Interstate 10 in New Mexico

Interstate 10
I-10 highlighted in red
Route information
Maintained by NMDOT
Length:	164.264 mi[2] (264.357 km)
Existed:	1957[1] – present
Major junctions
West end:	I-10 at the Arizona state line
	US 70 in Lordsburg US 180 in Deming US 70 in Las Cruces I-25 / US 85 in Las Cruces
East end:	I-10 / US 85 / US 180 at the Texas state line
Location
Counties:	Hidalgo, Grant, Luna, Doña Ana
Highway system
Main route of the Interstate Highway System Main • Auxiliary • Business State Roads in New Mexico SR • Minor SR • US ← NM 9 NM 11 →

Interstate 10 (I-10) in the U.S. state of New Mexico is 164.264-mile (264.357 km) long main route of the Interstate Highway System. I-10 traverses Southern New Mexico through Hidalgo, Grant, Luna, and Doña Ana counties. The Interstate travels west–east between the Arizona state line and the interchange with I-25 in Las Cruces, and then travels north–south into Texas. U.S. Route 80 (US 80) was replaced by I-10 through New Mexico, and was removed in two stages, with all the signage removed by October 1991.

Contents 1 Route description 2 History 3 Exit list 4 See also 5 References

Route description

I-10 enters New Mexico and Hidalgo County from Cochise County, Arizona as a four lane divided highway. The highway travels east through rural southeast New Mexico, passing between Steins Mountain and Attorney Mountain, part of the Peloncillo Mountains, before passing by the ghost town of Steins. Continuing east, a the southern terminus of New Mexico State Road 80 (NM 80) is intersected, serving Rodeo, followed by NM 338. Passing Lee Peak the highway turns southeast entering Lordsburg. US 70 is intersected in town, and becomes concurrent with the highway as it continues east past the Lordsburg Municipal Airport, before exiting the town. Near the Grant County line is the Shakespeare ghost town that the highway bypasses. Entering Grant County, the highway continues southeast then northeast after intersecting NM 146. The highway passes over the Continental Divide on the Grant–Luna county line. Continuing east, the highway intersects the city of Deming and the highway becomes concurrent with US 180 as the three highways continue east. The highway enters Doña Ana County as it approaches Las Cruces. US 70 exits the highway as it enters the city, and the Interstate turns south and intersects the southern terminus of I-25 continuing south before crossing into El Paso County, Texas.^[3]

History

I-10 replaced US 80 through New Mexico, which was one of the original United States Numbered Highways established in 1926.^[4] The portion of US 80 between the Arizona state line and Anthony was decommissioned on October 6, 1989, while the remainder of the route though the state was removed October 12, 1991.^[5]

The Interstate was first numbered I-10 by the American Association of State Highway Officials, in cooperation with the Department of Commerce, in 1957.^[1]

Exit list

County	Location	Mile	Exit	Destinations	Notes
Arizona–New Mexico state line			Continuation into Arizona
Hidalgo			3	Steins
			5	NM 80 south – Douglas
			11	NM 338 south – Animas
			15	Gary
	Lordsburg		20	I-10 Bus. east (West Motel Drive) – Lordsburg	Signed as exits 20A (rest area) and 20B (I-10 Bus.) eastbound
			22	NM 494 (Main Street)
			24	I-10 Bus. west (East Motel Drive) / US 70 west	West end of US 70 overlap
			29	(no name)
Grant			34	NM 113 south – Playas
			42	Separ
			49	NM 146 south – Hachita, Antelope Wells
Luna			55	Quincy
			62	Gage
			68	NM 418 east
	Deming		81	I-10 Bus. east (West Pine Street)
			82A	US 180 west to NM 26 east – Silver City, Hatch	West end of US 180 overlap; eastbound entrance is via exit 82B
			82B	Cedar Street, Railroad Boulevard	Westbound entrance is via exit 82A
			85	I-10 Bus. west (East Pine Street)
			102	Akela
Doña Ana			116	NM 549 west
			127	Corralitos Road
	Las Cruces		132	Las Cruces International Airport
			135	US 70 east (West Picacho Avenue)	East end of US 70 overlap
			139	NM 292 south (Motel Boulevard)
			140	NM 28 (Avenida de Mesilla)
			142	NM 101 west (University Avenue) / NM 188 north (Valley Drive) / NM 478 (Main Street)
			144	I-25 north (US 85 north) – Las Cruces, Albuquerque	West end of US 85 overlap
			151	Mesquite
			155	NM 227 west – Vado, Berino
			162	NM 404 – Anthony, Chaparral
New Mexico–Texas state line			Continuation into Texas
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi      Concurrency terminus •      Closed/Former •      Incomplete access •      Unopened

See also

• Business routes of Interstate 10

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References

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