Interstate 40 in New Mexico
Route information | ||||
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Maintained by NMDOT | ||||
Length | 373.530 mi[1] (601.138 km) | |||
Existed | 1957[2]–present | |||
NHS | Entire route | |||
Major junctions | ||||
West end | I-40 at the Arizona state line | |||
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East end | I-40 at the Texas state line | |||
Location | ||||
Country | United States | |||
State | New Mexico | |||
Counties | McKinley, Cibola, Bernalillo, Santa Fe, Torrance, Guadalupe, Quay | |||
Highway system | ||||
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Interstate 40 (I-40), a major east–west route of the Interstate Highway System, runs east–west through Albuquerque in the US state of New Mexico. It is the direct replacement for the historic U.S. Highway 66 (US 66).
Route description
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Arizona to Albuquerque
As I-40 enters New Mexico in a northeasterly direction, it begins following the basin of the intermittent
The highway traverses more of the Navajo Reservation and the Cibola Forest before turning southeast and crossing a
From Laguna to the Route 66 Casino, I-40 has at-grade intersections with a number of ranch access roads in violation of Interstate Highway standards. These intersections are a vestige that remain from the conversion of US 66 to I-40 during the latter part of the 20th century.
Albuquerque Metro Area
I-40 diverges from the former US 66 alignment (
Albuquerque to Texas
East of Albuquerque, I-40 crosses the
History
Planning and construction of I-40 through New Mexico began shortly after the Federal Highway Act of 1956 created the Interstate Highway System. First sections of I-40 through the state were completed by 1960, including a short section west of Tucumcari in Quay County, from a point just west of Santa Rosa west past Clines Corners to just east of Moriarty, along with a section on the eastside of Albuquerque and another section from near Cubero to Grants, which included a new spur route connecting the Interstate Highway with US 66 on that city's eastside. Construction of I-40, generally paralleling the existing US 66 in some sections and replacing the older route in others, was hobbled for a few years during this decade by the New Mexico Legislature's passage of an Anti-Bypassing Law that prohibited the construction of an Interstate bypass around a city or town opposed to it. That law was repealed in 1966 following a threat of loss of federal funds and most New Mexico cities along I-40, I-25, and I-10 then worked out agreements with state and federal highway officials in determining where the bypass routes around their municipalities should be located.
By the end of the 1960s, most rural sections of I-40 were completed across the state with the largest exception being a 40-mile (64 km) stretch east of Tucumcari to the Texas border at Glenrio, where traffic was diverted to the old US 66. That section of highway, by this time, became locally and nationally known as "Slaughter Lane" due to tremendous amounts of traffic for a two-lane highway along with rough and narrow paving which led to numerous injury and fatal traffic accidents that reached epidemic numbers in 1968 and 1969.[3] Construction on this section of I-40 was held up by a dispute at San Jon concerning a proposed routing of I-40 bypassing that city to the north by some five miles (8.0 km), which was resolved in November 1969 when federal and state officials agreed to bring the bypass closer to the city along its northern limits. However, aside from a few small villages, such as Montoya, Newkirk, and Cuervo in the eastern portion of the state and Laguna, Budville, and Cubero to the west, no major bypasses had been entirely completed in New Mexico, so traffic was still diverted over the US 66 routes through each of those cities.
