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About the I-5 Highway ...

The i-5 Interstate 5 Highway is the busiest, most well known, and arguably most important highway on the west coast of North America... the i-5 is the main north-south land-based transportation corridor across the entire west coast of North America for the transport of both people and cargo... this map shows the i-5 (highlighted in pink) where it travels across the west coast of North America.

The Interstate 5 is known by a number of names... Interstate 5 is sometimes generally referred to as; the "i-5", the "5", "Freeway 5" the "i-5 Highway", the "i-5 Corridor", and the "Big Road"... in California, certain sections of the Interstate 5 are also called; the "Golden State Highway", the "Santa Ana Freeway", and the "San Diego Freeway".

Millions of people each day travel the Interstate 5 as part of their daily transportation route... this very important highway transportation route conveniently connects the majority of the population located along the west coast of North America, to their places of employment, their homes, and many of their daily activities.

The Interstate 5 facilitates easy automotive travel along the entire west coast of the USA... the i-5 travels generally in a north-south direction through the states of Washington, Oregon, and California... the i-5 travels through or in very close proximity to most of the largest cities on the west coast, including; San Diego, Los Angeles, Sacramento, Eugene, Portland, & Seattle, as well as, numerous other smaller cities.

To the north, the i-5 also connects to the Vancouver Canada area via Highway 99 in British Columbia, Canada, and to the south, the i-5 easily connects to the Tijuana Mexico area, just south of San Diego, California.

The Interstate 5 also offers many great tourism opportunities... as the i-5 travels through or in reasonably close proximity to numerous scenic and historic cities, sites, attractions, routes, and views. The i-5 offers many convenient rest-areas along it's route for those traveling the highway, see; California rest stops, Oregon rest stops, Washington rest stops.

The Interstate 5 is intersected by several other major interstate highways, most of which travel generally in a west-east direction from the west coast. In Washington state the i-5 is intersected by Interstate 90, in Oregon State the i-5 is intersected by Interstate 84, and in California state the i-5 is intersected by Interstate 80, Interstate 10, Interstate 15, and Interstate 8.

According to the software program Streets & Trips, it calculates the entire length of the Interstate 5 at approximately 1,382 miles long, with an estimated continuous driving time of approx. 20 hrs. & 13 minutes.

For more i-5 info, see our i-5 directories;

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