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What is the distance between Minneapolis and Atlanta?

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The Hiawatha Line light-rail project has stops at both the Hub Building (Lindbergh Station) and Humphrey Terminal (Humphrey Station), however the Humphrey Terminal stop is currently closed until the fall of 2007 due to the construction of an additional parking ramp. It connects the airport with downtown Minneapolis as well as with the Mall of America in nearby Bloomington, and operates as a shuttle service between the two airport terminals. Travelers can use the rail line to go between the two sites at all times of day—it is the only part of the line that operates continuously through the night (the rest shuts down for about four hours early in the morning). Passengers going between the two terminals may ride free of charge, but those riding beyond the airport grounds must pay a standard fare. Two parallel tunnels for the line run roughly 70 feet (20 meters) below the airport, and at 1.7 miles (2.7 km) in length are the longest tunnels on the route. The Lindbergh Terminal station is the only one underground on the line, as the rails return to the surface near Humphrey Terminal. Due to current concerns about terrorism, a great deal of effort went into ensuring that the tunnels are highly blast-resistant. The underground portion was the costliest section of the rail project.

— Source: Wikipedia (www.wikipedia.org)