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)

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