Montana Interstate 1-15 MT Rest Areas
I-15 NORTHBOUND
Idaho - Montana State Line
Interstate I-15 N/S Bidirectional (Mile Marker 15)
Lima Rest Area
Interstate I-15 Northbound (Mile Marker 33.8)
Red Rocks Rest Area
Interstate I-15
Northbound (Mile Marker 108.5)
Divide Rest Area
Interstate I-15 Northbound (Mile Marker 177.5)
Jefferson City Rest Area
Interstate I-15 Northbound (Mile Marker 222)
Lyon’s Creek Rest Area
Interstate I-15 Northbound (Mile Marker 239)
Dearborn Rest Area
Interstate I-15 Northbound (Mile Marker 318)
Teton River Rest Area
Interstate I-15 N/S
Bidirectional (Mile Marker 339)
Conrad Rest Area
Interstate I-15 N/S Bidirectional (Mile Marker 397)
Sweetgrass Welcome Center
Canada US Border - Montana State Line
I-15 SOUTHBOUND
Idaho - Montana State Line
Interstate I-15 N/S Bidirectional (Mile Marker 15)
Lima Rest Area
Interstate I-15 Southbound (Mile Marker 33.9)
Red Rocks Rest Area
Interstate I-15 Southbound (Mile Marker 55)
Barretts Rest Area
Interstate I-15 Southbound (Mile Marker 108.6)
Divide Rest Area
Interstate I-15 Southbound (Mile Marker 178.2)
Jefferson City Rest Area
Interstate I-15 Southbound (Mile Marker 222)
Lyon’s Creek Rest Area
Interstate I-15
Southbound (Mile Marker 239)
Dearborn Rest Area
Interstate I-15 Southbound (Mile Marker 318)
Teton River Rest Area
Interstate I-15 N/S Bidirectional (Mile Marker 339)
Conrad Rest Area
Interstate I-15 N/S Bidirectional (Mile Marker 397)
Sweetgrass Welcome Center
Canada US Border - Montana State Line
MT Interstate 15 Rest Area - Northbound Access at Mile Marker 318
This Rest Area is located near mile marker 318 on Interstate I 15. Accessible from Montana Interstate 15 with Northbound access. (Just North of the Missouri River)
Rest Area - I-15 Off Ramp
Rest Area - Weather
Rest Area Map - Driving Directions
Rest Area Map Facilities
- Open Year Round
- Truck and Passenger Vehicle Parking
- Handicap Accessible
- Restrooms
- Drinking Water
- Picnic Area (shaded)
- POI – Geological / Historical Marker
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This article is about the section of Interstate 15 in Montana. For the entire route, see Interstate 15.
First Special Service Force Memorial Highway | |||
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In the U.S. state of Montana, Interstate 15 (I-15, additionally named as the First Special Service Force Memorial Highway from Helena to the Alberta, Canada border, where it continues on into Canada retaining that designation) continues onward from Idaho for nearly 400 miles (640 km) through the cities of Butte, Helena, and Great Falls, intersecting with I-90, I-115, and I-315. I-15 reaches its northern terminus at the international border with Alberta, Canada.
I-15 joins with I-90 and makes a junction with a short, one-mile (1.6 km) spur route I-115 in Butte.
Route description[edit]
I-15 (foreground left to right) goes through the city of Great Falls, MT
I-15 crosses into Montana from Idaho just south of Lima Reservoir, before the route continues northwest through farmland and desert. The freeway turns north at Clark Canyon Reservoir, before turning northeast. In the town of Dillon, I-15 passes near Clark's Lookout State Park before beginning to parallel the Big Hole River. The freeway then turns away from the river, continuing northeast along Divide Creek through the desert, before splitting away from the creek and heading north. I-15 eventually merges into I-90 at a trumpet interchange.[2]
I-15 and I-90 run concurrently through the city of Butte, coming first to an interchange with I-115, signed as Business Loop 15 and Business Loop 90. I-15 and I-90 pass through a green area in the middle of the city, before I-15 splits off to the northeast on the eastern end of the town. The freeway goes through the forest and plains north of I-90 before winding along Bison Creek and later the Boulder River. I-15 passes through the town of Basin before leaving the mountains and providing access to Boulder. Paralleling Beavertown Creek, the road winds through the hills before passing through Jefferson City. The freeway continues into Helena, where I-15 intersects US 12 and runs concurrently with US 287 through the outskirts of the city before continuing north through the plains.[2]
I-15 and US 287 continue along Little Prickly Pear Creek before passing through the town of Wolf Creek after several miles. Northeast of there, US 287 continues north, while I-15 runs close to the Missouri River. The freeway provides access to Cascade and then continues through the plains through Ulm before turning northeast into the city of Great Falls. I-315 and US 89 intersect with I-15 at a trumpet interchange, and US 89 continues north and then northwest along I-15 for a few miles before continuing to the west.[2] I-15 continues northwest through farmland before passing near Dutton and Brady, and the city of Conrad. US 2 intersects I-15 in the town of Shelby. The freeway passes through the town of Sunburst, then passes through a final stretch of farmland. Eventually, I-15 passes through the last town before Canada, Sweet Grass, and then crosses the international border, becoming Alberta Highway 4.[2]
In 1996, I-15 between Helena and Sweet Grass was renamed the "First Special Service Force Memorial Highway".[3] It was chosen because it was the route taken in 1942 by the Canadian volunteers to join their American counterparts for training at Fort Harrison.[3]