Interstate 25 in New Mexico

Interstate 25
	U.S. Route 85
	I-25 and US 85 highlighted in red
Route information
	Maintained by NMDOT
Length	462.124 mi[1] (743.716 km)
Existed	1957[2]–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 from Socorro to Bosque; 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

Interstate 25 (I-25) in the U.S. state of New Mexico follows the north–south corridor through Albuquerque and Santa Fe. It replaced U.S. Route 85 (US 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 (740 km) 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, Socorro, Belen, Albuquerque, Santa Fe, Las Vegas, and Raton.

Route description

I-25 begins at I-10's exit 144 in Las Cruces (elevation 4,000 feet (1,200 m)),[3] just south of the New Mexico State University campus. I-25 is concurrent with US 85 at this point, and carries US 85 concurrently for the remainder of its run in New Mexico, save for a 4-mile stretch through Las Vegas where unsigned US-85 follows Business Loop 25 through the town. Immediately, the Interstate passes east of the New Mexico State campus, and the next three exits provide access to the city. The first exit is University Avenue, which provides access to NMSU. The final exit in Las Cruces is U.S. Route 70.[4] Upon exiting the city the speed limit increases by ten miles per hour to 75 mph. Before I-25 reaches Truth or Consequences and just south of Elephant Butte Reservoir State Park it crosses over to the west side of the Rio Grande.[5] From Las Cruces to Santa Fe I-25 follows the route of El Camino Real de Tierra Adentro.[6]

At the Big I in Albuquerque, New Mexico

South of Albuquerque near Socorro it passes through the Bosque del Apache National Wildlife Refuge.[7] As I-25 nears Albuquerque, it has interchanges with roads such as U.S. Route 380 and a concurrency with U.S. Route 60.[8] State Road 6, the original U.S. Route 66, meets up with I-25 in Los Lunas.[9] Just to the south of Albuquerque I-25 enters Isleta Pueblo where it crosses back to the east side of the Rio Grande.[10]

I-25 in Albuquerque

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. Through Albuquerque I-25 is named the Pan American Freeway and there are frequent exits to city streets.[11][12]^:248 A major interchange with Interstate 40 (which is styled as the Coronado Freeway in the city) is named the Big I.[12]^:248[13] 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.[14]

Approaching Santa Fe, New Mexico. The Sangre de Cristo Mountains are in the background.

Leaving Albuquerque, the 75 mph (121 km/h) speed limit resumes as the freeway passes through Sandia Pueblo. After Bernalillo, I-25 passes through four more Indian Reservations (from south to north the Pueblos of Santa Ana, San Felipe, Kewa and Cochiti. I-25 turns to the northeast and away from the Rio Grande, alongside which it has run from its southern terminus, as it heads toward Santa Fe.[15] 11 mi (18 km) southwest of Santa Fe it climbs out of the Rio Grande Valley at a steep hill called La Bajada.[16]

Continuing 'northbound' at Santa Fe, I-25 heads southeast for approximately 45 miles (72 km) traveling through the Santa Fe National Forest and crossing Glorieta Pass (7,452 feet (2,271 m)).[17] It turns north again at Blanchard toward Las Vegas.[18] The highway maintains a north and northeast orientation as it leaves New Mexico traversing Raton Pass (7,798 feet (2,377 m)[19]) and enters Colorado. The speed limit through Raton Pass is 65 mph (105 km/h). From Santa Fe to Raton Pass I-25 approximates part of the route of the Santa Fe Trail.[20] I-25 is 462.124 miles (743.716 km) long in New Mexico.[1]

