Editing Moab, Utah (section)

===Transportation===
[[File:MAIN STREET OF MOAB. TRAFFIC IS BEGINNING TO BRING POLLUTION PROBLEMS TO A REGION LONG NOTED FOR THE CRYSTAL CLARITY... - NARA - 545618.jpg|thumb|Moab Main Street in 1972]]

Prior to the construction of the [[Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad|railroad]] in 1883, Moab was a strategic place to cross the Colorado River. A toll ferry service across the river ended when a permanent bridge was built in 1911.<ref>{{cite news |title=Southeastern Utah Rejoices Over Bridge |newspaper=[[Grand Valley Times]] |publisher=Utah Digital Newspaper Archive |date=1912-04-12 |url=http://udn.lib.utah.edu/cdm/compoundobject/collection/timind1/id/55017/show/55018/rec/107 |access-date=2013-05-21}}</ref> This bridge was replaced with a new bridge in 1955, which was in turn replaced by another new bridge in 2010. The 1955 bridge was subsequently demolished. The highway that uses this bridge has been renumbered multiple times and is now numbered [[U.S. Route 191 in Utah|U.S. Route 191]].{{Citation needed|date=January 2021}}

Moab gained freight railroad access in 1962,{{citation needed|date=December 2012}} when a spur railroad line (now the [[Union Pacific Railroad]]'s [[Cane Creek Subdivision]]) was built to serve the [[Cane Creek potash mine]]. Moab has never had passenger rail service, although the ''[[California Zephyr]]'' has advertised service to Moab in the past via stops at [[Thompson Springs, Utah|Thompson Springs]] (no longer a scheduled stop), [[Green River, Utah|Green River]] or [[Grand Junction, Colorado]].{{Citation needed|date=January 2021}} Beginning on August 15, 2021, the excursion company [[Rocky Mountaineer]] began operating passenger rail service between Moab and [[Denver, Colorado]], in the form of the ''Rockies to the Red Rocks''.<ref>{{Cite web|author=Will McGough|title=Canadian luxury scenic train line debuts its first US route|url=https://www.cnn.com/travel/article/rocky-mountaineer-train-route-united-states/index.html|access-date=2021-08-17|website=CNN|date=16 August 2021 |language=en}}</ref>

Bus service is provided by Salt Lake Express.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Harford |first1=Alison |title=Salt Lake Express expands services to Moab, Green River |url=https://www.moabsunnews.com/news/article_ddac91f4-578b-11ec-986d-4f40fb016a14.html |access-date=20 December 2021 |work=[[Moab Sun News]] |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Daily Shuttles to Moab |url=https://saltlakeexpress.com/destination/moab-ut/ |website=Salt Lake Express |access-date=20 December 2021}}</ref> There are a number of locally owned shuttle services that provide transportation to Salt Lake City and Grand Junction, CO.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.discovermoab.com/transportation-services/|title=Moab Transportation Services}}</ref>

Air service is available at [[Canyonlands Field]], with daily nonstop flights to [[Denver International Airport]] via [[SkyWest Airlines]]/[[United Airlines|United Express]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.skywest.com/assets/Uploads/RouteMaps/UnitedRoutesNOV18.pdf|title=SkyWest United Routes November 2018}}</ref>