California Interstate 15 Escondido Business Loop Photographs
Left - Signs marking the entrance to Interstate 15 from Centre City Parkway (Interstate 15B) north of Escondido. This is the only signed business route on Interstate 15 between Riverside and San Diego. The business route passes through Downtown Escondido, which is located about a mile east of Interstate 15.
(Photograph taken on February 27, 2009 - © Cameron Bevers)
Centre - Ramp from southbound Interstate 15 to Centre City Parkway (Interstate 15B) north of Escondido. Note the enormous "Do Not Enter - Wrong Way" sign installed in the median. California does an excellent job of signing complicated rural freeway interchanges with these oversized signs, to help prevent motorists from inadvertently making wrong-way movements on the freeway. For scale, note the size of the car parked on the left shoulder.
(Photograph taken on February 27, 2009 - © Cameron Bevers)
Right - Facing north along Centre City Parkway (Interstate 15B) towards the Interstate 15 Interchange north of Escondido. The route of Interstate 15B through Escondido was the former alignment of U.S. Route 395. Interstate 15 replaced the entire route of former U.S. Route 395 between Temecula and San Diego.
(Photograph taken on February 27, 2009 - © Cameron Bevers)
Left - Reflectorized "button copy" freeway guide sign on Interstate 15B marking the on-ramp to Interstate 15 North
(Photograph taken on February 27, 2009 - © Cameron Bevers)
Centre - Close-up view of the reflectorized "button copy" freeway guide sign for Interstate 15 North
(Photograph taken on February 27, 2009 - © Cameron Bevers)
Right - Guide sign marking the exit to Interstate 15B (Centre City Parkway) at the Hwy 78 Freeway Interchange
(Photograph taken on February 27, 2009 - © Cameron Bevers)
Left - Interstate 15B route marker on Centre City Parkway in Escondido. A secondary route marker guides northbound traffic to Hwy 78.
(Photograph taken on February 27, 2009 - © Cameron Bevers)
Centre - Approaching the Hwy 78 Freeway Interchange on northbound Interstate 15B in Escondido. Observant road enthusiasts can still find historic mile markers indicating the former U.S. Route 395 designation within this freeway interchange. These mile markers were not removed when U.S. Route 395 was decommissioned.
(Photograph taken on February 27, 2009 - © Cameron Bevers)
Right - Old distance sign on the former alignment of U.S. Route 395 (Interstate 15B) in Escondido. The fact that this old mileage sign is still on the road nearly 40 years after this part of U.S. Route 395 was decommissioned gives some insight as to how long California's porcelain-coated reflectorized highway signs actually last.
(Photograph taken on February 27, 2009 - © Cameron Bevers)
Left - Facing north along Interstate 15B towards the southbound structure over Escondido Creek
(Photograph taken on February 27, 2009 - © Cameron Bevers)
Centre - Facing north along Interstate 15B towards the northbound structure over Escondido Creek
(Photograph taken on February 27, 2009 - © Cameron Bevers)
Right - Date stamp (1948) on the Escondido Creek Bridge on Interstate 15B. Both the northbound and southbound structures were built in 1948.
(Photograph taken on February 27, 2009 - © Cameron Bevers)
Left - Facing north along Centre City Parkway (Interstate 15B) towards the twin Escondido Creek Bridges
(Photograph taken on February 27, 2009 - © Cameron Bevers)
Right - Facing north along Centre City Parkway (Interstate 15B) in Escondido. This interesting divided highway was once the main route between San Bernardino and San Diego. This old alignment of U.S. Route 395 was bypassed by Interstate 15 in the late 1970s. Today, it is a rather scenic tree-lined parkway through Escondido.
(Photograph taken on February 27, 2009 - © Cameron Bevers)
