Temecula Valley Freeway

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Temecula Valley Freeway Signed as Interstate 15 Major cities/towns: Lake Elsinore Murrieta Temecula Direction: North-South Southern California freeways

Interstate 15; the Mojave Freeway segment is highlighted in light blue, the Ontario Freeway segment is in red, the Corona Freeway segment is in purple, the Temecula Valley Freeway segment is in green, and the Escondido Freeway segment is in orange.

The Temecula Valley Freeway is a segment of Interstate 15 in Riverside County, California, United States, traveling northwest to southeast through the southern portions of the Inland Empire region. It begins at the Ortega Highway (California State Highway 74) in Lake Elsinore, where the Corona Freeway ends; travels south through the cities of Murrieta (where it is joined by the Escondido Freeway, signed as Interstate 215) and Temecula; and ends at the Riverside/San Diego county line. Thereafter, I-15 is designated as the Escondido Freeway.

[edit] Legal definition

Route 15 from San Diego County Line to Bundy Canyon Road near Lake Elsinore. [Assembly Concurrent Resolution 125, Chapter 78 (1990)]

Source: 2004 Named Freeways, Highways, Structures and Other Appurtenances in California (PDF)

[edit] Communities served

Communities along the Temecula Valley Freeway include:

• Lake Elsinore
• Murrieta
• Temecula

[edit] Major intersections

Freeways intersecting the Temecula Valley Freeway include:

• Corona Freeway
• Escondido Freeway