Interstate 215 (California)

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Interstate 215

(CS&HC Section 515)

Length:

54.5 mi^[1] (87.71 km)

South end:

I-15 in Murrieta

Major
junctions:

CA-74 in Perris

CA-60 / CA-91 in Riverside

I-10 in San Bernardino

CA-210 in San Bernardino

North end:

I-15 in Devore

Major cities:

Murrieta
Moreno Valley
Riverside
San Bernardino

California State Routes
< SR 214		SR 216 >
< SR 193	194		SR 195 >
Unconstructed - Deleted - Freeway - Scenic

Interstate 215 (California) highlighted in red

Interstate 215 (abbreviated I-215) in California is a 54.5 mile long north-south regional bypass freeway in the Inland Empire region of Southern California, in the eastern portion of the greater Los Angeles metropolitan area. The physical alignment of the freeway is not continuous - in Riverside it is co-signed with the Moreno Valley Freeway, (CA/SR-60) for about 5 miles.

The northern terminus of Interstate 215 is at the junction of Interstate 15 (I-15) near the small community of Devore located in San Bernardino County. Its southern terminus is at the junction with I-15, in the city of Murrieta located in southern Riverside County. I-215 is an alternative to I-15 for drivers traveling between, for example, Phoenix, Las Vegas, the Mojave Desert, and the San Diego metropolitan area. This bypass offers more of a distance advantage as it bypasses I-15's alignment which is about 10 miles to the west of, and parallel to, I-215. However, the traffic and time 'advantage' is limited by the fact that a) the segment between the I-15/I-215 Devore junction and San Bernardino only has two lanes in each direction (whereas I-15 has four), b) it 'shares' its alignment with the Moreno Valley Freeway, California State Highway 60 (CA/SR-60) between Riverside, California and Moreno Valley, and c) has only two lanes in each direction between Perris, California and Murrieta, California. The shared segment with State Route 60 is undergoing significant construction and widening, including complete reconstruction of the I-215/SR-60/SR-91 Interchange in downtown Riverside and the addition of truck lanes and a truck interchange at the I-215/SR-60 split near Moreno Valley. Thus, it can also become traffic-congested depending on the time of the day and day of the week.

Between the freeway's north terminus in Devore and its junction with the San Bernardino Freeway, Interstate 10 (I-10) in San Bernardino, the freeway is named the Barstow Freeway. Between I-10 and junction with the Pomona/Moreno Valley Freeways, California State Highway 60 ((CA/SR-60) in Riverside, it is named the Riverside Freeway. From that point to its terminus in Murrieta at the junction with the Corona Freeway, Interstate 15 (I-15), it is named the Escondido Freeway.

1 History
2 State law
3 Control cities
4 Exit list
5 References
6 External links

[edit] History

The alignment of I-215 was first opened in 1963. Originally part of the alignment was once signed as U.S. Highway 395 decomissioned in 1972 as Interstate 15 E and decommissioned in 1982 as Interstate 215 as north of CA-60, and SR-215 south of CA-60, which was sections of Escondido Freeway. The SR-215 changed out the green shield with Interstate 215 in 1994.

[edit] State law

Legal Definition of Route 215: California Streets and Highways Code, Chapter 2, Article 3, Section 515

Route 215 is part of the Scenic Highway System, as stated by section 263.8 of the California State Highway Code.

[edit] Control cities

Barstow, California (northbound only, between the SR-60/SR-91 interchange and the northern I-15 interchange)
San Bernardino, California
Riverside, California
San Diego, California (southbound only, between the SR-60/SR-91 interchange and the southern I-15 interchange)

[edit] Exit list

Postmiles are derived from^[1] and exit numbers derived from^[2].

