Interstate 10 Facts for Kids

Quick facts for kids Interstate 10
I-10 highlighted in red
Route information
Length	2,460.34 mi (3,959.53 km)
Existed	1957–present
Major junctions
West end	SR 1 in Santa Monica, CA
	I-5 in Los Angeles, CA I-15 in Ontario, CA I-8 in Casa Grande, AZ I-25 in Las Cruces, NM I-20 at Scroggins Draw, TX I-35 through San Antonio, TX I-45 through Houston, TX I-55 in LaPlace, LA I-65 in Mobile, AL I-75 near Lake City, FL
East end	I-95 / US 17 in Jacksonville, FL
Location
States:	California, Arizona, New Mexico, Texas, Louisiana, Mississippi, Alabama, Florida

Highway system
Main route of the Interstate Highway System Main • Auxiliary • Business

Interstate 10 (or I-10) is a long Interstate Highway which the west side ends at Santa Monica, California (near Los Angeles), and the other side ends at Jacksonville, Florida. In Texas, it is one of the routes which the speed limit is 80 mi (128.7 km) per hour. The route is 2,460.34 miles (3,959.53 km) long and travels through 8 states.

Major cities along the highway

Images for kids

Western end of I-10 at the McClure Tunnel in Santa Monica
The San Bernardino Freeway in California near the interchange with the Ontario Freeway (I-15)
The end of I-17 at I-10 in Phoenix
View of Lordsburg from US 70 and the junction with I-10 in New Mexico
I-45 and I-10 next to Downtown Houston
I-10 running west of New Orleans, spans the Bonnet Carré Spillway at Lake Pontchartrain
I-10 eastbound in downtown Mobile approaching the George Wallace Tunnel
I-10 west at the interchange for US 17 Alt south in Jacksonville
This sign in Santa Monica, California, declares that I-10 is the "Christopher Columbus Transcontinental Highway"

Interstate 10 facts for kids

Major cities along the highway

Images for kids

See also