Interstate 15

In California, I-15 is seeing more commuter traffic due to the growth of the Mojave Desert communities of Victorville and Barstow, California. I-15 is Interstate 15, a long north south transcontinental interstate highway in the United States. It is the fourth longest such north-south route. I-15 goes through the states of California, Nevada, Arizona, Utah, Idaho, and Montana.

Northbound I-15

I live just a few miles from I-15 in Southern California, about 65 - 75 miles north of San Diego. I used to pass by the freeway, as it is called here in California, the 15 Fwy, as you might see on the signs. So appropriately I named this website 15hwy since that was available and in reality I-15 is a highway, a transcontinental highway.

Since I-15’s initial construction, California, Nevada, and Utah have consistently ranked in the fastest growing areas of the United States. As a result, the I-15 corridor has substantially increased in population and commuter traffic has increased the traffic burden on the freeway. Nineteen percent of California’s population and more than 70 percent of Nevada’s population live in counties where Interstate 15 is the primary transportation corridor.

I have been on I-15 probably well over 1000 times since I live so close to it and it is the only major freeway really close to me. Local portions of this freeway were built to connect the Inland Empire with San Diego in California and to facilitate tourism access to Las Vegas. I live in the Inland Empire, which is the greater San Bernardino/Riverside County area of So. California. Las Vegas is roughly about 300 miles from me and an easy almost straight drive from my house (when there is no rush hour or weekend traffic).

Portions of this document and photo taken from Wikipedia