Interstate 5

"I-5" redirects here. For other roads numbered I-5, see I-5 (disambiguation).

Interstate 5 (I-5) is a north–south interstate highway in California, Oregon, and Washington in American Truck Simulator. It runs from SR 905 in San Diego to Bellingham.

Course

I-5 in ATS begins at its junction with CA 905 in the south of San Diego, California, just north of the border with Mexico. Soon after its beginning, it curves through the heart of the city and meets with I-8. From there, the highway runs through Carlsbad, and undergoes a brief run along the coast of the Pacific Ocean, where there is a southbound rest area. The highway then reaches the dense and expansive Los Angeles Metropolitan Area, beginning with Irvine and a partial junction with I-405. After another partial junction with I-710 in the city of Commerce, I-5 passes downtown Los Angeles via the East LA Interchange, where it meets I-10 and US 101, the latter at its southern terminus. Leaving Los Angeles, I-5 meets CA 14 at the enormous Newhall Pass Interchange in Santa Clarita, and soon after crosses paths with CA 126 at Castiac. I-5 proceeds to cross the Transverse Ranges via Tejon Pass (4144 ft), which, in the game, features the unique cross-over of the northbound and southbound lanes seen at Violin Summit in real life.

After descending from the mountains, I-5 enters the San Joaquin Valley, where it immediately meets CA 99. As it runs along the less-populated western edge of the valley, I-5 bypasses most of the cities of this region, but connects to these cities via state highways: CA 58 at Buttonwillow connects to Bakersfield; CA 269 to Huron; and CA 145 to Fresno (running west from this same junction is CA 198). South of Modesto, I-5 intersects with CA 152; north of this junction are north and southbound rest areas, as well as a hidden southbound overlook and rest stop. Near the northern end of the valley, I-5 intersects with I-580 at a TOTSO, as well as I-205, both providing access to the San Francisco Bay Area. After crossing the San Joaquin River, I-5 meets CA 120, and continues on through Stockton, where it indirectly connects with the in-game northern terminus of CA 99 via CA 4. North of Stockton, I-5 reaches Sacramento, where it intersects with US 50, twists through the center of the California capital, and then intersects with Interstate 80, taking truckers towards San Francisco to the southwest or Truckee to the northeast. Interstate 5 continues north through the Sacramento Valley toward Redding, with services offered at Dunnigan and Corning, with north and southbound rest areas in between, and north and southbound weigh stations north of Corning. Past these weigh stations, the highway passes through Redding, where it intersects with CA 44 and CA 299, and from there crosses Shasta Lake, a reservoir on the Sacremento River hemmed in by craggy mountains. After climbing a winding grade, the highway passes by the town of Weed, where it meets US 97 at its southern terminus, and then continues north toward Hilt and the Oregon border. Southbound traffic is required to stop at an inspection station south of Hilt.

Upon entering Oregon's Rogue Valley, I-5 continues through the Siskiyou Mountains and into the city of Medford, where it meets OR 140. The Interstate then turns west and intersects with US 199 in the town of Grants Pass before turning north again. Gradually, the mountains turn into hills as the freeway snakes its way into the Willamette Valley, with services offered in Canyonville, as well as north and southbound weigh stations and rest areas. South of Eugene, the highway meets OR 58, and after crossing the Willamette River, reaches Eugene itself, where it intersects with Interstate 105, a short spur route providing access to downtown Eugene, OR 126, and OR 569. The Interstate then heads almost due north, skirting Albany (where it crosses paths with US 20 and passing through Salem. After first tracking a little to the northeast, the highway hits the southern terminus of Interstate 405 and the Marquam Bridge, where it crosses the Willamette River again. North of the river, I-5 has junctions at the western end of I-84 and the northern end of Interstate 405. It then continues through the northern parts of the city of Portland, and crosses the Columbia River into Washington via the Interstate Bridge.

After crossing into Washington, Interstate 5 passes under the railroad tracks and intersects WA 14 which goes to Vancouver. A few miles down the road the highway enters Longview, where it intersects WA 432 before it crosses the Newaukum River on two truss bridges. It intersects US 12 just outside of town. After passing between the Cascades and the Willapa Hills, I-5 enters Olympia, where it intersects with US 101, at its northern terminus, and WA 510. The highway than snakes northwest passing just below the capital dome and proceeds to Tacoma. Leaving Tacoma, past north and southbound weigh stations, I-5 meets I-405 in the southern limits of Seattle, and then makes an interchange with Spokane Street (to the Port of Seattle). After passing the Port of Seattle, I-5 enters the Emerald City itself, where it meets Interstate 90, at its western terminus, before entering the Melrose Ave Tunnel under the city. Upon exiting the tunnel, I-5 passes the Space Needle and the Ship Canal Bridge, and enters Everett, where it intersects with WA 526, which goes to the Darwing (Boeing in real-life) Plant. A few miles down the road the highway passes downtown and intersects with US 2. I-5 continues north before intersecting with WA 529 and leaves Everett. After a northbound weigh station, I-5 then enters Burlington, where it intersects with WA 20. Past a southbound weigh station, I-5 reaches Bellingham, where it currently terminates, awaiting extension to the border of Canada.

