Truck dispatch in San Bernardino, CA

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Freight in San Bernardino

San Bernardino is at the east end of the Inland Empire's warehouse belt, where I-10 meets I-215 and I-15 starts its climb over the Cajon Pass toward Las Vegas. It's also a rail town. Caltrans' 2023 freight plan lists BNSF's San Bernardino intermodal yard with capacity for about 660,000 lifts a year, plus a BNSF automobile facility in the city. BNSF's Cajon line runs north over the pass to Barstow, and Union Pacific trains use it too.

Much of the warehouse freight is on the former Norton Air Force Base, now San Bernardino International Airport (SBD) and its business parks. The Air Force's base reuse page, written in 2011, lists the Stater Bros. headquarters and distribution complex (2.3 million sq ft on 180 acres, about 2,000 workers at the distribution center), a 1.2 million sq ft Mattel distribution center, a 651,880 sq ft Kohl's warehouse and a 600,240 sq ft Pep Boys distribution center with 65 docks. In 2012 Amazon announced a 950,000 sq ft building on Central Avenue. In 2019 the FAA cleared SBD's Eastgate air cargo project, a 658,500 sq ft sort building with 380 trailer stalls, and in 2020 the airport named Amazon Air as its tenant.

Major shippers and freight hubs

Listed for context from official sources. Fleetorica isn't affiliated with these companies or agencies, and we don't claim them as customers. Building sizes come from Air Force and FAA documents dated in the sources and may have changed since.

Main routes and truck traffic

The highways most loads in and out of San Bernardino run on: I-10, I-215, I-15 (Cajon Pass), SR 210, SR 259, SR 18.

I-10 runs along the south side of the city, west to Ontario and Los Angeles and east through Redlands and Banning toward Palm Springs and Phoenix. I-215 runs north and south through the middle of town, south to Riverside and Moreno Valley and north to I-15 at the foot of the Cajon Pass. I-15 then climbs to Victorville, Barstow and Las Vegas. SR 210 crosses the north side of the valley toward Pasadena, SR 259 links I-215 and SR 210, and SR 18 climbs to the mountain towns.

Caltrans' 2024 truck counts show about 23,500 trucks a day on I-10 at Mountain View Avenue (13% of traffic) and about 22,800 at the I-215 junction in Colton. I-215 carries up to about 20,700 a day at its I-10 junction and about 12,000 through downtown San Bernardino. On I-15 at the top of the Cajon Pass, near the US 395 junction, Caltrans counts about 18,900 to 20,600 trucks a day, about two-thirds of them five-axle.

Lane planner: what a load out of San Bernardino really pays

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Miles are estimates (straight-line distance × 1.13). Check your truck GPS before you accept a load. Driving days assume the 11-hour driving limit.

Who hauls out of San Bernardino

About two in three for-hire carriers based in San Bernardino run a single truck or less. That's who we work for: owner-operators and small fleets who want a dispatcher handling the load boards, broker calls and paperwork. One FMCSA record that lists 16 trucks and only 4 drivers is left out of every count here under our filing-error check.

Largest for-hire carriers based in San Bernardino

By trucks reported to FMCSA, from the Company Census File for companies with a physical address in San Bernardino, CA, as of October 31, 2026. Listed for reference only; Fleetorica isn't affiliated with these companies. Check any carrier or broker with our carrier and broker lookup.

Truck parking and weigh stations

Caltrans' rest area data, checked in October 2026, shows no rest area in the San Bernardino valley or on I-15 between the valley and Barstow; the next one north is Clyde V. Kane, 30 miles east of Barstow. Space counts are truck/bus spaces from Caltrans' 2011 rest area master plan, except Wildwood, which comes from the 2022 truck parking study (2021 count). Source

Caltrans' 2022 truck parking study rated the Inland Empire a very high priority: about 1,660 designated truck spaces, 1,577 of them used at the peak hour, plus about 1,126 trucks parked outside designated spots, for a shortfall of about 1,043 spaces, the largest in California. District 8 as a whole had about 1,786 trucks parked outside designated spots at the peak hour. Source

Weigh stations

There's no weigh station in San Bernardino. Caltrans' list (revised February 2020) puts the closest at Cajon on I-15 in the Cajon Pass (northbound operational; southbound out of service) and Desert Hills on I-10 near Banning (eastbound platform scale and westbound inspection station, both operational). Source

Drivewyze reports bypass coverage at Cajon and Desert Hills, and Caltrans lists both PrePass and Drivewyze as bypass systems in California. Trucks without a bypass must pull into any open station. Source

Freight calendar for San Bernardino and California

When freight picks up in and around San Bernardino and California. Import freight runs all year; bars show the months for crops, and each line links its official source.

What we book, by truck type

Dry van

Retail and e-commerce distribution centers around the old Norton base and across the Inland Empire ship all year. We line up the outbound load before you deliver so you're not sitting empty.

Reefer

Grocery distribution, including the Stater Bros. complex, keeps reefers moving. Your reefer unit must be reported in CARB's ARBER system before it runs in California.

Power only

Big distribution centers and the rail yards put preloaded trailers on the market. We confirm the trailer meets California rules before you hook.

Flatbed

Building materials, steel and equipment move to job sites across the Inland Empire and the high desert. We check securement and tarps before we book.

Box truck

Final-mile and store deliveries across the valley keep 26-foot box trucks busy.

How we dispatch here

• Before your first California load we confirm a 2010 or newer engine, Clean Truck Check compliance and, for reefers, ARBER reporting
• Before a load north on I-15 we check QuickMap for Cajon Pass closures and chain controls, and we plan the climb at truck speeds
• Northbound on I-15 you'll pass the Cajon scale in the pass; Caltrans listed the southbound side as out of service in 2020, so we plan legal weights either way
• California trucks with three or more axles must stay in the far-right lane or a marked truck lane, so we plan transit times at truck-lane speeds
• There's no Caltrans rest area in the valley or on I-15 before Barstow, so we line up your 10-hour break at a truck stop before you roll

State rules, permits and taxes are on our California dispatch page.

Pricing

A percentage of the load's gross, quoted for your truck and lanes, charged only on loads we book. No contract, and your first load is free.

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