 60s and 70s there was a decrease in population in downtown areas, white flights to the suburbs, and, in the summer of 1967, race riots in Minneapolis's North Side. In the 1980s and 1990s, however, Minneapolis and St. Paul is often cited as previous Rust Belt cities that have successfully made the transition to high-tech, financial, and information services, services.
Geography and geology
Along with many of Minnesota, Twin Cities are shaped by water and ice for millions of years. The soil of the area lies above the thick layers of sandstone and limestone that stretched out as the sea penetrated and spilled from the region. Erosion causes natural caves to expand, which are expanded into mines when white migrants come to the area. In the Prohibition period, at least one speakeasy was built into this hidden space - eventually renewed as the Wabasha Street Cave in Saint Paul.
The lake in the area is formed and altered by the movement of glaciers. This leaves many waters in the area, and unusual shapes may emerge. For example, Lake Minnetonka toward the west side of Twin City consists of a complex channel arrangement and a large bay. The altitude in the metropolitan area ranges from 1,376 feet (419 m) above sea level in the northwestern metro up to 666 feet (203 m) on the banks of the Mississippi River to the southeast.
Since it is relatively easy to dig limestone and there are many natural and man-made open spaces, it is often proposed that the area should examine the idea of ​​building a subway for public transport. In theory, it could be cheaper in Twin Cities than in many other places, but the cost would still be much larger than the surface project.
Climate
Due to its location in the northern and inland latitudes, Twin Cities experience the coldest climates of any major metropolitan area in the United States. However, due to its southern location in the state and further assisted by the urban heat island, Twin Cities is one of the hottest locations in Minnesota. Average annual temperature in Minneapolis-St. Paul International Airport is 45.4  ° F (7.4  ° C); 3.5Ã, ° F (1.9Ã,  ° C) is cooler than Winona, Minnesota, and 8.8  ° F (4.9  ° C) warmer than Roseau, Minnesota. The average daily high temperature per month ranges from 21.9 ° F (-5.6 ° C) in January to 83.3 ° F (28.5 ° C) in July; the average daily minimum temperature for two months was 4.3  ° F (-15.4  ° C) and 63.0  ° F (17.2  ° C) respectively.
The minimum temperature of 0 Â ° F (-18 Â ° C) or lower is seen at an average of 29.7 days per year, and 76.2 days does not have the maximum temperature exceeding freezing. Temperatures above 90Ã, Â ° F (32Ã, Â ° C) occur on average 15 times per year. High temperatures above 100Ã, Â ° F (38Ã, Â ° C) have been common in recent years; last occurred on July 6, 2012. The lowest temperature ever reported in Minneapolis-St. Paul International Airport is -34Ã, Â ° F (-37Ã, Â ° C) on January 22, 1936; the highest, 108Ã, Â ° F (42Ã, Â ° C), was reported on July 14 of the same year. Early settlement records at Fort Snelling show temperatures as low as -42 ° F (-41 ° C). Recent records include -40 Â ° F (-40 Â ° C) at Lake Vadnais on February 2, 1996 (National Climatic Data Center)
Rainfall averages 29.41 inches (74.7 cm) per year, and most often occurs in June (4.34 inches (11.0 cm) and February (0.79 inches (2.0 cm)) The largest single-day rainfall is 9.15 inches (23.2 cm), reported on July 23, 1987. The city record for the lowest annual rainfall was set in 1910, when 11.54 inches (29.3 cm) year By accident, the reverse record set in the following year, which observes a total of 40.15 inches (1.020 mm).The average 56.3 inches (1.430 mm) per year, snowfall is generally abundant (although the past few years have been proven exception).
The Twin Cities area experiences many extreme types of weather, including high-speed wind, tornadoes, flash floods, droughts, heat, bitter cold, and snow storms. The most expensive weather disaster in the history of Twin Cities is a derecho event on May 15, 1998. Hail and wind damage exceeded $ 950 million, mostly in Twin Cities. Other events related to the unforgettable Twin Cities include the plague of a tornado on May 6, 1965, Blizzard's Day of Armistice on November 11, 1940, and Halloween Blizzard in 1991. In 2014, Minnesota experienced temperatures below them in the Martian region when the vortex pole lowered temperatures as low as -40 ° F (-40 ° C) in Brimson and Babbitt with cold winds as low as -63 ° F (-53 ° C) in Grand Marais.
