Business Loop I-5 - Weed
The Weed arch spans Main Street just east of U.S. 97/Business Loop I-5 (Weed Boulevard) into Downtown. - 08/02/2011
Business Loop I-5 intertwines with Interstate 5 northward from Exit 745 with Vista Drive to Exit 748. The 2.9 mile long route coincides with U.S. 97 (South Weed Boulevard) from Exit 747 near the College of the Siskiyous northward into Weed. California State Route 265 (N Weed Boulevard) runs along the 0.50 mile stretch leading west from Downtown Weed to I-5.
North
The Weed business loop begins at the diamond interchange (Exit 745) connecting I-5 with Vista Drive and South Weed Boulevard. Vista Drive serves an array of traveler services along the east side of Interstate 5, while Weed Boulevard (Historic U.S. 99) carries the business route northward to the west.
08/02/11
Business Loop I-5 accompanies Vista Drive west from the northbound off-ramp (Exit 745) to South Weed Boulevard. The return ramp for I-5 south to Redding departs next.
08/02/11
The first Business Loop I-5 shield assembly appears at the point where traffic transitions from Vista Drive west to northbound South Weed Boulevard.
08/02/11
South Weed Boulevard stems north from Vista Drive west and Mountain View Drive along former U.S. 99.
08/02/11
Heading north along Weed Boulevard by the College of the Siskiyous, Business Loop I-5 approaches a modified diamond interchange with Interstate 5 at College Avenue west. The exchange also represents the south end of U.S. 97, which is unmarked here.
03/31/05
The previous sign assembly along Weed Boulevard north at College Avenue and I-5 south included a Business Loop I-5 shield and the simplified choice: College or Weed?
February 1999
North
The ensuing Business Loop I-5 shield assembly after I-5 (Exit 747) omits U.S. 97, even though the two routes overlap northward to Downtown Weed.
03/31/05
Weed Boulevard leads north along a business strip providing most motorists services after Boles Street.
03/31/05
A Historic U.S. 99 trailblazer stands along Weed Boulevard north after Boles Street. For those heading north along U.S. 97, now is the time to get food or gas, as options northeast to the Oregon state line are in short supply.
08/02/11
South
Business Loop I-5/SR 265 turn east onto North Weed Boulevard (Historic U.S. 99) at Old Edgewood Road and the northbound on-ramp for I-5 to Yreka.
04/01/05
South
Southbound Business Loop I-5 (Weed Boulevard) passes under Interstate 5 ahead of the on-ramp to Redding and Sacramento. Although U.S. 97 is not marked along South Weed Boulevard, it legislatively ends at I-5.
This button copy guide sign was removed by 2012.
03/31/05
Weed Boulevard continues beyond I-5 and the south end of Business Loop I-5 and U.S. 97 to Vista Drive. College Street extends west to the College of the Siskiyous.
03/31/05
South
Business Loop I-5 curves from South Weed Boulevard onto eastbound Vista Drive for the final distance to Interstate 5.
08/02/11
Entering the diamond interchange with Interstate 5 along Vista Drive. I-5 leads south to Redding and Sacramento and north back through Weed en route to Grants Pass, Oregon.
08/02/11
Gas and food are available on the east side of the Vista Drive interchange. Portland, Oregon lies 350 miles to the north along Interstate 5.
08/02/11
Photo Credits:
- Andy Field: 08/02/11
- AARoads: 03/31/05, 04/01/05
- Jerry Mullady: February 1999
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Page Updated Thursday August 24, 2017.