County	Location	Postmile	#	Destinations	Notes
Southbound traffic defaults onto I-15 south
Riverside	Murrieta	RIV 0.00		I-15 south - San Diego	Southbound exit and northbound entrance
		RIV R9.51	1	Murrieta Hot Springs Road
		RIV R10.65	2	Los Alamos Road
		RIV R12.51	4	Clinton Keith Road
		RIV R15.52	7	Scott Road
		RIV R18.52 RIV R18.53	10	Newport Road
		RIV R20.84	12	Mc Call Blvd
	Perris	RIV 22.76	14	Ethanac Road
		RIV 23.54	15	SR 74 east - Hemet; Case Road	SR-74 joins northbound and leaves southbound
		Joined with SR 74
		RIV 26.31	17	SR 74 west - Lake Elsinore; Fourth Street	SR-74 joins southbound and leaves northbound
		Split from SR 74
		RIV 27.23	18	D Road	Southbound exit and northbound entrance
		RIV 28.00	19	Nuevo Road
		RIV 31.08	22	Ramona Expressway
		RIV 32.30	23	Oleander Avenue
		RIV 34.25	25	Van Buren Blvd
	Moreno Valley	RIV 35.93	27A	Cactus Avenue	Split into 27A (Cactus Avenue East; March Avenue) and 27B (Cactus Avenue West; Arnold Heights) southbound
		RIV 36.38	27B	Alessandro Blvd	Exit 27C northbound
		RIV 37.44	28	Eucalyptus Avenue; Eastridge Avenue
	Riverside	RIV 38.34	29	SR 60 east - Beaumont; Indio	SR 60 joins northbound and leaves southbound
		Joined with SR 60
		RIV R38.61 RIV R38.67	30A	Box Springs Road; Fair Isle Drive
		RIV 39.48	30B	Central Avenue
		RIV 40.28	31	Martin Luther King Blvd; El Cerrito Drive	Split into Exit 32A (Martin Luther King Blvd) and Exit 31 (El Cerrito Drive) Southbound
		RIV 41.49	32	University Avenue	Exit 32B Southbound
			33	3rd Street; Blaine Street
		RIV 42.84	34A	Spruce Street	Southbound exit and northbound entrance
		RIV 43.27	34A	SR 60 west - Los Angeles; Main Street	Exit 34C southbound; SR 60 joins southbound and leaves northbound
		RIV 43.27	34B	SR 91 south - Beach Cities	Left exit
		Split from SR 60
		RIV 43.90	35	Columbia Avenue
		RIV 45.01	36	Center Street
San Bernardino	Colton	SBD 0.40	37	La Cadena Drive; Iowa Avenue
	Grand Terrace	SBD 1.31	38	Barton Road
	Colton	SBD 2.69	39	Mount Vernon Avenue; Washington Avenue
	Colton	SBD 4.05	40A 40B	I-10 - Redlands; Los Angeles	Joined into Exit 40 southbound
	San Bernardino	SBD 5.03	41	Orange Show Road; Auto Center Drive
		SBD 5.58	42A	Inland Center Drive
		SBD 6.06	42B	Mill Street
		SBD 6.79	43	Second Street	Accessible southbound via I Street
		SBD 7.18	44A	SR 66 west; 5th Street	Accessible via H Street; Exit 44 southbound
		SBD 8.08	44B	Baseline Street	Accessible via H Street; Exit 45 southbound
		SBD 8.53	45A	( SR 259) To SR 210 - Highland; Mountain Resorts	Northbound exit and southbound entrance
			45B	Muscuplabe Drive	Northbound exit and northbound entrance
		SBD 9.36	46A	Highland Avenue	Formerly SR 30
		SBD 9.72	46B	Mount Vernon Avenue; 27th Street
		SBD 10.05	46C	SR 210 (Future I-210)	Southbound exit, but both northbound and southbound entrances
		SBD 11.63	48	University Parkway
		SBD 14.09	50	Palm Avenue; Kendall Drive	Formerly SR 206
		SBD 17.32	54A	Devore Road	Accessible northbound via Cajon Blvd
		SBD 17.74	54B	I-15 south	Southbound exit and northbound entrance
		SBD 17.75		I-15 north - Barstow; Las Vegas	Northbound exit and southbound entrance
Northbound traffic defaults onto I-15 north