The normal growing season on the metro extends from late April or early May to October. USDA places the area in the 4a resistance zone.
Building and structure
The four tallest buildings in the area are located in downtown Minneapolis. Today there are some disputes about which buildings are tallest - most Minnesotans will immediately think of IDS Centers if asked about it, although most sources seem to agree that Capella Tower is slightly higher. In early 2005, however, it was found that the IDS Center is higher by a small 16 foot (5 m) sized restroom garage at the top, which makes its total height to 792 feet (241 m). Capella Tower and Wells Fargo Center differ only high by one or two feet, a somewhat negligible amount.
The building has been up and torn down rapidly across the region. Several city blocks have been destroyed six or seven times since the mid-19th century, and will no doubt reach the eighth or ninth cycle in no time. There is no single architectural style that dominates this region. In contrast, cities have many different designs, although the structures of some eras stand out. There used to be many stone buildings built in the Richardsonian Roman style (or at least Roman-inspired variants). Minneapolis City Hall is one prominent example of this, although buildings of all types - including private residences such as James J. Hill House - are similarly designed. Decades later, Art Deco brought some surviving structures today, including St. Paul City Hall, Foshay Tower, and the Minneapolis Post Office. The building style in the two cities varies greatly. In Minneapolis, the trend has become a building with sleek lines and modern glass facades while St. Paul tends to follow the more traditional style of building so it's better to accompany the older structure.
St. Paul and Minneapolis specifically underwent several massive urban renewal projects in the post-World War II era, so a large number of buildings are now lost in history. Some of the larger and harder structures to destroy have survived. In fact, the area may be marked more by bridges than buildings. A series of reinforced concrete arches that crosses the Mississippi River were built in the 1920s and 1930s. They still carry daily traffic, but remain eye-pleasing despite their age (a number of have undergone major repair work, but retained the original design). Several bridges are listed on the National Register of Historic Places. They include 10th Avenue Bridge, Intercity Bridge (Ford Parkway), Robert Street Bridge, and the longest, 4119Ã, ft (1255 m) Mendota Bridge in addition to Fort Snelling. This area is also famous for having the first permanent crossing in Mississippi. The structure has long since disappeared, but a series of Hennepin Avenue bridges have been built since then on site. Both centers have a wide network of covered pedestrian bridges known as the skyway.
Several famous buildings in Minneapolis have helped modernize the city. These include Walker Art Center, Central Public Library, Weisman Art Museum and Guthrie Theater. Opened in April 2005, the new Walker Art Center, nearly twice as large, includes indoor and outdoor improvements. Walker is internationally recognized as a sole model of multidisciplinary art organization and as a national leader for innovative approaches to audience engagement. The Guthrie received a substantial amount of media coverage for its opening in June 2006. The design is the work of architect Jean Nouvel and the 285,000 square foot facility (26,500 mÃ,²) that houses three theaters: (1) theater signature thrust stage, 1,100 seats, (2) 700-seat proscenium stage, and (3) black box studio with flexible seating. In 2002, the National Trust for Historic Preservation placed Guthrie's oldest building on the most threatened list of historic properties in the United States in response to a plan announced by the Walker Art Center to expand the land occupied by the theater. However, the original Guthrie buildings were demolished in 2006. These building projects have rejuvenated the downtown area.
Colleges and universities
Transportation
Roads and highways
In the 20th century, the Twin Cities area expanded significantly. Cars allow the suburbs to grow bigger. The area now has a number of highways to transport people with cars. This area combines a large number of traffic cameras and ramp meters to monitor and manage traffic congestion. There are several uses of HOV (high-occupancy vehicle) express lines, which are becoming much more common. To use an express line, you must have MNPASS or have many people in the car. The MNPASS tariff is determined by the amount of traffic on the road and/or day time. During non-peak times, MNPASS express lines are open to all traffic.
