Interstate 25 in New Mexico

This article is about the section of Interstate 25 in New Mexico. For the entire length of the highway, see Interstate 25.

Interstate 25
Route information
Maintained by NMDOT
Length:	462.124 mi (743.72 km)
Existed:	1957 – 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 US • State • Minor ← 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. Immediately, three exits provide access to the city, including one for U.S. Route 70. 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.

At the Big I in Albuquerque, New Mexico

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

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

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

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, Española	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

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