(abbreviated '''I-215''') in
Utah , also called the '''Belt Route''', is a 29-mile 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 , for a total of 20 years between the first opening of a section and completion. Originally, the eastern section (east of I-15) was going to be designated I-415. This was changed sometime in the
1970s .
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
Utah 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 .
