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==Infrastructure== ===Medical facilities=== *Gary Community Health Center *Methodist Hospital ===Gary Police Department=== Gary is served by the [[Gary Police Department]] and the [[Lake County Sheriff's Department (Indiana)|Lake County Sheriff]]. According to [[Officer Down Memorial Page|ODMP]], 16 officers and 1 K9 of the Gary Police Department have been killed in the line of duty.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Gary Police Department, IN |url=https://www.odmp.org/agency/1403-gary-police-department-indiana |access-date=2025-03-15 |website=The Officer Down Memorial Page (ODMP)}}</ref> ===Fire department=== [[File:Garys Fire fighters 1914.jpg|thumb|Historical photo of the Gary Fire Department in 1914]] The Gary Fire Department (GFD) provides fire protection and emergency medical services to the city of Gary.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.gary.in.us/fire/default.asp |title=Gary Fire Department provides a high quality emergency fire rescue and emergency medical service |publisher=Gary.in.us |access-date=November 22, 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130127152425/http://www.gary.in.us/fire/default.asp |archive-date=January 27, 2013 |url-status=dead }}</ref> ===Transportation=== [[File:Gary Metro Center Station (26041866933).jpg|thumb|[[Adam Benjamin Metro Center]] is the city's intermodal public transit center.]] * [[Gary Public Transportation Corporation]] (GPTC) is a public transit system that offers service to numerous stops throughout the city and neighboring suburbs. GPTC also has express service, such as the ''[[Broadway Metro Express]]'' to locations outside the city, including connections to Chicago transit. Front-door pickup is available for disabled citizens at no extra cost. * [[Gary/Chicago International Airport]] is operating as the "third airport" for the Chicago area. With a runway that was inaugurated in 2015,<ref name="NYTdonley" /> it previously underwent a federally funded expansion, and the administration has been courting airlines aggressively. The [[United States National Guard|National Guard]] has based its Chicago area air operation there as well.<ref>Benman, Keith. (October 27, 2009) [http://nwitimes.com/business/local/article_5c964c8f-5227-5b43-9dd9-9687f218d44d.html National Guard armory ready to serve at Gary airport]. The Times of Northwest Indiana. Retrieved on March 22, 2011.</ref> * [[Interstate 90 in Indiana|Interstate 90]] (I-90, [[Indiana Toll Road]]), [[Interstate 80 in Indiana|I-80]], [[Interstate 94 in Indiana|I-94]], and [[Interstate 65 in Indiana|I-65]] run through Gary, as well as [[U.S. Route 6 in Indiana|U.S. Highway 6]] (US 6), [[U.S. Route 12 in Indiana|US 12]] and [[U.S. Route 20 in Indiana|US 20]], and [[Indiana State Road 912|State Road 912]] (SR 912, Cline Avenue). A former stretch of [[Indiana State Road 312|SR 312]] has been decommissioned. * [[Northern Indiana Commuter Transportation District]] (NICTD) operates the [[South Shore Line (NICTD)|South Shore Line]], a commuter rail system between Chicago and [[South Bend, Indiana|South Bend]]. It is one of the last original operating [[Interurban streetcar|interurban]] railway systems in the US.
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