Talk:U.S. Route 85

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[edit] History notes

Obviously the detailed history should go in the state articles. Here are some general notes. --NE2 16:43, 10 July 2007 (UTC)

• National Old Trails Road, Los Lunas, NM to Trinidad, CO
• National Park to Park Highway, Pueblo, CO to Denver, CO

State highways

• NM: 1
• CO: 1, 2, 3
• WY: 11, 30, 13
• SD: 30, 79
• ND: 26, 2

[edit] According to AASHTO, US 85 leaves I-25 in the following places

This is from the 1989 log, and, as far as I know, Colorado and New Mexico have not submitted any changes to US 85 since then. --NE2 12:51, 23 August 2007 (UTC)

• between Albuquerque and Santa Fe: exits 242? to 264? was this an error left over from before this part of I-25 was built in the early to mid-1980s? My 1988 Rand McNally shows that even before the renumbering, US 85 used I-25 north of exit 248.
• Las Vegas: exits 343 to 347 - now Business Loop 25
• Walsenburg: exits 49 to 52 - now Business Loop 25
• Colorado Springs: exits 128 to 148 - still signed as US 85