Interstate 215 (California)

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Route 215

Length:

54.5 mi (87.7 km)

Formed:

Major cities:

San Bernardino
Riverside
Moreno Valley
Murrieta

Direction:

North-South

JUNCTION	POSTMILE
I-15	SBD 17.75
CA-206	SBD 14.10
CA-30	SBD 9.36
CA-259	SBD 8.53
CA-66	SBD 7.18
I-10	SBD 4.05
CA-60 /CA-91	RIV 43.27
CA-60	RIV 38.34
CA-74	RIV 26.31
CA-74	RIV 23.54
I-15	RIV 0.00

California State Routes Unconstructed - Deleted - Scenic
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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.

The alignment of I-215 was once the alignment of I-15 (see Interstate 15 for more information). During construction of the new route in the 1970s, this highway was known as Interstate 15E. Furthermore, because I-215 physically passes through the city limits of the two largest cities in the Inland Empire (San Bernardino and Riverside) and I-15 does not, I-15 could be considered a bypass of I-215.

Additional detailed information on I-215's route in California, including freeways with which it intersects and communities through which it passes, can be found in the Escondido Freeway entry.

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

[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

Postmile^[1]	Municipality	#^[2]	Destinations	Notes
RIV 0.00	Murrieta		Interstate 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
RIV 22.76	Perris	14	Ethanac Road
RIV 23.54		15	State Route 74 East - Hemet; Case Road	SR-74 joins northbound and leaves southbound
RIV 26.31		17	State Route 74 West - Lake Elsinore; Fourth Street	SR-74 joins southbound and leaves northbound
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
RIV 35.93	Moreno Valley	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
RIV 38.34	Riverside	29	State Route 60 East - Beaumont; Indio	SR-60 joins northbound and leaves southbound
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	State Route 60 East - Los Angeles; Main Street	Exit 34C southbound; SR-60 joins southbound and leaves northbound
RIV 43.27		34B	State Route 91 South - Beach Cities	Left exit
RIV 43.90		35	Columbia Avenue
RIV 45.01		36	Center Street
SBD 0.40	Colton	37	La Cadena Drive; Iowa Avenue
SBD 1.31	Grand Terrace	38	Barton Road
SBD 2.69	Colton	39	Mount Vernon Avenue; Washington Avenue
SBD 4.05	Colton	40A 40B	Interstate 10 - Redlands; Los Angeles	Joined into Exit 40 southbound
SBD 5.03	San Bernardino	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	State Route 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	() State Route 210 East (259) - Highland; Mountain Resorts	Northbound exit and southbound entrance
		45B	Muscuplabe Drive	Northbound exit and northbound entrance
SBD 9.36		46A	Highland Avenue	Formerly State Route 30
SBD 9.72		46B	Mount Vernon Avenue; 27th Street
SBD 10.05		46C	State Route 210	Southbound exit, but both northbound and southbound entrances
SBD 11.63		48	University Parkway
SBD 14.09		50	Palm Avenue; Kendall Drive	Formerly State Route 206
SBD 17.32		54A	Devore Road	Accessible northbound via Cajon Blvd
SBD 17.74		54B	Interstate 15 South	Southbound exit and northbound entrance
SBD 17.75			Interstate 15 North - Barstow; Las Vegas	Northbound exit and southbound entrance