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Interstate 25 marker
Interstate 25
Route information
Maintained by NMDOT
Length462.12 mi[1] (743.71 km)
NHSEntire route
Major junctions
South end I-10 / US 85 in Las Cruces
Major intersections I-40 in Albuquerque
US 84 / US 285 in Santa Fe
North end I-25 / US 85 / US 87 at Colorado state line
Location
CountryUnited States
StateNew Mexico
Highway system
  • New Mexico State Highway System

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

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] 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.[4]

As I-25 nears Albuquerque, it has interchanges with roads such as U.S. Route 380 and a concurrency with Route 60.[5] State Road 6, the original U.S. Route 66, meets up with I-25 in Los Lunas.[6] 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.[7] 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.[8]

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.[9] I-25 retains that orientation until Las Vegas, where it starts to revert back into its usual north–south orientation.[10] 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).

Exit list

County Location # Destinations Notes
Doña Ana Las Cruces I-10 (US 85 south) – El Paso, Deming Southbound exit and northbound entrance
1 University Avenue
3 Lohman Avenue
6 US 70 – Las Cruces, AlamogordoModule:Jct warning: "road" parameter is deprecated
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 BL north – Truth or Consequences, Williamsburg
79
I-25 BL 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 BL north to US 60 west – Socorro, Magdalena
150

I-25 BL 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 BL north – Belen, South Belen
191 Camino del Llano
195
I-25 BL 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) – Santa Fe PlazaModule:Jct warning: "road" parameter is deprecated 		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 BL north to NM 283 / NM 329 – Las Vegas
345

NM 104 (University Avenue) to I-25 BL / NM 65
347



To I-25 BL / NM 250 (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
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 BL 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 BL south – Raton
460 (no name)

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 2007-07-07.
  3. ^ "I-25 in Las Cruces". Google. Retrieved 2007-07-07.
  4. ^ "I-25 parallels Elephant Butte Reservoir State Park". Google. Retrieved 2007-07-07.
  5. ^ "I-25 near Albuquerque". Google. Retrieved 2007-07-07.
  6. ^ "I-25 at SR 6". Google. Retrieved 2007-07-07.
  7. ^ "I-25 at I-40". Google. Retrieved 2007-07-07.
  8. ^ "I-25/I-40 System-to-System Interchange". Excellence in highway design. Federal Highway Administration. 2002. Retrieved 2007-07-07.
  9. ^ "I-25 nearing Santa Fe". Google. Retrieved 2007-07-07.
  10. ^ "I-25 near Las Vegas". Google. Retrieved 2007-07-07.


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