Interstate 25 in New Mexico

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Interstate 25
Main route of the Interstate Highway System
Length: 462.12 mi[1] (743.71 km)
South end: I-10 in Las Cruces
Major
junctions:		 I-40 in Albuquerque
US 84 / US 285 in Santa Fe
North end: I-25 towards Colorado Springs, CO
State Roads in New Mexico

In the U.S. state of New Mexico, Interstate 25 follows the north-south corridor through Albuquerque and Santa Fe. It replaced U.S. Highway 85, which is no longer signed in the state.

[edit] Route description

Interstate 25 begins at Interstate 10's exit 144 in Las Cruces.[2] Immediately, three exits provide access to the city, including one for U.S. Route 70.[3] After this, there are no major cities along the corridor until Albuquerque. However, when I-25 reaches Truth or Consequences, it is parallel to Elephant Butte Reservoir State Park.[4]

As I-25 nears Albuquerque, it has interchanges with roads such as U.S. Route 380 and a concurrency with Route 60.[5] Getting even closer, State Road 6, the original U.S. Route 66, meets up with I-25 in Los Lunas.[6] Now getting even closer to Albuquerque, there are frequent exits to city streets,[7] along with a huge interchange with Interstate 40.[8] Named the Big I, it was given an honorable mention by the United States Department of Transportation and the Federal Highway Administration for excellence in urban highway design in 2002.[9]

Leaving Albuquerque, I-25 starts to curve into a snake-like path in an east-west orientation as it heads toward Santa Fe.[10] I-25 retains that orientation until Las Vegas, where it starts to revert back into its usual north–south orientation.[11] The highway stays this way even when it is leaving New Mexico to enter Colorado. Its last city in New Mexico nearest to Colorado is Raton, about 10 miles away from the state line.

