Flint, Michigan Warning: You are not logged in. Your IP address will be publicly visible if you make any edits. If you log in or create an account, your edits will be attributed to your username, along with other benefits.Anti-spam check. Do not fill this in! ==Infrastructure== [[File:Flint July 2018 29 (MTA Transit Center).jpg|thumb|[[Mass Transportation Authority (Flint)|MTA Transit Center]]]] ===Bus lines=== The city of Flint is served by various bus lines. For travel within and around the city, the [[Mass Transportation Authority (Flint)|Flint Mass Transportation Authority]] (MTA) provides local bus services. [[Indian Trails]] provides inter-city bus service north to [[Saint Ignace]], through [[Bay City, Michigan|Bay City]] and south to [[Pontiac, Michigan|Pontiac]], [[Southfield, Michigan|Southfield]], and [[Detroit]], and runs services west to [[Chicago]]. MTA's main hub is in Downtown Flint, while the Indian Trails station is co-located at the [[Flint station (Michigan)|Flint Amtrak station]] on [[M-54 (Michigan highway)|Dort Highway]], just north of I-69. ===Major highways=== * {{jct|state=MI|I|69}} runs east and west through Flint. * {{jct|state=MI|I|75|US|23}} runs north and south through the southwestern part of the city near the [[General Motors]] [[Flint Truck Assembly|Flint Assembly]] complex and [[Bishop International Airport]]. * {{jct|state=MI|I|475}} runs north and south through Flint. * {{jct|state=MI|M|21}} (also known as Corunna Road and Court Street) runs nearly due east and west through Flint, west of I-475 * {{jct|state=MI|M|54}}, also known as Dort Highway after Flint automotive pioneer [[Josiah Dallas Dort]], runs north and south through the eastern part of the city. ===Railroads=== {{See also|Flint station (Michigan)}} [[Amtrak]] provides intercity passenger rail service on the ''[[Michigan Services|Blue Water]]'' line from Chicago to [[Port Huron, Michigan|Port Huron]] at the border to Canada. The Amtrak station is located on [[M-54 (Michigan highway)|Dort Highway]], just north of I-69. The station was built in 1989 and replaced an earlier [[Grand Trunk Western Railroad]] (GTW) station closer to downtown. [[Canadian National Railway]] (GTW's successor) and [[Lake State Railway]] provide freight service to Flint, with CN operating from Bristol Yard on the western side of the city and LSRC operating from the former [[CSX Transportation]] McGrew Yard to the north. While CSX ceded control of their former [[CSX Saginaw Subdivision|Saginaw Subdivision]] north of [[Plymouth, Michigan|Plymouth]] to LSRC in 2019, they continue to operate trackage rights trains over CN from Flint to Port Huron several times per week as of 2020.<ref>[http://trn.trains.com/news/news-wire/2019/02/26-lake-state-railway-to-lease-53-miles-of-csx-track-in-michigan Lake State Railway to lease 53 miles of CSX track in Michigan] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200603200125/https://trn.trains.com/news/news-wire/2019/02/26-lake-state-railway-to-lease-53-miles-of-csx-track-in-michigan |date=June 3, 2020 }} ''Trains'', February 26, 2019</ref> Into the late 1940s, the [[Pere Marquette Railway]] operated daily passenger trains through a separate station {{frac|1|1|4}} miles away, with trains heading north to [[Saginaw]] and [[Bay City, Michigan|Bay City]] and south to [[Detroit]]'s [[Fort Street Union Depot]].<ref>''Official Guide of the Railways,'' May 1946, Pere Marquette section; p.1331</ref> ===Airports=== Flint is served by three passenger and two cargo airlines at [[Bishop International Airport]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.bishopairport.org/ |title=Flint Bishop International Airport |publisher=Bishopairport.org |access-date=May 21, 2012}}</ref> It is located on Bristol Road between I-75 and I-69. [[Dalton Airport (Michigan)|Dalton Airport]], a public use airport near [[Flushing, Michigan|Flushing]], also serves small, privately owned planes. Price's Airport in [[Linden, Michigan|Linden]] serves the same purpose. [[File:Ambulance Flint City.jpg|thumb|A Stat EMS ambulance, one of several private companies that serves the city.]] ===Healthcare=== * [[Hurley Medical Center]] * [[McLaren Regional Medical Center]] * Flint once had two other full service hospitals: St. Joseph's Hospital and Flint Osteopathic Hospital (FOH). In 1988, HealthSource Group, the parent company of FOH, became affiliated with St. Joseph Health Systems.<ref name="genesys.org">{{cite web|url=http://www.genesys.org/GRMCWeb.nsf/0/2F1A03AE66D37C0C852573840067B2CE?open |title=The Genesys Story - Genesys Health System | Grand Blanc, MI | USA |access-date=November 9, 2015 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160115181837/http://www.genesys.org/GRMCWeb.nsf/0/2F1A03AE66D37C0C852573840067B2CE?open |archive-date=January 15, 2016 }}</ref> In 1992, St. Joseph Health Systems changed its name to Genesys Health System and the names of its four hospitals to Genesys Regional Medical Center (GRMC).<ref name="genesys.org"/> On February 15, 1997, all the former GHS hospitals were consolidated into one hospital at Genesys Regional Medical Center at Health Park in suburban [[Grand Blanc Township, Michigan|Grand Blanc Township]] (now owned by [[Ascension Health]] who later changed its name to Ascension Genesys Hospital)<ref name="genesys.org"/> and Flint Osteopathic Hospital was razed during the Spring/Summer of 2015.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.abc12.com/home/headlines/Old-Flint-Osteopathic-Hospital-is-being-demolished-301746501.html|title=Old Flint Osteopathic Hospital is being demolished|first=Natalie|last=Zarowny|access-date=September 21, 2015|archive-date=October 4, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151004022729/http://www.abc12.com/home/headlines/Old-Flint-Osteopathic-Hospital-is-being-demolished-301746501.html|url-status=dead}}</ref> Summary: Please note that all contributions to Christianpedia may be edited, altered, or removed by other contributors. 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