Transportation
Cairo's location on a spit of land that lies between the Mississippi and Ohio rivers made multiplexing US 60 and 62 briefly through Illinois more practical than directly connecting Missouri and Kentucky. The result of Cairo's position as a critical highway junction is that Missouri and Kentucky are the only states to border each other with only a ferry (the Dorena-Hickman Ferry) connecting their mainlands directly.
Amtrak service to Cairo ended on October 25, 1987 when the City of New Orleans began bypassing the city. The nearest stops are Carbondale, Illinois (53 miles (85 km)) and Fulton, Kentucky (43 miles (69 km)).
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