Exit list

County	Location	mi[21]	km	Exit	Destinations	Notes
Doña Ana	Las Cruces	0.00	0.00		I-10 east (US 85 south / US 180 east) – El Paso	National southern terminus; southern end of US 85 concurrency; I-10 exit 144; tri-stack interchange; US 85 continues south on I-10/US 180 east to Texas state line
		0.00	0.00	—	I-10 west (US 180 west) – Deming	Southbound exit and northbound entrance; I-10 exit 144; tri-stack interchange
		2.27	3.65	1	University Avenue	Access to New Mexico State University
		4.20	6.76	3	Lohman Avenue
		6.91	11.12	6	US 70 / Del Rey Boulevard – Las Cruces, Alamogordo, White Sands National Park, White Sands Missile Range
		10.59	17.04	9	NM 320 – Doña Ana
	Radium Springs	19.82	31.90	19	NM 157 – Radium Springs	Leasburg Dam State Park, Ft. Selden State Monument
		33.74	54.30	32	Upham
	Rincon	36.48	58.71	35	NM 140 west – Rincon
	Hatch	42.22	67.95	41	NM 26 west – Hatch, Deming, Lordsburg
Sierra	Garfield	52.02	83.72	51	NM 546 – Garfield, Salem
	Caballo Lake	60.48	97.33	59	NM 187 – Caballo, Percha State Parks
	Caballo	64.75	104.21	63	NM 152 – Hillsboro, Silver City
		72.51	116.69	71	Las Palomas
	Williamsburg	75.99	122.29	75	I-25 Bus. north – Truth or Consequences, Williamsburg
	Truth or Consequences	80.13	128.96	79	I-25 Bus. south – Truth or Consequences
	Truth or Consequences	84.74	136.38	83	NM 195 (NM 181) – Elephant Butte, Elephant Butte Lake State Park
		89.99	144.82	89	NM 181 to NM 52 – Cuchillo, Monticello
		92.66	149.12	92	NM 1 – Mitchell Point	Elephant Butte Lake State Park
		101.41	163.20	100	NM 1 – Red Rock
Socorro		116.23	187.05	115	NM 107 – Magdalena, Camino Real International Heritage Center
		125.55	202.05	124	San Marcial, Bosque del Apache National Wildlife Refuge
	San Antonio	140.33	225.84	139	US 380 east – San Antonio, Carrizozo, Bosque del Apache National Wildlife Refuge
	Socorro	148.95	239.71	147	I-25 Bus. north to US 60 west – Socorro, Magdalena
	Socorro	151.47	243.77	150	I-25 Bus. south / US 60 west – Socorro, Magdalena	South end of US 60 overlap
	Escondida	153.30	246.71	152	Escondida
	Lemitar	157.25	253.07	156	NM 408 – Lemitar
		164.08	264.06	163	San Acacia
	La Joya	170.97	275.15	169	Sevilleta National Wildlife Refuge
		176.34	283.79	175	US 60 east (NM 116) – Bernardo, Mountainair	North end of US 60 overlap
Valencia	Belen	191.37	307.98	190	I-25 Bus. north – Belen, South Belen
		193.01	310.62	191	Camino del Llano
		197.09	317.19	195	I-25 Bus. south – Belen
	Los Lunas	204.42	328.98	203	NM 6 – Los Lunas
Bernalillo		211.04	339.64	209	NM 317 to NM 45 (Coors Blvd) – Isleta Pueblo	To NM 314 (Isleta Blvd.)
		214.71	345.54	213	NM 314 (Isleta Boulevard)
	Albuquerque	216.56	348.52	215	NM 47 (Broadway) – Bosque Farms, Peralta
		221.61	356.65	220	NM 500 (Rio Bravo Boulevard)
		223.24	359.27	221	Sunport Boulevard – ABQ International Sunport
		224.09	360.64	222	Gibson Boulevard – Kirtland AFB	Signed as exits 222A (east) and 222B (west) southbound
		224.80	361.78	223	Avenida Cesar Chavez
		225.45– 225.52	362.83– 362.94	224A	Coal Avenue / Lead Avenue / Central Avenue	Northbound access via Oak Street, southbound via Locust Street; northbound exit serves Presbyterian Hospital; Central Ave. not signed southbound
		225.73	363.28	224B	Historic US 66 (Central Avenue) / Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Avenue	Northbound access via Oak Street, southbound via Locust Street; serves Lovelace Medical Center - Downtown; Hist. US 66 (Central Ave.) not signed northbound
		226.34	364.26	225	Lomas Boulevard / Menaul Boulevard / Candelaria Road – Local Traffic	Southbound signed as "Lomas Blvd." only; serves Heart Hospital of New Mexico and Kindred Hospital Albuquerque
		227.36	365.90	226A-B	I-40 (Coronado Freeway) – Gallup, Santa Rosa	Signed as exits 226A (east) and 226B (west); I-40 exits 159B-C; Big I interchange.
		228.69	368.04	227	Comanche Road / Griegos Road / Candelaria Road / Menaul Boulevard	Griegos Rd. not signed southbound, Candelaria Rd. and Menaul Blvd. not signed northbound