Interstate 94 enters the area from the east and heads northwest from Minneapolis. The two spur routes form the I-494/I-694 loops, and I-394 continues west when I-94 turns north. In addition, Interstate 35 splits up in Burnsville in the southern part of the Twin Cities region, bringing I-35E to St. Louis. Paul and I-35W to Minneapolis. They rejoined northward in Columbus, (just south of Forest Lake) and proceeded to the highway terminal in Duluth. This is one of two examples of Interstate toll roads that separate into branches and then rejoins into another; Another split occurred in Dallas-Fort Worth, where I-35 split into I-35E for motorists who went to Dallas and I-35W for traffic to Fort Worth.
On Wednesday, August 1, 2007, most I-35W Mississippi River bridges near University Avenue in Minneapolis collapsed to the Mississippi River at approximately 18:05 local time. The replacement bridge was opened on Thursday, September 18, 2008.
Interstate
- Interstate 35
- Interstate 35E
- Interstate 35W
- Interstate 94
- Interstate 394
- Interstate 494
- Interstate 694
US. Road route
- US 10
- US 12
- AS 52 (Lafayette Freeway)
- 61 US (Road Blues)
- AS 169 (Johnson Memorial Highway)
- US 212 (Minnesota Veterans Memorial Highway)
Main State Highway
- MN 36
- MN 55 (Olson Memorial Highway)
- MN 62 (Crosstown Road)
- MN 77
- MN 100
- MN 610
Air travel
The main airport in the region is Minneapolis-Saint Paul International Airport (MSP), which is the main hub for Delta Air Lines. The airport is also a major hub and base of operations for Sun Country Airlines. There are six smaller airports (reliefs) in areas owned and operated by the Metropolitan Airport Commission (the same agent operates the main MSP airport). Some people even commute to the Twin Cities from the northern part of the state.
Airport assistance in the metropolitan area is:
Public transit
Metro Transit, by far the largest bus service provider in the area, owes its existence to an old tram line that stretches across the area. Metro Transit provides about 95% of public transport in the region with more than 900 buses, although some suburbs have other bus services. University of Minnesota, Twin Cities operates a free bus system between campuses. This system includes the Bus Rapid Transit Campus Connector that travels between Minneapolis and St. Paul Campuses by dedicated bus lines, and across two campuses on a normal access road. METRO Blue Line LRT (light rail) began operations in June 2004, connecting downtown Minneapolis, Minneapolis-St. Paul International Airport and Mall of America in Bloomington. This was followed by the METRO Red Line BRT (bus rapid transitway) in 2013 connecting Mall of America with Lakeville along Cedar Avenue through the southern suburbs. The METRO Green Line LRT connects downtown Minneapolis, the campus of the University of Minnesota and downtown St. Louis. Paul along University Avenue opened in June 2014. All three routes are operated by Metro Transit. In addition, the Northstar Line commuter line connecting Minneapolis with the Great Lakes opened in November 2009; the line can be extended to St. Cloud as a passenger number warrant.
In many ways, today's light rail is back to the tram in the past, used as a springboard to another project.
Various rail services are currently being considered by state and local governments, including streetcar systems, intercity rail services, and commuter rail options to the areas of the shelter. In addition, Minnesota is one of several states in the Midwest that examines the idea of ​​setting up high-speed rail services using Chicago as a regional hub.
The Minneapolis-St. Paul's area was criticized for inadequate public transport. Compared to many other cities of its size, the public transport system in Minneapolis-St. Paul's territory is less powerful. As metropolitan areas have grown, roads and roadways have been updated and widened, but traffic volumes grow faster than projects needed to expand them, and public transport has not been expanded enough to commensurate with the population. The Minneapolis-St. Paul's metropolitan area was upgraded as the fifth worst for a similar-sized metropolitan US congestion growth. Additional lines and spurs are required to improve public transport in Twin Cities. Plans are underway for an extension of the Green Line linking downtown Minneapolis to the southwestern suburb of Eden Prairie. A northwestern LRT (Blue Line extension) along Bottineau Boulevard is being planned from downtown Minneapolis to Brooklyn Park. METRO Orange Line BRT will open in 2019, connecting downtown Minneapolis with Lakeville to the south along I-35W. METRO Gold Line BRT planned to connect downtown St. Paul to the eastern suburbs in the next few years.
