Interstate 215 (Utah)
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| Interstate 215 Auxiliary route of the Interstate Highway System |
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| Defined by Utah Code §72-4-127, maintained by UDOT | |||||
| Length: | 29.02 mi[1] (46.70 km) | ||||
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| Formed: | 1968 (completed 1988) | ||||
| South end: | .svg/20px-I-80_(big).svg.png){kind=small} I-80 in Salt Lake City |
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| Major junctions: |
 US-89 in Murray.svg/20px-I-15_(big).svg.png){kind=small} I-15 in Murray SR-201 in West Valley City I-80 in Salt Lake City |
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| North end: | I-15 in North Salt Lake |
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Interstate 215 (abbreviated I-215) in Utah, also called the Belt Route, is a 29-mile (47 km) 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. Originally, the eastern section (east of I-15) was going to be designated I-415. This was changed sometime in the 1970s.
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[edit] Route description
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 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
CCW – counterclockwise ; CW – clockwise
| County | Location | # | Destinations | Notes |
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| Salt Lake | Salt Lake City | I-80 west - Reno |
CCW exit and CW entrance | |
| Millcreek Township | 1 |  SR-186 west (Foothill Drive) / Parleys Way west |
CCW exit and CW entrance | |
| 2 | I-80 east - Cheyenne, Denver |
No CW exit | ||
| 3 |  SR-171 (3300 South) / Wasatch Boulevard |
No CCW exit | ||
| 4 | 3900 South, 3300 South | |||
| 5 |  SR-266 (4500 South) |
CW exit and entrance | ||
| Holladay | ||||
| Holladay / Cottonwood Heights | 6 |  SR-190 (6200 South) / 3000 East - ski areas |
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| 8 |  SR-152 (2000 East) |
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| Cottonwood Heights | 9 | Union Park Avenue | ||
| Murray | ||||
| 10 | 280 East | CW exit and entrance | ||
| 11 | US-89 (State Street) |
CCW exit and entrance | ||
| 12 | I-15 – Salt Lake City, Las Vegas |
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| Taylorsville | 13 |  SR-68 (Redwood Road) |
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| 15 | SR-266 (4700 South) – Taylorsville City |
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| West Valley City | 18 | SR-171 (3500 South) – West Valley, E Center |
Signed as exits 18A (east) and 18B (west) CW | |
| 20 | SR-201 (21st South) – Magna |
Signed as exits 20A (east) and 20B (west) | ||
| Salt Lake City | ||||
| 21 | California Avenue | |||
| 22 | I-80 / Redwood Road - Cheyenne, Reno, Salt Lake International Airport |
Signed as exits 22A (west) and 22B (east) CCW | ||
| 23 | 7th North | |||
| 25 | 22nd North | |||
| Davis | North Salt Lake | 28 | SR-68 (Redwood Road) |
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| I-15 north |
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