In 1970, I-40 was entirely completed through the city of Albuquerque. Other bypasses were completed around various cities through the state, including San Jon (1976) and Tucumcari (1981),[4] Santa Rosa (1972), Moriarty (1973), Grants (1974), and Gallup (1980).[5]
Exit list
County | Location | mi[6] | km | Exit[7] | Destinations | Notes |
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McKinley | | 0.00 | 0.00 | I-40 west – Flagstaff | Continuation into Arizona | |
| 8.36 | 13.45 | 8 | Defiance, Manuelito | ||
I-40 Bus. | ||||||
20.73 | 33.36 | 20 | US 666 | |||
22.66 | 36.47 | 22 | Miyamura Drive / Montoya Boulevard | |||
25.83 | 41.57 | 26 | I-40 Bus. | |||
McGaffey | 33.52 | 53.95 | 33 | NM 400 – McGaffey | ||
NM 118 west – Iyanbito | Eastern terminus of NM 118 | |||||
| 39.75 | 63.97 | 39 | Refinery | ||
Coolidge | 44.51 | 71.63 | 44 | Coolidge | ||
| 47.81 | 76.94 | 47 | NM 122 east – Continental Divide | Western terminus of NM 122 | |
Thoreau | 53.17 | 85.57 | 53 | NM 371 / NM 612 – Thoreau | ||
Prewitt | 63.18 | 101.68 | 63 | NM 412 – Prewitt | ||
Cibola | Bluewater Village | 72.05 | 115.95 | 72 | NM 606 – Bluewater Village | |
I-40 Bus. ; access to NM 122 via Horizon Boulevard | ||||||
NM 122 – San Rafael, Grants | Signed as exits 81A (south) and 81B (north) eastbound | |||||
84.95 | 136.71 | 85 | I-40 Bus. | |||
| 89.26 | 143.65 | 89 | NM 117 – Quemado | ||
| 96.33 | 155.03 | 96 | NM 124 not signed; former US 66 | ||
San Fidel | 99.86 | 160.71 | 100 | San Fidel | ||
| 101.69 | 163.65 | 102 | Sky City | ||
| 104.60 | 168.34 | 104 | Cubero, Budville, Seama | ||
| 107.74 | 173.39 | 108 | Casa Blanca, Paraje | ||
NM 124 west – Laguna | Eastern terminus of NM 124; former US 66 | |||||
| 117.47 | 189.05 | 117 | Mesita | ||
| 126.53 | 203.63 | 126 | NM 6 east – Los Lunas | ||
To'hajiilee | ||||||
Rio Puerco | ||||||
| 149.25 | 240.19 | 149 | Atrisco Vista Boulevard | Former NM 500 | |
Albuquerque | 151.98 | 244.59 | 153 | 98th Street / Arroyo Vista Boulevard | ||
153.10 | 246.39 | 154 | NM 345 (Unser Boulevard) | |||
154.76 | 249.06 | 155 | Coors Boulevard ) | |||
156.67 | 252.14 | 157A | Rio Grande Boulevard | |||
157.39 | 253.29 | 157B | 12th Street | Eastbound exit and westbound entrance; westbound access via exit 158 | ||
157.85 | 254.03 | 158 | 8th Street / 6th Street | No westbound entrance | ||
158.02 | 254.31 | 159A | 4th Street / 2nd Street / University Boulevard | Eastbound exit and westbound entrance | ||
159.05 | 255.97 | 159B-C | NM 422; serves Albuquerque International Sunport and Presbyterian Hospital | |||
159.38 | 256.50 | 159D | University Boulevard / 2nd Street / 4th Street | Westbound exit and eastbound entrance; serves University of New Mexico Hospital | ||
160.50 | 258.30 | 160 | Carlisle Boulevard | |||
161.46 | 259.84 | 161 | San Mateo Boulevard | |||
162.62 | 261.71 | 162 | Louisiana Boulevard | |||
163.75 | 263.53 | 164 | Wyoming Boulevard | |||
164.19 | 264.24 | Lomas Boulevard | Former westbound exit and eastbound entrance from eastbound Lomas Boulevard; replaced by completion of Wyoming Boulevard interchange | |||
164.90 | 265.38 | 165 | Eubank Boulevard | |||
165.97 | 267.10 | 166 | Juan Tabo Boulevard | |||
167.10– 167.30 | 268.92– 269.24 | 167 | NM 556 (Tramway Boulevard) / Historic US 66 (Central Avenue) | Historic US 66 (Central Avenue) not signed eastbound | ||
| 168.87 | 271.77 | 170 | NM 333 – Carnuel | ||
| 173.90– 177.42 | 279.86– 285.53 | 175 | NM 14 / NM 337 – Tijeras, Cedar Crest | ||
NM 333 – Zuzax | ||||||
Sedillo | 181.04 | 291.36 | 181 | To NM 217 – Sedillo | ||
Santa Fe | Edgewood | 186.73 | 300.51 | 187 | NM 344 – Edgewood | |
I-40 BL east / Historic US 66 – Moriarty | ||||||
195.93 | 315.32 | 196 | NM 41 (Howard Cavasos Boulevard) | |||
