Interstate 25 in New Mexico

Interstate 25
Route information
Maintained by NMDOT
Length: 462.124 mi[2] (743.72 km)
Existed: 1957[1] – present
Major junctions
South end: I-10 / US 85 / US 180 in Las Cruces
  US 70 in Las Cruces
US 380 near San Antonio
US 60 in Socorro
US 60 near Bernardo
I-40 in Albuquerque
US 550 in Bernalillo
US 84 / US 285 in Santa Fe
US 84 in Las Vegas
US 64 / US 87 in Raton
North end: I-25 / US 85 / US 87 near Raton
Location
Counties: Doña Ana, Sierra, Socorro, Valencia, Bernalillo, Sandoval, Santa Fe, San Miguel, Mora, Colfax
Highway system

Main route of the Interstate Highway System
Main • Auxiliary • Business

State Roads in New Mexico
SR • Minor SR • US

← NM 24 NM 26 →

In the U.S. state of New Mexico, Interstate 25 (I-25) follows the north–south corridor through Albuquerque and Santa Fe. It replaced U.S. Route 85, which is no longer signed, but still exists in route logs sharing the I-25 alignment. I-25 starts in New Mexico at an interchange with I-10 in Las Cruces and extends roughly 460 miles before reaching Colorado. I-25 passes through principally rural land through central New Mexico and passes through or near the cities of Las Cruces, Truth or Consequences, Albuquerque, Santa Fe, Las Vegas, and Raton.

Route description

Interstate 25 begins at Interstate 10's exit 144 in Las Cruces.[3] Immediately, three exits provide access to the city, including one for U.S. Route 70.[4] Upon exiting the city the speed limit increases by ten miles per hour to 75 mph. After this, there are no major cities along the corridor until Albuquerque. When I-25 reaches Truth or Consequences, it is parallel to Elephant Butte Reservoir State Park.[5]

As I-25 nears Albuquerque, it has interchanges with roads such as U.S. Route 380 and a concurrency with Route 60.[6] State Road 6, the original U.S. Route 66, meets up with I-25 in Los Lunas.[7] The speed limit on I-25 in Albuquerque is 65 mph (105 km/h), except for one 1.5 mile 55 mph (89 km/h) section between Gibson Boulevard and Central Avenue.  In Albuquerque, there is an 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, the speed limit increases to 70 mph (110 km/h) and after Bernalillo the 75 mph (121 km/h) speed limit resumes. 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 (16 km) away from the state line. The speed limit through Raton Pass is 65 mph (105 km/h). I-25 is 462.124 miles long in New Mexico.[2]


Exit list

County Location Mile Exit Destinations Notes
Doña Ana
 Las Cruces I-10 (US 85 south) – El Paso, Deming, Las Cruces, Albuquerque
1 University Avenue
3 Lohman Avenue
6 US 70 / Del Rey Boulevard – Las Cruces, Alamogordo, White Sands National Monument, White Sands Missile Range
9 NM 320 – Doña Ana
  19 NM 157 – Radium Springs
  32 Upham
  35 NM 140 west – Rincon
  41 NM 26 west – Hatch, Deming
Sierra
   51 NM 546 – Garfield, Salem
  59 NM 187 – Caballo, Percha State Parks
  63 NM 152 – Hillsboro, Silver City
  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) – City of Elephant Butte, Elephant Butte Lake State Park
  89 NM 181 to NM 52 – Cuchillo, Monticello
  92 NM 1 – Mitchell Point
  100 Red Rock
Socorro
   115 NM 107 – Magdalena, Camino Real International Heritage Center
  124 San Marcial, Bosque del Apache National Wildlife Refuge
  139 US 380 east – San Antonio, Carrizozo, Bosque del Apache National Wildlife Refuge
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 NM 408 – Lemitar
  163 San Acacia
  169 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, Peralta
220 NM 500 (Rio Bravo Boulevard)
221 Sunport Boulevard – Albuquerque International Sunport
222 Gibson Boulevard – Albuquerque International Sunport, Kirtland AFB Signed as exits 222A (east) and 222B (west) southbound
223 Avenida Cesar Chavez
224A Central Avenue, Lead Avenue, Coal Avenue Northbound access via Oak Street, southbound via Locust Street
224B Central Avenue, Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Avenue (MLK Avenue) Northbound access via Oak Street, southbound via Locust Street
225 Candelaria Road, Lomas Boulevard, Menaul Boulevard
226 I-40 – Santa Rosa, Gallup Signed as exits 226A (east, Santa Rosa) and 226B (west, Gallup)
227 Comanche Road, Griegos Road, Candelaria Road, Menaul Boulevard
228 Montgomery Boulevard, Montaño Road Montaño Road is west of I-25, Montgomery Blvd. is east of I-25.
229 Jefferson Street
230 San Mateo Boulevard, Osuna Road
231 San Antonio Avenue, Ellison Road, Osuna Road
232 NM 423 (Paseo del Norte)
233 NM 528 (Alameda Boulevard)
  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 NM 315 – Algodones
  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
Santa Fe 278 NM 14 (Cerrillos Road) Signed as exits 278A (south) and 278B (north) southbound
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, Pecos National Historic Park
  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, Las Vegas National Wildlife Refuge
347 To I-25 Bus. south / NM 250 / NM 65 / NM 518 – Taos, Las Vegas
  352 Las Vegas Municipal Airport
  356 Onava
  361 (no name)
Mora
   364 NM 161 to NM 97 – Watrous, Valmora
  366 NM 161 to NM 97 – Watrous, Valmora, Fort Union National Monument
  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, Maxwell National Wildlife Refuge
  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, Capulin Volcano National Monument South end of US 87 overlap
452 NM 72 east – Raton
  454 I-25 Bus. south – Raton
  460 (no name) Final exit in New Mexico
New Mexico – Colorado state line
 Continuation into Colorado
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi
     Concurrency terminus •      Closed/Former •      Incomplete access •      Unopened