Media
Twin Cities has two major daily newspapers: the Star Tribune and Saint Paul Pioneer Press. In addition, the Minnesota Daily is serving the University of Minnesota's Twin Cities campus and its surrounding environment. There is a weekly newspaper of public interest that still exists in the cities: The East Side Review, aimed at 90,000 residents in the third east of St. Paul. Other weekly papers are devoted to specific audiences/demographics including the City Pages.
Television
This region is currently ranked as the 15th largest television market according to Nielson Media Research. Three duopolies exist in Twin Cities: Twin Cities PBS operates KTCA and KTCI, Hubbard Broadcasting (built by Stanley E. Hubbard) owns ABC KSTP-TV affiliates and KSTC-TV independent stations, and Fox Television Stations operates both owned Fox- and operated KMSP-TV and MyNetworkTV O & amp; O WFTC. Various from the radio, KSTP-TV became the first television channel to air in the region with performances reaching 3,000 television sets in 1948, and the 17th station broadcast in the US.
The only station with its main studio in Minneapolis is CBS O & amp; O WCCO, while St. Paul is host to KSTP/KSTC, KTCA/KTCI, and CW WUCW affiliates. NBC's KARE affiliate has a wide broadcasting complex in the west of the Golden Valley valley. KMSP is located in Eden Prairie southwest of the city. Other stations are located on the outskirts of the city. For more than two decades, WCCO and KARE have shared in having the most popular nightly news broadcasts from the local channels. On the other hand, KSTP has struggled to maintain its ranking on news programs. KMSP has had a 9 o'clock newscast since at least the early 1990s when it was an independent channel.
Communities in the region have their own Public, educational, and government access (PEG) cable channels. One channel, Metro Cable Network, is available on channel 6 on cable systems across seven county areas.
Several television programs from the Twin Cities have been broadcast nationwide on terrestrial and cable TV networks. KTCA created the science program Newton's Apple and distributed children's programs today. Some unusual comedy performances also come from the area. In the 1980s, KTMA (WUCW's predecessor) created a number of low-budget performances, including the classic cult of Mystery Science Theater 3000 . Short Let's Bowl begins at KARE, and the PBS series of Mental Engineering comes from St. Leon's access network. Paul.
Radio
The radio market in the Twin Cities is considered somewhat smaller than the TV, ranked 16th. For decades, WCCO radio was the most popular broadcaster in the region, with an all-day chat format. WCCO was finally pushed out of the top spot by KQRS-FM, a classic rock station with a popular morning show.
KSTP also has several well-known radio stations, with pop music formats on FM and ESPN Radio in AM. KSTP-AM and FM is owned by Hubbard Broadcasting. In 1985, Hubbard - worth $ 400 million - is one of the largest corporate media companies in the United States; in 2005, worth US $ 1.2 billion, Hubbard is a large market small media operations.
Twin Cities have a unique mix of commercial and non-commercial radios. The city market is dominated by iHeartRadio which operates seven stations, but two small independent stations are award winners - KUOM is operated by University of Minnesota and KFAI public access radio at Cedar Riverside.
Minnesota Public Radio (MPR) is also a major player in the state and across the country, best known throughout the US for the A Prairie Home Companion variety show. Doing business under the name of American Public Media, this company is the second largest producer of National Public Radio, behind National Public Radio (where the MPR is an affiliate). The Current is an affiliate of the MPR, as well, and members are supported.
Independent media
Twin Cities is also home to many independent media organizations, including The UpTake, MinnPost and Twin Cities Daily Planet .
Awards
The United States Navy currently has one ship named for the territory, the USS Minneapolis-Saint Paul , the Los Angeles-class submarine -class launched in 1983. Previously, two pairs of two ships each carrying the name USSÃ, Minneapolis and USSÃ, Saint Paul .
References
External links
- Flyby video of NASA/Goddard Scientific Visualization Studio
- Fact sheets about Minneapolis-St. Paul Metropolitan Area Comparison
- The History of the National Weather Service in Minneapolis-St. Paul, Minnesota
- GIS based Demographic Guides to Twin Cities Region
- The Lost City of Twins - Documentary film produced by Twin Cities Public Television
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