INTERSTATE 215 (CALIFORNIA)

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|state=CA
|type=Interstate
|route=215
|section=515
|next_type=CA
|next_route=216
|length_mi=54.5
|length_round=2
|length_ref=^[1]
|previous_route=214
|previous_type=CA
|cities=Murrieta
Moreno Valley
Riverside
San Bernardino
|direction_a=South
|direction_b=North
|starting_terminus= I-15 in Murrieta
|junction= CA-74 in Perris
/ CA-60 / CA-91 in Riverside
I-10 in San Bernardino
CA-210 in San Bernardino
|ending_terminus= I-15 in Devore
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'Interstate 215' (abbreviated 'I-215', and colloquially referred to as 'The 215' or ''the two-fifteen'') in California is a 54.5 mile long north-south regional bypass interstate freeway in the Inland Empire region of Southern California, in the eastern portion of the Greater Los Angeles Area.
However, I-215 is not a true bypass since it travels through the major Inland Empire cities of Riverside and San Bernardino while its parent route Interstate 15 runs through the suburbs. Also, the physical alignment of the 215 is not continuous – in Riverside it is co-signed with the Moreno Valley Freeway (State Route 60) for about 5 miles.

Contents

Route description

History

State law

Control cities

Exit list

References

External links

Route description

The southern terminus of Interstate 215 is at the junction of Interstate 15 in the city of Murrieta in southern Riverside County.
It then runs north through Perris before joining State Route 60 in Moreno Valley.
I-215 splits from SR-60 at the State Route 91 in Riverside, where it then travels to San Bernardino before terminating at I-15 near the small community of Devore.
This route 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 since 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" on the 215 is limited by three factors: 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); it is co-signed with SR-60 between Riverside and Moreno Valle]; and it has only two lanes in each direction between Perris and Murrieta.
The 215 is named the Escondido Freeway from its southern terminus in Murrieta to SR-60 in Moreno Valley. Between the SR-60/SR-91 interchange in Riverside to Interstate 10 in San Bernardino, the freeway is known as the Riverside Freeway. From that point to its northern terminus, I-215 is named the Barstow Freeway.

History

The alignment of what is currently I-215 first opened in 1963 as part of U.S. Route 395. This segment of U.S. 395 was decommissioned in 1972 in favor of 'Interstate 15E'. Then in 1982, the route was renumbered as I-215 north of SR-60, and 'State Route 215' south of SR-60. Once State Route 215 was upgraded to Interstate Highway standards, it became part of I-215 in 1994.
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. Most recently, a joint project between CalTrans and SANBAG of San Bernardino County broke ground to widen the freeway from Highland Rd. all the way to Interstate 10 interchange, including the rebuild of all but one bridge (Rialto Ave.) over the freeway. Although this new project is being done largely during night, it is expected to be completed in 2011.^[2]

State law

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

Control cities

★ Barstow (northbound only, between the SR-60/SR-91 interchange and the northern I-15 interchange)

★ San Bernardino

★ Riverside

★ San Diego (southbound only, between the SR-60/SR-91 interchange and the southern I-15 interchange)

Exit list

Postmiles are derived from and exit numbers derived from^[3].

County	Location	Postmile	#	Destinations	Notes
Southbound traffic defaults onto 25x20px I-15 south
Riverside	Murrieta	RIV 0.00			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	; Case Road	SR-74 joins northbound and leaves southbound
		Joined with 25x20px SR 74
		RIV 26.31	17		SR-74 joins southbound and leaves northbound
		Split from 25x20px 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 joins northbound and leaves southbound
		Joined with 25x20px 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	, Main Street	Exit 34C southbound; SR 60 joins southbound and leaves northbound
			34B		Left exit
		Split from 25x20px 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
		SBD 4.05	40A 40B		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		Accessible via H Street; Exit 44 southbound
		SBD 8.08	44B	Baseline Street	Accessible via H Street; Exit 45 southbound
		SBD 8.53	45A	() , Mountain Resorts	Northbound exit and southbound entrance
			45B	Muscuplabe Drive	Northbound exit and northbound entrance
		SBD 9.36	46A	Highland Avenue	Formerly 25x20px SR 30
		SBD 9.72	46B	Mount Vernon Avenue; 27th Street
		SBD 10.05	46C		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		Southbound exit and northbound entrance
		SBD 17.75		, Las Vegas	Northbound exit and southbound entrance
Northbound traffic defaults onto 25x20px I-15 north

References

1. January 1, 2006 California Log of Bridges on State Highways
2. http://www.sanbag.ca.gov/projects/mi_fwy_215-sb.html
3. Cal-NExUS Interchange Exit Numbering

External links

★ Western Exit Guide - Interstate 215 California

★ The 60/91/215 Freeway Improvement Project