[edit] Exit list

County Location # Destinations Notes
Doña Ana Las Cruces I-10 - El Paso, Deming Southbound exit and northbound entrance
1 University Avenue
3 Lohman Avenue
6 US 70 / Del Rey Boulevard – Las Cruces, Alamogordo
9 Doña Ana (NM 320)
19 Radium Springs (NM 157)
32 Upham
35 NM 140 west – Rincon
41 NM 26 west – Hatch, Deming
Sierra 51 NM 546 – Garfield, Salem
59 NM 187 - Caballo Lake State Park, Percha Dam State Park
63 NM 152 – Hillsboro
71 Las Palomas
Truth or Consequences 75 I-25 Bus. north – Truth or Consequences, Williamsburg
79 I-25 Bus. south – Truth or Consequences
83 NM 195 (NM 181) – Elephant Butte, Elephant Butte Lake State Park
89 NM 181 to NM 52 – Monticello, Cuchillo
92 Mitchell Point (NM 1)
100 Red Rock
Socorro 115 NM 115 - Camino Real International Heritage Center
124 San Marcial
139 US 380 east – San Antonio, Carrizozo
Socorro 147 I-25 Bus. north to US 60 west – Socorro, Magdalena
150 I-25 Bus. south / US 60 west – Socorro, Magdalena South end of US 60 overlap
152 Escondida
156 Lemitar (NM 408)
163 San Acacia
169 La Joya State Game Refuge, Sevilleta National Wildlife Refuge
175 US 60 east (NM 116) – Bernardo, Mountainair North end of US 60 overlap
Valencia Belen 190 I-25 Bus. north – Belen, South Belen
191 Camino del Llano
195 I-25 Bus. south – Belen
Los Lunas 203 NM 6 – Los Lunas
Bernalillo 209 To NM 45 (NM 317) – Isleta Pueblo
213 NM 314 (Isleta Boulevard)
Albuquerque 215 NM 47 (Broadway) – Bosque Farms, Peratia
220 Rio Bravo Boulevard (NM 500)
221 Sunport Boulevard - Albuquerque International Airport
222 Gibson Boulevard - Albuquerque International Airport, Kirtland AFB Signed as exits 222A (east) and 222B (west) southbound
223 Avenida Cesar Chavez
224A Central Avenue, Lead Avenue, Coal Avenue
224B Central Avenue, Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Avenue
225 Candelaria Road, Lomas Boulevard, Menaul Boulevard
226 I-40 – Gallup, Santa Rosa Signed as exits 226A (east) and 226B (west)
227 Comanche Road, Griegos Road, Candelaria Road, Menaul Boulevard
228 Montgomery Boulevard, Montano Road
229 Jefferson Street
230 San Mateo Boulevard, Osuna Road
231 San Antonio Avenue, Ellison Road, Osuna Road
232 NM 423 (Paseo del Norte)
233 Alameda Boulevard (NM 528)
234 NM 556 (Roy Avenue, Tramway Road)
Sandoval Bernalillo 240 NM 473 – Bernalillo
242 US 550 west / NM 165 east – Bernalillo, Rio Rancho, Placitas
248 Algodones (NM 315)
252 San Felipe Pueblo
257 Budaghers
259 NM 22 – Santo Domingo Pueblo
Santa Fe 264 NM 16 – Cochiti Pueblo
267 Waldo Canyon Road
271 CR 50 F - La Cienega
276 NM 14 south / NM 599 north (Santa Fe Relief Route) – Madrid Signed as exits 276A (south) and 276B (north) northbound
278 NM 14 (Cerrillos Road) Signed as exits 278A (south) and 278B (north) southbound
Santa Fe 282 US 84 north / US 285 north (St. Francis Drive) / Frontage Road – Santa Fe Plaza South end of US 84/US 285 overlap; signed as exits 282A (Frontage Road) and 282B (US 84/US 285) southbound
284 NM 466 (Old Pecos Trail)
290 US 285 south (NM 300) – Clines Corners North end of US 285 overlap
294 Canoncito at Apache Canyon
297 Valencia
299 NM 50 – Glorieta, Pecos
San Miguel 307 NM 63 – Pecos, Rowe
319 San Jose, San Juan
323 NM 3 south – Villanueva
330 Bernal
335 Tecolote
339 US 84 south – Romeroville, Santa Rosa North end of US 84 overlap
Las Vegas 343 I-25 Bus. north to NM 283 / NM 329 – Las Vegas
345 NM 104 (University Avenue) to I-25 Bus. / NM 65
347 To I-25 Bus. / NM 250 (I-25 Bus. south/NM 250) / NM 65 / NM 518 – Taos, Las Vegas
352 Las Vegas Municipal Airport
356 Onava
361 (unnamed road)
Mora 364 NM 161 to NM 97 – Watrous, Valmora
366 NM 161 to NM 97 – Watrous, Valmora
387 NM 120 – Wagon Mound
393 Levy
Colfax 404 NM 569 – Colmor
412 To US 56 / US 412 / NM 21 / NM 468 (I-25 Bus. north) – Springer
414 To US 56 / US 412 / NM 21 / NM 468 (I-25 Bus. south) – Springer
419 NM 58 west – Cimarron
426 To NM 505 (NM 445) – Maxwell
435 Tinaja
446 US 64 west – Taos South end of US 64 overlap
Raton 450 I-25 Bus. north (US 64 east) – Raton North end of US 64 overlap
451 US 64 / US 87 east – Raton, Clayton South end of US 87 overlap
452 NM 72 east – Raton
454 I-25 Bus. south – Raton
460 (unnamed road)

[edit] References

  1. ^ Federal Highway Administration, Route Log and Finder List: Table 1: Main Routes of the Dwight D. Eisenhower National System Of Interstate and Defense Highways as of October 31, 2002
  2. ^ I-25 at I-10. Google. Retrieved on 2007-07-07.
  3. ^ I-25 in Las Cruces. Google. Retrieved on 2007-07-07.
  4. ^ I-25 parallels Elephant Butte Reservoir State Park. Google. Retrieved on 2007-07-07.
  5. ^ I-25 near Albuquerque. Google. Retrieved on 2007-07-07.
  6. ^ I-25 at SR 6. Google. Retrieved on 2007-07-07.
  7. ^ I-25 exits in Albuquerque. Google. Retrieved on 2007-07-07.
  8. ^ I-25 at I-40. Google. Retrieved on 2007-07-07.
  9. ^ I-25/I-40 System-to-System Interchange. Excellence in highway design. Federal Highway Administration (2002). Retrieved on 2007-07-07.
  10. ^ I-25 nearing Santa Fe. Google. Retrieved on 2007-07-07.
  11. ^ I-25 near Las Vegas. Google. Retrieved on 2007-07-07.


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