		229.62	369.54	228	Montgomery Boulevard / Montaño Road	Montaño Rd. is west of I-25, Montgomery Blvd. is east of I-25
		230.67	371.23	229	Jefferson Street
		231.57	372.68	230	San Mateo Boulevard / Osuna Road
		232.09	373.51	231	San Antonio Avenue / Ellison Road / Osuna Road
		233.06	375.07	232	NM 423 (Paseo del Norte)
		233.79	376.25	233	NM 528 (Alameda Boulevard)
	Sandia Pueblo Nation	235.15	378.44	234	NM 556 (Tramway Road / Roy Avenue)
Sandoval	Bernalillo	241.86	389.24	240	NM 473 (Avenida Bernalillo)
	Bernalillo	243.38	391.68	242	US 550 north / NM 165 east – Placitas, Bernalillo, Rio Rancho	Former NM 44
		249.10	400.89	248	NM 315 / Historic US 66 – Algodones
		253.60	408.13	252	San Felipe Pueblo
		258.73	416.39	257	Budaghers	Mormon Battalion Memorial on west side about a mile south of the exit. Wagon ruts visible on both east and west side of highway.
		260.43	419.12	259	NM 22 – Santo Domingo Pueblo
Santa Fe		265.96	428.02	264	NM 16 – Cochiti Pueblo
		268.55	432.19	267	Waldo Canyon Road
	La Cienega	272.77	438.98	271	CR 50F – La Cienega
		276.89	445.61	276	NM 14 south / NM 599 north (Santa Fe Relief Route) – Madrid
	Santa Fe	278.75	448.60	278	NM 14 (Cerrillos Road)	Signed as exits 278A (south) and 278B (north) southbound
		283.63	456.46	282	US 84 north / US 285 north (St. Francis Drive) / Frontage Road – Santa Fe Plaza, Española, Los Alamos, Taos	South end of US 84/US 285 overlap; signed as exits 282A (Frontage Road) and 282B (US 84/US 285) southbound
		285.14	458.89	284	NM 466 (Old Pecos Trail)
		291.56	469.22	290	US 285 south (NM 300) – Clines Corners	North end of US 285 overlap
		295.14	474.98	294	Cañoncito at Apache Canyon
		298.16	479.84	297	Valencia
		300.28	483.25	299	NM 50 – Glorieta, Pecos
San Miguel		308.87	497.08	307	NM 63 – Pecos, Rowe, Pecos National Historic Park
	Sands	321.48	517.37	319	San Jose, San Juan
		324.25	521.83	323	NM 3 south – Villanueva
		331.19	533.00	330	Bernal
		336.50	541.54	335	Tecolote
		340.97	548.74	339	US 84 south – Romeroville, Santa Rosa	North end of US 84 overlap
	Las Vegas	345.00	555.22	343	I-25 Bus. north to NM 283 / NM 329 – Las Vegas	North end of Unsigned US-85 concurrency. Unsigned US-85 follows Business Loop 25 through Las Vegas.
		347.05	558.52	345	NM 104 (University Avenue) to I-25 Bus. / NM 65 – Las Vegas National Wildlife Refuge
		349.09	561.81	347	I-25 Bus. south to NM 65 / NM 518 – Taos, Las Vegas	South end of Unsigned US-85 concurrency. Unsigned US-85 follows Business Loop 25 through Las Vegas.
		353.29	568.57	352	Airport	Access via NM 250
		357.53	575.39	356	Onava
		362.65	583.63	361	Warren Ranch Road
Mora	Watrous	365.82	588.73	364	NM 161 to NM 97 – Watrous, Valmora
	Watrous	367.87	592.03	366	NM 161 to NM 97 – Watrous, Valmora
	Wagon Mound	389.01	626.05	387	NM 120 – Wagon Mound
		394.48	634.85	393	Levy
Colfax		405.82	653.10	404	NM 569 – Colmor
	Springer	413.39	665.29	412	To US 56 (US 412) / NM 21 / NM 468 – Springer, Museum	Access via unsigned I-25 Bus.; serves Santa Fe Trail Museum
	Springer	415.93	669.37	414	To US 56 (US 412) / NM 21 / NM 468 – Springer, Museum	Access via unsigned I-25 Bus.; serves Santa Fe Trail Museum
		420.20	676.25	419	NM 58 west – Cimarron
	Maxwell	427.36	687.77	426	NM 505 to NM 445 – Maxwell, Maxwell National Wildlife Refuge
		436.50	702.48	435	Tinaja
		448.01	721.00	446	US 64 west – Taos	South end of US 64 overlap
	Raton	451.25	726.22	450	I-25 Bus. north (US 64 east) – Raton	North end of US 64 overlap
		452.72	728.58	451	US 87 east / US 64 – Raton, Clayton, Capulin Volcano National Monument, Amarillo	South end of US 87 overlap
		453.84	730.38	452	NM 72 east – Folsom
		455.80	733.54	454	I-25 Bus. south – Raton
New Mexico–Colorado line		461.72	743.07	460	Truck weigh station	First southbound exit in New Mexico; exit not signed northbound
New Mexico–Colorado line		461.72	743.07		I-25 north (US 85 / US 87 north) – Trinidad, Denver	Continuation into Colorado
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi Concurrency terminus Incomplete access

