Interstate 40 in New Mexico

This article is about the section of highway in New Mexico. For the entire length of highway, see Interstate 40.

Interstate 40 marker
Interstate 40
Map
I-40 highlighted in red
Route information
Maintained by NMDOT
Length373.530 mi[1] (601.138 km)
Existed1957[2]–present
NHSEntire route
Major junctions
West end I-40 at the Arizona state line
Major intersections
East end I-40 at the Texas state line
Location
CountryUnited States
StateNew Mexico
CountiesMcKinley, Cibola, Bernalillo, Santa Fe, Torrance, Guadalupe, Quay
Highway system
  • New Mexico State Highway System
← NM 39→ NM 41

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).

  1. ^ "Interstate Routes" (PDF). New Mexico Department of Transportation. Archived from the original (PDF) on July 23, 2011. Retrieved December 2, 2010.
  2. ^ 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.