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Fargo–Moorhead, also known as the FM area, is a common name given to the metropolitan area comprising Fargo, North Dakota; Moorhead, Minnesota; and the surrounding communities. These two cities lie on the North Dakota–Minnesota border, on opposite banks of the Red River of the North. The region is the cultural, retail, health care ...
The Fargo-Moorhead Toll Bridge is a former toll bridge on the Red River of the North between Fargo, North Dakota and Moorhead, Minnesota. It connects Moorhead's 15th Avenue N with Fargo's 12th Avenue N. The bridge was to be privately operated until June 1, 2018, following a five-year extension of its original 25-year charter in 2013.
The Ground Transportation Center, or GTC, is located at 502 NP Avenue in Fargo, and serves as the core of MATBUS operations. The GTC is the main transfer hub between Moorhead and Fargo routes. It offers comfortable seating, vending and restrooms. In addition to MATBUS, it also serves intercity buses operated by Jefferson Lines. The facility was ...
Interstate 94 (I-94) in the US state of Minnesota runs 259 miles (417 km) east–west through the central portion of the state. The highway connects the cities of Moorhead, Fergus Falls, Alexandria, St. Cloud, Minneapolis, and Saint Paul.
Moorhead is located adjacent to the Red River in the Red River Valley. The land around the Fargo–Moorhead area is some of the flattest and richest (for agricultural uses) in the world. This is because it lies on the lake bed of glacial Lake Agassiz, which drained between 9,900 and 11,000 years ago. [15]
Fargo, along with its twin city of Moorhead, Minnesota, form the core of the Fargo–Moorhead metropolitan statistical area, which had a population of 248,591 in 2020. Fargo was founded in 1871 on the Red River of the North floodplain . [ 8 ]
In downtown Fargo, US 10 passes to the south of the former Fargo station, which is listed on the National Register of Historic Places. At the east end of downtown Fargo, US 10 intersects 2nd Street at a roundabout before crossing over the Red River of the North and into Moorhead, Minnesota, on the Veterans Memorial Bridge.
U.S. Highway 10 (US 10) is a major divided highway for almost all of its length in the U.S. state of Minnesota.The route runs through the central portion of the state, following generally the alignment of the former Northern Pacific Railway (now BNSF Railway) and connects the cities of Moorhead, Detroit Lakes, Wadena, Little Falls, St. Cloud, Anoka, Saint Paul, and Cottage Grove.