197.33 | 317.57 | 197 | I-40 BL west / Historic US 66 – Moriarty | No westbound entrance | ||
| 203.38 | 327.31 | 203 | Longhorn Ranch | Exit does not sign this destination | |
Wagon Wheel | 208.39 | 335.37 | 208 | Wagon Wheel | ||
Clines Corners | 217.59 | 350.18 | 218A | Clines Corners | Former westbound exit only (closed and removed 2015) | |
218 | US 285 – Vaughn, Santa Fe, Roswell | |||||
| 225.81 | 363.41 | 226 | Palma | Exit does not sign this destination | |
| 230.17 | 370.42 | 230 | NM 3 – Encino, Villanueva | ||
| 233.71 | 376.12 | 234 | Flying C | Exit does not sign this destination; westbound has two separate exits with the same number and destination | |
| 238.69 | 384.13 | 239 | McKenzie | Exit does not sign this destination | |
Guadalupe | | 242.83 | 390.80 | 243 | Milagro | Exit does not sign this destination; signed as exits 243B and 243A westbound |
| 251.58 | 404.88 | Eastbound Rest Stop | |||
| Vaughn Route 66 Rest Stop; exit 252 | |||||
| 255.86 | 411.77 | 256 | US 84 north / NM 219 south – Las Vegas, Pastura | Northern terminus of NM 219; western end of US 84 concurrency | |
San Ignacio | 262.83 | 422.98 | 263 | San Ignacio | ||
Colonias | 267.16 | 429.95 | 267 | Colonias | ||
I-40 BL east (Historic US 66) – Santa Rosa | I-40 Bus. not signed westbound | |||||
274.37 | 441.56 | 275 | I-40 Bus. / US 54 ) | |||
276.19 | 444.48 | 277 | Eastern end of US 84 concurrency; western end of US 54 concurrency; I-40 Bus./US 54 not signed eastbound | |||
| 283.96 | 456.99 | 284 | Frontier Museum | ||
Cuervo | 290.61– 291.21 | 467.69– 468.66 | 291 | Cuervo | ||
Newkirk | 299.27 | 481.63 | 300 | NM 129 – Newkirk | ||
Quay | Montoya | 310.72 | 500.06 | 311 | Montoya | |
Palomas | 321.13 | 516.81 | 321 | Palomas | ||
I-40 BL / Historic US 66 east | Western terminus of I-40 Bus. | |||||
330.30 | 531.57 | 331 | Camino del Coronado | |||
331.45 | 533.42 | 332 | NM 209 to NM 104 (1st Street) | |||
332.80 | 535.59 | 333 | US 54 east (Mountain Road) | Eastern end of US 54 concurrency | ||
334.67 | 538.60 | 335 | I-40 BL / Historic US 66 west | |||
| 337.81 | 543.65 | 339 | NM 278 | ||
| 343.13 | 552.21 | 343 | Quay Road AD | Exit does not sign this road | |
San Jon | 355.25 | 571.72 | 356 | NM 469 / Historic US 66 – San Jon | ||
Bard | 360.35 | 579.93 | 361 | Bard | ||
Endee | 369.02 | 593.88 | 369 | NM 93 south / NM 392 north – Endee | ||
Glenrio | 372.52 | 599.51 | I-40 east – Amarillo | Continuation into Texas | ||
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi
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See also
References
- ^ "Interstate Routes" (PDF). New Mexico Department of Transportation. Archived from the original (PDF) on July 23, 2011. Retrieved December 2, 2010.
- Public Roads Administration (August 14, 1957). Official Route Numbering for the National System of Interstate and Defense Highways, As Adopted by the American Association of State Highway Officials (Map). Scale not given. Washington, DC: Public Roads Administration. Retrieved June 16, 2011 – via Wikimedia Commons.
- ^ "Historic Route 66: The Mother Road" (PDF). County Star-News. Shamrock, TX. March 15, 2012. pp. E2–E8.
- ^ "Route 66 History Page". www.route66world.com.
- ^ Sonderman, Joe (2016). Route 66 Roadside Signs and Advertisements. Voyageur Press. p. 89.
- ^ New Mexico Department of Transportation (2007). Statewide Milepost/Point Map (PDF) (Map). Scale not given. Santa Fe: New Mexico Department of Transportation. Archived from the original (PDF) on July 22, 2013.
- ^ "TIMS Road Segments by Posted Route/Point with AADT Info: I-Routes" (PDF). New Mexico Department of Transportation. June 8, 2016. Retrieved September 5, 2019.
External links
- Media related to Interstate 40 in New Mexico at Wikimedia Commons