References

"Interstate Highways" (PDF). New Mexico Department of Transportation. Archived from the original (PDF) on July 23, 2011. Retrieved June 16, 2011.
American Association of State Highway Officials (August 14, 1957). Official Route Numbering for the National System of Interstate and Defense Highways (Map). Scale not given. Washington, DC: American Association of State Highway Officials. Retrieved June 16, 2011 – via Wikimedia Commons.
Google (July 7, 2007). "I-25 at I-10" (Map). Google Maps. Google. Retrieved July 7, 2007.
Google (July 7, 2007). "I-25 in Las Cruces" (Map). Google Maps. Google. Retrieved July 7, 2007.
Google (July 7, 2007). "I-25 parallels Elephant Butte Reservoir State Park" (Map). Google Maps. Google. Retrieved July 7, 2007.
Wilkerson, Lyn (2003). American Trails Revisited: Following in the Footsteps of the Western Pioneers. Lincoln, NE: iUniverse. p. 154. ISBN 0595282628. Retrieved February 13, 2013 – via Google Books.
Google (April 13, 2013). "I-25 near Socorro" (Map). Google Maps. Google. Retrieved April 13, 2013.
Google (July 7, 2007). "I-25 near Albuquerque" (Map). Google Maps. Google. Retrieved July 7, 2007.
Google (July 7, 2007). "I-25 at SR 6" (Map). Google Maps. Google. Retrieved July 7, 2007.
Google (April 13, 2013). "I-25 near Isleta" (Map). Google Maps. Google. Retrieved April 13, 2013.
Google (July 7, 2007). "I-25 exits in Albuquerque" (Map). Google Maps. Google. Retrieved July 7, 2007.
Bryan, Howard (1989). Albuquerque Remembered. Albuquerque: University of New Mexico Press. ISBN 0826337821. OCLC 62109913. Retrieved February 13, 2013 – via Google Books.
Google (July 7, 2007). "I-25 at I-40" (Map). Google Maps. Google. Retrieved July 7, 2007.
"I-25/I-40 System-to-System Interchange". Excellence in highway design. Federal Highway Administration. 2002. Retrieved July 7, 2007.
Google (July 7, 2007). "I-25 nearing Santa Fe" (Map). Google Maps. Google. Retrieved July 7, 2007.
Julyan, Robert (1998). The Place Names of New Mexico (2nd ed.). University of New Mexico Press. Retrieved February 13, 2013. La Bajada hill is located 11 miles [18 km] southwest of Santa Fe. From 1598, when Spanish colonists trudged beside lumbering oxcarts, to the early 20th century, when American tourists drove Model A automobiles, the steep and abrupt escarpment of La Bajada Hill was a notorious landmark on the road between Santa Fe and Albuquerque. The old route up La Bajada Hill was barely 1.5 miles [2.4 km] long, but it traversed tough volcanic rock; in the 20th century it included 23 hairpin turns and was the scene of countless frustrations and mishaps, from overturned wagons to boiling radiators. Residents of the village of La Bajada (see entry) at the hill's base named a spot on the hill Florida because a truck carrying oranges overturned there. In 1932, a new route up the escarpment was laid out, followed today by I-25, and the original route, 5 mi [8.0 km] N and W, fell into disuse, though a few drivers still attempt it to test their vehicles' toughness. The name La Bajada now is gradually being transferred to the new route.
"Glorieta Pass". Santa Fe Trail National Scenic Byway. The Santa Fe Trail Scenic Byway Profile. Retrieved February 13, 2013.
Google (July 7, 2007). "I-25 near Las Vegas" (Map). Google Maps. Google. Retrieved July 7, 2007.
"Raton Pass". National Historic Landmark summary listing. National Park Service. Archived from the original on June 6, 2011. Retrieved October 13, 2007.
Glassman, Steve (2008). It Happened on the Santa Fe Trail. Morris Publishing. p. ix. ISBN 978-0762745739. Retrieved February 13, 2013 – via Google Books.
http://dot.state.nm.us/content/dam/nmdot/Travel_conditions/maps/SW_V9_2_ELEV_RB_2007.pdf

Interstate 25
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U.S. Route 85
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[nmdot_log-1] "Interstate Highways" (PDF). New Mexico Department of Transportation. Archived from the original (PDF) on July 23, 2011. Retrieved June 16, 2011.

