Interstate 10

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## Location

### States

Florida, Alabama, Mississippi, Louisiana, Texas, New Mexico, Arizona, California

**Interstate 10** is an east-west highway running from Jacksonville, Florida to Santa Monica, California, passing by Tallahassee and Pensacola, Florida, Mobile, Alabama, Biloxi and Gulfport, Mississippi, New Orleans, Baton Rouge, Lafayette, and Lake Charles, Louisiana, Beaumont, Houston, San Antonio, and El Paso in Texas, Las Cruces in New Mexico, Tucson, Mesa, and Phoenix in Arizona, and Palm Springs, San Bernadino, and Los Angeles in California.

## Route Description

### Florida

I-10 begins at I-95 in downtown Jacksonville, then passes through the outer neighborhoods of Jacksonville and I-295. Afterwards, it meets US 301 in Baldwin, then passes only 6 miles away from Georgia. After that, it continues west, meeting US 441, US 41, and I-75 in Lake City, US 129 in Live Oak, US 221 in Greenville, US 19 in Drifton, US 319 and US 27 in Tallahassee, then passes only 6 miles from Georgia again, with it's parallel route, US 90, only running 2,000 feet from the border. I-10 then continues west, passing Marianna, Bonifay, Defuniak Springs, Crestview, Milton, and Pensacola, then enters Alabama.

### Alabama

After enters Alabama, I-10 passes Loxley and Spanish Fort, then it passes Mobile Bay. It then passes by downtown Mobile, then meets I-65 after passing Mobile. After leaving Mobile, it passes Tillman Corner, Theodore, and Grand Bay, then enters Mississippi

### Mississippi

After entering Mississippi, I-10 passes Moss Point, Pascagoula, D'Iberville, Biloxi, Gulfport, Diamondhead, Bay Saint Louis, and the John C Stennis Space Center, then enters Louisiana. On the way, it also meets US 49 in Gulfport, and MS 67/I-110 in Biloxi.

### Louisiana

After entering Louisiana, I-10 meets I-59 and I-12 in Slidell, then turns south towards New Orleans, and passes US 190 in Slidell. Afterwards it passes over Lake Pontchartrain, paralleling US 11 and US 90, then passes through Bayou Sauvage Urban National Wildlife Refuge, then passes by the tiny I-510, then passes around downtown New Orleans, then passes out of New Orleans and meets I-55 in Laplace. It then moves west and north, then meets I-12 in Baton Rouge. It also meets I-110 and LA 1 in Baton Rouge. I-10 then continues west, meeting I-49 in Lafayette, US 165 in Iowa, and US 171 in Lake Charles, then enters Texas.

### Texas

After entering Texas, I-10 passes Orange, Vidor, Rose City, Beaumont, Cheek, Fannett, Hamshire, Winnie, Hankamer, Mont Belvieu, McNair, and Highlands. It then enters Houston, passing TX 8, US 90, I-610, I-69, I-45, I-610 again, TX 8 again. I-10 then continues west, passing Katy, Sealy, Columbus, Schulenburg, Flatonia, Waedler, Luling, and Seguin, then enters San Antonio. I-10 passes TX 1604, I-410, I-37, I-35, and US 90 in San Antonio. I-10 begins a short concurrency with I-35 around Downtown, then I-10 moves northwest. I-10 passes Comfort, Kerrville, Junction, Sonora, Ozona, Sheffield, Fort Stockton, Balmorhea, Van Horn, Fort Hancock, Fabens, and El Paso, meeting US 87, US 290, US 377, US 83, US 277, US 190, US 67, US 285, US 385, I-20, US 90, US 62, and US 54 along the way. El Paso passes through downtown El Paso, then enters New Mexico.

### New Mexico

After entering New Mexico, I-10 splits with I-25 in Las Cruces, then US 70 meets I-10 west of Fairacres. I-10 continues west, meeting US 180 in Derning, and US 70 in Lordsburg, ending a 112 mile concurrency. Afterwards, it enters Arizona.

### Arizona

After entering Arizona, I-10 passes San Simon, Bowie, Willcox, Johnson, and Benson, passing US 191 along the way, then entering Tucson, meeting I-19 then passing through downtown, then later meets I-8 in Arizola. In the Phoenix area, it meets AZ 202 in Chandler, US 60 near Tempe, I-17 near Downtown Phoenix, then passes to the east and north of Downtown, then meets AZ 51, AZ 202 (again), and then finally I-17. It then meets AZ 202 again, AZ 101 in Tolleson, and AZ 303 in Litchfield Park. It meets AZ 85 in Buckeye, US 60 in Brenda, AZ 95 and US 95 in Quartzsite, ten passes Ehrenburg and enters California.

### California

After entering California, I-10 passes Blythe, leaving US 95, then continues moving west towards LA. I-10 passes Joshua tree National Park, then meets CA 111 in Indio, and passes Palm Desert, Cathedral City, Palm Springs, Beaumont, and passes San Bernadino National Forest, and passes CA 210 and I-215 in San Bernadino. I-10 meets I-15 near Ontario, then I-10 passes Ontario, Montclair, and Pomona, where it meets CA 57 and CA 71. I-10 passes through more suburbs, and passes I-605. It passes through more suburbs, passing I-710 at CSU LA, I-5 near downtown, then holds a short concurrency around Downtown, meets CA 60, then forms a loop around Los Angeles, then leaves Downtown after passing I-110. It passes I-405 in West LA, then ends at CA 1 in Santa Monica. It is also where US 66 ends.

## Auxiliary Routes

### Texas

 I-410
 I-310

### California

 I-210/CA 210
 I-710/CA 710