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===Major roads and highways=== The area is served by one state and one U.S. highway with a mix of city and county roads to navigate the city or connect to neighboring areas. ====State and national highways==== *[[U.S. Route 50 in Colorado|U.S. Highway 50]] - named Royal Gorge Boulevard from 1st Street to 15th Street in downtown Cañon *[[State Highway 115 (Colorado)|State Highway 115]] - connects the city to nearby Florence and [[Penrose, Colorado|Penrose]], ending in [[Colorado Springs]] ====City and county roads==== *4th Street - connecting Downtown with South Cañon, Oak Creek Grade, [[Prospect Heights, Colorado|Prospect Heights]], and Capitol Hill *5th Street - serves as a north-south connector from Downtown north, allows traffic from Skyline Drive to return to U.S. 50 *9th Street - serves as a carrier of CO 115 from the roundabout to the junction with U.S. 50, heads north and ends at Washington Street *15th Street - main route north to the hospital, a fire station and a small cluster of businesses *Orchard Avenue *Raynolds Avenue/Ash Street - runs from center of East Cañon to CO 115 via a county road, changes to a gravel road and becomes Chandler Road *MacKenzie / Four Mile Lane - routed to connect from CO 115 as a carrier of CR 20 until the city limits, at Hwy 50, heads north as Four Mile Lane ====Bus service==== *Cañon City is part of Colorado's [[Bustang]] network. It is on the Alamosa-Pueblo Outrider line.<ref>{{cite web |title=Bustang Schedule |url=https://ridebustang.com/schedules/ |website=RideBustang |publisher=CDOT}}</ref> ====Scenic routes==== *[[Skyline Drive (Colorado)|Skyline Drive]], major scenic route overlooking Cañon City that was originally built by local inmates at the Territorial Prison ====Railroads==== *The [[Union Pacific Railroad]] mothballed the [[Tennessee Pass (Colorado)|Tennessee Pass]] line in 1997. In 1998 [[Rock and Rail LLC]] was formed, and began operating on the former Union Pacific track between Cañon City and [[Parkdale, Colorado|Parkdale]]. It also operates between Pueblo and Cañon City on lines purchased from the UP Railway. The tourist line [[Cañon City and Royal Gorge Railroad]] also operates on the RRRR's track.
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