Cities

California

• San Diego
• Los Angeles
• Huron
• Stockton
• Sacramento
• Redding
• Hilt

Scenery towns

• Chula Vista
• Carlsbad
• Irvine
• Commerce
• Burbank
• Santa Clarita
• Castaic Junction
• Castaic
• Buttonwillow
• Patterson
• Dunnigan
• Corning
• Weed

Oregon

• Medford
• Eugene
• Salem
• Portland

Scenery towns

• Grants Pass
• Canyonville
• Albany

Washington

• Vancouver
• Longview
• Olympia
• Tacoma
• Seattle
• Everett
• Bellingham

Scenery towns

• Burlington

Exit list

California

Location	mi	km	Exit	Destinations	Facilities	Notes
San Diego	0	0	3	CA905 SR 905 East / Tocayo Avenue		Southern terminus in game; SR 905 exit 1A; Tocayo Avenue is inaccessible
			14A	CA75 SR 75 South – Coronado
			14B	Cesar E. Chavez Parkway		Northbound exit only; inaccessible
			16	6th Avenue		Northbound exit and southbound entrance; inaccessible
			17	Front Street, Civic Center		Southbound exit and northbound entrance; inaccessible
			20	IS8 I-8 – Beaches, El Centro		I-8 exits 2 A-B; I-8 westbound is inaccessible
Carlsbad			50	Carlsbad Village Drive		Inaccessible
				Vista Point		Southbound only
Irvine			94	IS405 I-405 North – Long Beach		Northbound exit and southbound entrance
Commerce			128	Washington Boulevard
				IS710 I-710 South – Long Beach		Southbound exit and northbound entrance
Los Angeles				USCA101 US 101 North – Los Angeles Civic Center		Northbound left exit and southbound left entrance
				IS10 I-10 West – Santa Monica		Southern terminus of I-10 concurrency
				IS10 I-10 East – San Bernardino		Northern terminus of I-10 concurrency
				IS210 I-210 East – Pasadena		Southbound exit and northbound entrance; inaccessible
				CA14 SR 14 North – Mojave
Santa Clarita			172	CA126 SR 126 West (Newhall Ranch Road)		Also serves Oxnard
			221	CA99 SR 99 North – Bakersfield, Fresno		Northbound left exit and southbound left entrance
Buttonwillow			257	CA58 SR 58 – Buttonwillow		Also serves Bakersfield
			319	CA269 SR 269 (Lassen Avenue)		Also serves Huron
			337	CA145CA198 SR 145 East / SR 198 West – Kerman, San Lucas		Also serves Huron
			403 A-B	CA152 SR 152 – Modesto, Fresno, Gilroy, San Jose, Monterey		Fresno and Monterey signed southbound only, Gilroy and San Jose signed northbound only
				Vista Point		Southbound only
				Rest Area
				IS580 I-580 West – Oakland, San Francisco		Northbound left exit and southbound left entrance; also serves San Jose
			458	IS205IS580 I-205 to I-580 – San Francisco		Southbound exit and northbound entrance
			461	CA120 SR 120 – Manteca, Sonora		Also serves Modesto
Stockton			471	CA4 SR 4 West (Charter Way)
				Navy Drive / CA4CA99 SR 4 East to SR 99 – Downtown Stockton
Sacramento			518	USCA50 US 50 – South Lake Tahoe, San Francisco		US 50 exit 4
			522	IS80 I-80 – San Francisco, Reno		I-80 exit 86
Dunnigan	541	871	554	Road 8
	608	979	----	Rest area
Corning	634	1,020	630	South Avenue
	649	1,045	----	Weigh station		Northbound only
	660	1,063	----	Weigh station		Southbound only
Redding			673	Knighton Road
			677	Cypress Avenue
			678 A-B	CA44 SR 44 – Eureka, Lassen National Park, Susanville		Northbound exit 678; SR 44 exits 2 A–B
			680	CA299 SR 299 (Lake Boulevard)
	743	1,195	----	Rest area		Northbound only
Weed	750	1,207	747	USCA97 US 97 (South Weed Boulevard) – Klamath Falls
	787	1,267	----	Border Protection Station		Southbound only
Hilt	798	1,284	796	Hilt		Northern terminus in base game

