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===Transportation=== [[Interstate 25]] and [[U.S. Route 87]] run concurrently north-south through Castle Rock. [[U.S. Route 85]], also a north-south route, enters the town from the northwest, meeting I-25 at Exit 184; south of the exit, it runs concurrently with I-25 and U.S. 87. [[State Highway 86 (Colorado)|Colorado State Highway 86]], an east-west route, enters Castle Rock from the east, then turns north and west as Founders Parkway, terminating at its junction with I-25 at Exit 184.<ref name=GoogleMaps>{{cite web | title = Castle Rock, CO | publisher = [[Google Maps]] | url = https://www.google.com/maps?q=Castle+Rock,+CO&hl=en&ll=39.390571,-104.834633&spn=0.086366,0.198269&sll=38.00482,-81.518555&sspn=5.634343,16.875&hnear=Castle+Rock,+Douglas,+Colorado&t=m&z=13 | access-date=November 20, 2013}}</ref> For local transportation within Castle Rock, the town government sponsors a [[voucher]] program for reduced-fare taxi service. This service is available to town residents who are disabled or who do not have access to a vehicle. In addition, the Castle Rock Senior Center offers a shuttle service for resident senior citizens.<ref>{{cite web|title=Local Transportation |publisher=Town of Castle Rock |url=http://www.crgov.com/index.aspx?NID=1251 |access-date=November 20, 2013 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140214155359/http://crgov.com/index.aspx?NID=1251 |archive-date=February 14, 2014}}</ref> Castle Rock does not participate in the Denver metropolitan area's [[Regional Transportation District]]. Municipal voters decided in November 2005 to opt the town out of the district.<ref>{{cite web |title=Transportation Master Plan |url=https://www.crgov.com/1840/Transportation-Master-Plan |website=crgov.com |access-date=December 31, 2019}}</ref> As a result, neither bus nor light-rail service to Denver or any of its other suburbs is available from Castle Rock. [[BNSF Railway]] and [[Union Pacific Railroad]] each have a freight rail line that runs through Castle Rock.<ref>{{cite web | title = Colorado Statewide Rail System 2012 [Map] | publisher = [[Colorado Department of Transportation]] | url = http://dtdapps.coloradodot.info/staticdata/Downloads/StatewideMaps/RailSystem.pdf | access-date=November 20, 2013 | url-status = live | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20131204103835/http://dtdapps.coloradodot.info/staticdata/Downloads/StatewideMaps/RailSystem.pdf |archive-date=December 4, 2013}}</ref> Both lines run parallel to U.S. 85.<ref name=CDOT/>
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