References

  1. ^ American Association of State Highway Officials (August 14, 1957). Official Route Numbering for the National System of Interstate and Defense Highways (Map). http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Interstate_Highway_plan_August_14,_1957.jpg. Retrieved 2011-6-16. 
  2. ^ a b "Interstate Highways" (PDF). New Mexico Department of Transportation. http://nmshtd.state.nm.us/upload/images/CHDB/Interstate%20Routes.pdf. Retrieved 2011-06-16. 
  3. ^ Google, Inc. Google Maps – I-25 at I-10 (Map). Cartography by Google, Inc. http://maps.google.com/maps?client=firefox-a&ie=UTF8&oe=UTF-8&hl=en&channel=s&q=&ll=32.259483,-106.724453&spn=0.048848,0.080338&z=14&om=1. Retrieved 2007-07-07. 
  4. ^ Google, Inc. Google Maps – I-25 in Las Cruces (Map). Cartography by Google, Inc. http://maps.google.com/maps?client=firefox-a&ie=UTF8&oe=UTF-8&hl=en&channel=s&q=&ll=32.314701,-106.729774&spn=0.195271,0.32135&z=12&om=1. Retrieved 2007-07-07. 
  5. ^ Google, Inc. Google Maps – I-25 parallels Elephant Butte Reservoir State Park (Map). Cartography by Google, Inc. http://maps.google.com/maps?client=firefox-a&ie=UTF8&oe=UTF-8&hl=en&channel=s&q=&ll=33.321349,-107.071381&spn=0.772276,1.2854&z=10&om=1. Retrieved 2007-07-07. 
  6. ^ Google, Inc. Google Maps – I-25 near Albuquerque (Map). Cartography by Google, Inc. http://maps.google.com/maps?client=firefox-a&ie=UTF8&oe=UTF-8&hl=en&channel=s&q=&ll=34.411442,-106.438293&spn=1.524928,2.570801&z=9&om=1. Retrieved 2007-07-07. 
  7. ^ Google, Inc. Google Maps – I-25 at SR 6 (Map). Cartography by Google, Inc. http://maps.google.com/maps?client=firefox-a&ie=UTF8&oe=UTF-8&hl=en&channel=s&q=&ll=34.947865,-106.702652&spn=0.37878,0.6427&z=11&om=1. Retrieved 2007-07-07. 
  8. ^ Google, Inc. Google Maps – I-25 at I-40 (Map). Cartography by Google, Inc. http://maps.google.com/maps?client=firefox-a&ie=UTF8&oe=UTF-8&hl=en&channel=s&q=&ll=35.104918,-106.626134&spn=0.023628,0.040169&z=15&om=1. Retrieved 2007-07-07. 
  9. ^ "I-25/I-40 System-to-System Interchange". Excellence in highway design. Federal Highway Administration. 2002. http://www.fhwa.dot.gov/eihd/2002/cat1pic8.htm. Retrieved 2007-07-07. 
  10. ^ Google, Inc. Google Maps – I-25 nearing Santa Fe (Map). Cartography by Google, Inc. http://maps.google.com/maps?client=firefox-a&ie=UTF8&oe=UTF-8&hl=en&channel=s&q=&ll=35.44389,-106.092224&spn=0.752943,1.2854&z=10&om=1. Retrieved 2007-07-07. 
  11. ^ Google, Inc. Google Maps – I-25 near Las Vegas (Map). Cartography by Google, Inc. http://maps.google.com/maps?client=firefox-a&ie=UTF8&oe=UTF-8&hl=en&channel=s&q=&ll=35.639441,-105.157013&spn=0.375557,0.6427&z=11&om=1. Retrieved 2007-07-07. 
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