Interstate 215 (Utah)

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Interstate 215
Auxiliary route of the Interstate Highway System

Length:

29 mi (46.7 km)

Formed:

1966, 1988

North end:

I-15 North Salt Lake

Major
junctions:

UT-201 West Valley City

US-89 in Midvale

South end:

I-80 Salt Lake City

Interstate 215 (abbreviated I-215) in Utah, also called the Belt Route, is a 29-mile bypass interstate in metropolitan Salt Lake City. It forms a 270° loop around Salt Lake City and many of its first-ring suburbs. Its northern terminus is with Interstate 15 in North Salt Lake and its opposite terminus is with Interstate 80 in the far eastern part of Salt Lake City as it begins to climb into Parley's Canyon through the Wasatch Range.

The first portion of I-215 was opened in 1968, and the road was not completed until 1988, for a total of 20 years between the first opening of a section and completion. Originally, the eastern section (east of I-15) was going to be designated I-415. This was changed sometime in the 1970s.

The route begins in North Salt Lake in Davis County and turns west briefly before heading south into Salt Lake County. It traverses Salt Lake City and passes just to the east of Salt Lake International Airport in the Rose Park neighborhood. Near the southwest corner of the airport it intersects I-80 and heads through the Glendale neighborhood. It then intersects with Utah State Route 201 and enters West Valley City, where it passes by Valley Fair Mall. It enters Taylorsville near the main campus of Salt Lake Community College and curves southeast into Murray. It intersects with I-15 as it turns east and passes Fashion Place Mall near the border with Midvale. It then cuts to the north of the site of historical Fort Union and heads east between the borders of Cottonwood Heights and Holladay. It turns north along the foot of the Wasatch Range and passes between Holladay and the unincorporated area of Mount Olympus. Finally, it passes between Mount Olympus and unincorporated East Millcreek before ending at its intersection with I-80 in the very southeastern corner of Salt Lake City at the mouth of Parley's Canyon.

[edit] Exit List

Mile	Destinations	Notes
	CCW Defaults onto Interstate 80 (eastbound)
1	UT-186 Foothill Drive Parleys Way (westbound)	CCW only
2	Interstate 80 (westbound) Cheyenne	CCW only
3	UT-171 3300 South	CW only
4	3900 South 3300 South	3300 South CCW only
5	UT-266 4500 South Holladay	CW only
6	6200 South Ski Areas
8	UT-152 2000 East
9	Union Park Avenue
10	280 East	CW only
11	US-89 State Street	CCW only
12	I-15 Salt Lake City (northbound) I-15 Las Vegas (southbound)
13	UT-68 Redwood Road
15	UT-266 4700 South	CW only
18	UT-171 3500 South	Split A/B (EB/WB) CW only
20A/B	UT-201 21st South (eastbound) UT-201 Magna (westbound)
21	California Avenue
22	I-80 Cheyenne Airport / Reno	Split A/B (EB/WB) CCW only
23	7th North
25	22nd North
26.9	Salt Lake County / Davis County line
27	UT-68 Redwood Road
29	Default onto I-15 (northbound)	CW only