Editing Avon, Colorado (section)

==Transportation==
Town of Avon offers free public transportation comprising four bus routes. ECO Transit provides service within [[Eagle County, Colorado|Eagle County]], with routes linking Avon with [[Vail, Colorado|Vail]], [[Minturn, Colorado|Minturn]], [[Leadville, Colorado|Leadville]], [[Edwards, Colorado|Edwards]], [[Eagle, Colorado|Eagle]], [[Gypsum, Colorado|Gypsum]] and [[Dotsero, Colorado|Dotsero]]. Fares range from $3 to $5 per trip.

Avon does not have an active airport. Air passengers use either [[Eagle County Airport]], located {{convert|27|mi|km}} west, or [[Denver International Airport]], located {{convert|130|mi|km}} east. There had previously been a [[STOL]]port (Short Take-Off and Landing) facility in Avon, located between Chapel Place and Traer Creek Plaza. Its outline can be seen on aerial and satellite photography (a road overlays parts of the old runway).<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.airfieldsfreeman.com/CO/Airfields_CO_NW.htm|title = Abandoned & Little-Known Airfields: Colorado: Northeastern Denver area}}</ref>

===Major highways===
*[[Image:I-70.svg|25px]] [[Interstate 70 (Colorado)|Interstate 70]] runs east-west through the middle of Avon. to the east, it connects the town to [[Vail, Colorado|Vail]] and [[Denver, Colorado|Denver]]. To the west, it connects Avon to [[Gypsum, Colorado|Gypsum]] and [[Grand Junction, Colorado|Grand Junction]], ending at the intersection with [[Interstate 15 in Utah|Interstate 15]], in [[Utah]].
*[[Image:US 6.svg|25px]] [[U.S. Route 6 in Colorado|US 6]] begins in [[Bishop, California]], and ends in [[Provincetown, Massachusetts]], serving 12 other states. As in [[Colorado]] it runs mostly parallel to Interstates [[Interstate 70 (Colorado)|70]] and [[Interstate 76 (west)|76]], it can be used as an alternate route from Avon to [[Edwards, Colorado|Edwards]], [[Eagle, Colorado|Eagle]] and [[Gypsum, Colorado|Gypsum]].

A local four-lane access road spans the [[Eagle River (Colorado)|Eagle River]] on a {{convert|150|ft|m|adj=on}} bridge, constructed in 1992, that was christened "Bob" as the result of a local naming contest. Avon received national attention for the humorous name and made "Bob the Bridge" the theme for several local festivals.<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20060508153752/http://www.custerguide.com/quillen/eqcols/1991A301.htm A Bridge Named Bob] by Ed Quillen, published October 30, 1991, in the ''[[Denver Post]]''</ref><ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20070608230539/http://avon.org/BobtheBridge.cfm Bob the Bridge], Town of Avon website, archived June 8, 2007</ref>