[IkeHighways57-2] American Association of State Highway Officials (August 14, 1957). Official Route Numbering for the National System of Interstate and Defense Highways (Map). Scale not given. Washington, DC: American Association of State Highway Officials. Retrieved June 16, 2011 – via Wikimedia Commons.

[3] Google (July 7, 2007). "I-25 at I-10" (Map). Google Maps. Google. Retrieved July 7, 2007.

[4] Google (July 7, 2007). "I-25 in Las Cruces" (Map). Google Maps. Google. Retrieved July 7, 2007.

[5] Google (July 7, 2007). "I-25 parallels Elephant Butte Reservoir State Park" (Map). Google Maps. Google. Retrieved July 7, 2007.

[Lyn-6] Wilkerson, Lyn (2003). American Trails Revisited: Following in the Footsteps of the Western Pioneers. Lincoln, NE: iUniverse. p. 154. ISBN 0595282628. Retrieved February 13, 2013 – via Google Books.

[7] Google (April 13, 2013). "I-25 near Socorro" (Map). Google Maps. Google. Retrieved April 13, 2013.

[8] Google (July 7, 2007). "I-25 near Albuquerque" (Map). Google Maps. Google. Retrieved July 7, 2007.

[9] Google (July 7, 2007). "I-25 at SR 6" (Map). Google Maps. Google. Retrieved July 7, 2007.

[10] Google (April 13, 2013). "I-25 near Isleta" (Map). Google Maps. Google. Retrieved April 13, 2013.

[11] Google (July 7, 2007). "I-25 exits in Albuquerque" (Map). Google Maps. Google. Retrieved July 7, 2007.

[Bryan-12] Bryan, Howard (1989). Albuquerque Remembered. Albuquerque: University of New Mexico Press. ISBN 0826337821. OCLC 62109913. Retrieved February 13, 2013 – via Google Books.

[13] Google (July 7, 2007). "I-25 at I-40" (Map). Google Maps. Google. Retrieved July 7, 2007.

[Big_I-14] "I-25/I-40 System-to-System Interchange". Excellence in highway design. Federal Highway Administration. 2002. Retrieved July 7, 2007.

[15] Google (July 7, 2007). "I-25 nearing Santa Fe" (Map). Google Maps. Google. Retrieved July 7, 2007.

[16] Julyan, Robert (1998). The Place Names of New Mexico (2nd ed.). University of New Mexico Press. Retrieved February 13, 2013. La Bajada hill is located 11 miles [18 km] southwest of Santa Fe. From 1598, when Spanish colonists trudged beside lumbering oxcarts, to the early 20th century, when American tourists drove Model A automobiles, the steep and abrupt escarpment of La Bajada Hill was a notorious landmark on the road between Santa Fe and Albuquerque. The old route up La Bajada Hill was barely 1.5 miles [2.4 km] long, but it traversed tough volcanic rock; in the 20th century it included 23 hairpin turns and was the scene of countless frustrations and mishaps, from overturned wagons to boiling radiators. Residents of the village of La Bajada (see entry) at the hill's base named a spot on the hill Florida because a truck carrying oranges overturned there. In 1932, a new route up the escarpment was laid out, followed today by I-25, and the original route, 5 mi [8.0 km] N and W, fell into disuse, though a few drivers still attempt it to test their vehicles' toughness. The name La Bajada now is gradually being transferred to the new route.

[Byway-17] "Glorieta Pass". Santa Fe Trail National Scenic Byway. The Santa Fe Trail Scenic Byway Profile. Retrieved February 13, 2013.

[18] Google (July 7, 2007). "I-25 near Las Vegas" (Map). Google Maps. Google. Retrieved July 7, 2007.

[nhlsum-19] "Raton Pass". National Historic Landmark summary listing. National Park Service. Archived from the original on June 6, 2011. Retrieved October 13, 2007.

[20] Glassman, Steve (2008). It Happened on the Santa Fe Trail. Morris Publishing. p. ix. ISBN 978-0762745739. Retrieved February 13, 2013 – via Google Books.

[21] ttp://dot.state.nm.us/content/dam/nmdot/Travel_conditions/maps/SW_V9_2_ELEV_RB_2007.pdf