Oregon

Location	mi	km	Exit	Destinations	Facilities	Notes
	808	1,301	----	Port of Entry, weigh station		Northbound only
	816	1,313	----	Weigh station		Southbound only
Medford	832	1,339	27	OR99 To OR 99 – South Medford
	842	1,356	30	OR62OR140 OR 62 East (Crater Lake Highway) to OR 140 – North Medford, Klamath Falls
Grants Pass	875	1,409	55	US101US199 US 199 South to US 101 – Grants Pass, Crescent City
Canyonville	904	1,455	99	Canyonville
	949	1,528	----	Weigh station
	980	1,578	----	Rest area
	995	1,602	188	OR58 OR 58 East (Willamette Highway) – Klamath Falls
Eugene	1,013	1,631	194 A-B	IS105OR126 I-105 West / OR 126 – Eugene, Springfield		First photo of Oregon
	1,028	1,655	195 A-B	OR569 OR 569 West (Randy Papé Beltline) / Beltline Road East – Eugene, Springfield		Southbound exit 195
Albany	1,056	1,700	233	US20 US 20 (Santiam Highway) – Albany, Bend
Salem	1,074	1,729	253	OR22 OR 22 – Salem Center, Bend
	1,079	1,737	256	OR213 OR 213 North (Market Street) – Salem
Portland	1,098	1,768	299 B	IS405US30 I-405 North to US 30 – City Center, Astoria		Left exits No exit number southbound
	1,114	1,793	300/ 301	IS84US30 I-84 East / US 30 East – The Dalles		Northbound exit 300; southbound exit 301 South end of US 30 concurrency
	1,121	1,805	302 B	IS405US30 I-405 South / US 30 West – Astoria		North end of US 30 concurrency
	1,145	1,843	307	OR 99E South (Vancouver Way in game) / OR 99W (Shipyard Rd)		Northern terminus in Oregon DLC All road names on signs for this exit are inaccurate: Vancouver Way should be labeled Martin Luther King Jr. Blvd with the designation OR 99E OR 99W (or OR 99 West as the game calls it) should not reach this exit Shipyard Rd does not exist IRL
	1,154	1,858	308	Hayden Island, ODOT Permits		Inaccessible One of the road signs is labeled incorrectly as exit 380

Washington

Location	mi	km	Exit	Destinations	Facilities	Notes
Vancouver	1,163	1,873	1	WA14 SR 14 East – Vancouver		South terminus in Washington DLC
Longview	1,174	1,890	36	WA432 SR 432 West – Longview
	1,192	1,919	68	US12 US 12 East – Yakima
	1,203	1,937	72	Rush Road
Olympia	1,217	1,960	104	US101 US 101 North – Aberdeen, Port Angeles
	1,230	1,980	105	State Capitol, City Center, Port of Olympia
	1,237	1,991	111	SR 510 East (Marvin Road) – Yelm
Tacoma	1,254	2,019	136 A-B	20th Street East – Port of Tacoma		Southbound exit 136
	1,265	2,037	----	Rest area, weigh station		Northbound only
	1,269	2,044	----	Weigh station		Southbound only
Seattle	1,273	2,050	154 A-B	IS405 I-405 North / SR 518 West – Sea–Tac Airport, Bellevue		Nortbound exit 154
	1,281	2,062	163	West Seattle Bridge / Spokane Street – Port of Seattle
	1,290–1,301	2,076–2,096	164 A	IS90 I-90 East – Bellevue, Spokane		Southbound exit 164; I-90 exits 2 B–C
	1,290	2,076	164 A	Dearborn Street / Edgar Martinez Drive		Inaccessible Northbound only
	1,292	2,080	164 B	James Street / Madison Street		Inaccessible Northbound only
Everett	1,318	2,123	189	WA526 SR 526 West (Darwing Freeway) – Mukilteo
	1,325	2,133	193	Everett City Center		Northbound exit and southbound entrance
	1,326–1,333	2,135–2,146	194	US2 US 2 East – Wenatchee
	1,333	2,146	194	Everett Avenue		Southbound exit and northbound entrance
	1,345	2,166	198	WA529 SR 529 South (North Broadway) – Port of Everett		Southbound exit and northbound entrance
	1,350	2,174	----	Rest area, weigh station		Northbound only
Burlington	1,362	2,192	230	WA20 SR 20 – Coupeville, Burlington
	1,370	2,205	232	Cook Road – Sedro–Woolley
	1,382	2,227	----	Rest area, weigh station		Southbound only
Bellingham	1,389	2,237	254	State Street / Iowa Street
	1,404	2,261	258	Bakerview Road – Bellingham International Airport		Northern terminus in game

Release History

• In the initial version of American Truck Simulator, Interstate 5 began in San Diego and ended in Hornbrook.

