The only exceptions are when it passes through the mountains south of Cedar City and, again, north of Cove Fort. Along nearly its entire length through the state, I-15 winds its way along the western edge of a nearly continuous range of mountains (including the Wasatch Range in the northern half of the state). The Interstate merges with I-80 for about 3 miles (4.8 km) from South Salt Lake to just west of Downtown Salt Lake City and merges with I-84 from Ogden to Tremonton. Around Cove Fort, I-70 begins its journey eastward across the country. George and Cedar City, and eventually most of the major cities and suburbs along the Wasatch Front, including Provo, Orem, Sandy, West Jordan, Salt Lake City, Layton, and Ogden. The Interstate passes through the fast-growing Dixie region, which includes St. ( December 2013) ( Learn how and when to remove this template message) Unsourced material may be challenged and removed. Please help improve this section by adding citations to reliable sources.

In 1998, the Utah State Legislature designated Utah's entire portion of the road as the Veterans Memorial Highway. It is Utah's primary and only north–south interstate highway, as the vast majority of the state's population lives along its corridor the Logan metropolitan area is the state's only Metropolitan Statistical Area through which I-15 does not pass. George and those comprising the Wasatch Front: Provo–Orem, Salt Lake City, and Ogden–Clearfield. state of Utah through the southwestern and central portions of the state, passing through most of the state's population centers, including St. Interstate 15 ( I-15) runs north–south in the U.S. Washington, Iron, Beaver, Millard, Juab, Utah, Salt Lake, Davis, Weber, Box Elder I-80 in South Salt Lake and Salt Lake City.US 89 in Lehi, Draper, Bountiful, and Farmington.

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