• In update 1.5, as part of the 1:35 to 1:20 map rescale, new sections, including the Grapevine, were added to accommodate the new map scale. The hybrid interchange with Interstate 8 and the trumpet interchanges with Interstate 10 and US 101 were added as the routes were extended to Interstate 5. In San Diego, Carlsbad, and Los Angeles, all junctions were rebuilt and additional lanes were added. The diamond interchange with SR 14 and SR 126 was separated into two separate diamond interchanges for each route, while the cloverleaf interchange with SR 99 and SR 110 was changed to a trumpet interchange with SR 110 as the junction with SR 99 was moved to a new half-trumpet interchange south of Bakersfield. The diamond interchange with SR 58 was changed to a folded diamond interchange and the truck stop there was added. The trumpet interchange with Interstate 580 was changed to a half-trumpet interchange. In Redding the TOTSO at the cloverleaf interchange was removed as the route through the town was changed.

• In update 1.31, the cloverleaf interchange with SR 299 was rebuilt, and Weed and the diamond interchange there with US 97 were added.

• In update 1.32, the cloverleaf interchange with Interstate 80 was changed to a cloverstack interchange.

• In the initial version of the Oregon map expansion DLC, the section of Interstate 5 from Hornbrook to Portland was added.

• In update 1.35, a diamond interchange with a new section of SR 299 was added north of Redding, while the previous section was redesignated as SR 44, and the previous section of SR 44 became undesignated.

• In the initial version of the Washington map expansion DLC, the section of Interstate 5 from Portland to Bellingham was added.

• In update 1.41, as part of the first phase of the California rework, the sections of Interstate 5 from Interstate 80 in Sacramento to just south of Redding and from SR 299 in Redding to the California–Oregon state line were completely reworked. Hornbrook was reworked and replaced by Hilt, and a Border Protection Station south of it was added. The scenery towns of Corning and Dunnigan were added, and truck stops there and a rest area south of Corning and a weigh station between Corning and Redding replaced the previous truck stops and weigh station between Sacramento and Redding. Sacramento River just north of Sacramento, Shasta Lake, and a rest area north of the latter were added. The minor road running parallel to Interstate 5 between Sacramento and Redding was also completely reworked. The diamond interchange with it in Dunnigan was rebuilt, a Sunshine Crops farm was added north of Sacramento, and the rest area south of Redding was removed.

• In update 1.44, as part of the second phase of the California rework, the sections of Interstate 5 from Stockton to just north of Dunnigan and from just south of Redding to SR 299 in Redding were completely reworked, including a complete rework of Redding and Sacramento. All junctions except in Dunnigan were rebuilt, the diamond interchange in Sacramento was replaced by a four-level stack interchange with US 50, and a diamond interchange with Knighton Road in Redding was added. An inaccessible northern section of Stockton was added, and Sacramento River just north of Sacramento was removed. The minor road running parallel to Interstate 5 between Sacramento and Redding was also completely reworked around Dunnigan.

• In update 1.50, as part of the third phase of the California rework, the section of Interstate 5 from just north of SR 58 to Stockton was completely reworked, including a complete rework of Huron and Stockton. The truck stops and weigh station south of Huron were removed, the diamond interchange serving a minor road south of Huron was replaced by one serving SR 269, the diamond interchange serving a minor road north of Huron was removed, the diamond interchange with SR 152 was replaced with a cloverleaf interchange, Interstate 205 was added to provide a northern connection between Interstates 5 and 580, the diamond interchange with SR 120 south of Stockton was replaced with a folded trumpet interchange, the northern diamond interchange in Stockton was replaced with a four-level stack interchange serving SR 4 east, and the other diamond interchange in Stockton was switched to serving SR 4 west and Charter Way.

• In update 1.53, as part of the fourth phase of the California rework, the section of Interstate 5 from San Diego to just north of SR 58 was completely reworked, including a complete rework of San Diego and Los Angeles. Carlsbad was completely reworked and replaced by a scenery town in the same location. The scenery towns of Chula Vista, Irvine, Commerce, Burbank, Castaic Junction, Castaic and Buttonwillow were added. TBC

Gallery

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  Sacramento Valley (before update 1.41)
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  Mountains (before update 1.41)

See also

• Information about Interstate 5 in real life