| Exit 132 for the airport and industrial park. Photo taken 2/27/05 by Kevin Trinkle. |
| Advance signage for US 70, Picacho Drive. US 70 breaks away from I-10 west of Las Cruces and proceeds into downtown Las Cruces. Photo taken 2/27/05 by Kevin Trinkle. |
| Exit 135, US 70. Before construction of I-10, US 80 also took this alignment into downtown Las Cruces. US 80 was realigned onto I-10's alignment before being decommissioned. Photo taken 2/27/05 by Kevin Trinkle. |
| Before descending into Las Cruces, we find this sign on the downgrade into the Rio Grande Valley with mileage to Motel Blvd. Photo taken 2/27/05 by Kevin Trinkle. |
| Advance signage for Exit 139, Motel Boulevard - yet again. Unlike Deming and Lordsburg, Motel Blvd in Las Cruces was not an old alignment of US 80. Photo taken 2/27/05 by Kevin Trinkle. |
| Exit 139 serves La Mesilla, the original 1848 town site. Mesilla was settled after the Mexican War, and was the primary supply and market point for the region via the Butterfield Stage Line, until the railroad went through Las Cruces rather than Mesilla. Photo taken 2/27/05 by Kevin Trinkle. |
| Amenity sign for Exit 140 in Las Cruces, shot from the westbound lanes due to the road construction. Photo taken 2/27/05 by Kevin Trinkle. |
| On this trip, I-10 was being reconstructed through Las Cruces. Exit 140 serves Mesilla to the south and several motels to the north, on NM 28, Avenue de Mesilla. Photo taken 2/27/05 by Kevin Trinkle. |
| Advance signage for Exit 142, Main Street. Use Main Street for New Mexico State University. Photo taken 2/27/05 by Kevin Trinkle. |
| Exit 142 is the pre-1955 alignment of US 80 from downtown south to El Paso, now signed as NM 478. This road offers an alternate route to El Paso south of this point. Photo taken 2/27/05 by Kevin Trinkle. |
| Distance sign to Mesquite, a south suburb of Las Cruces, and El Paso, Texas. Photo taken 01/14/06. |
| The southern terminus of Interstate 25 is in Las Cruces, at the Exit 144 trumpet interchange. This sign is posted two miles out from the three-state Interstate. Photo taken 01/14/06. |
| Interstate 25 replaced U.S. 85 wholly from the Texas state line to Colorado. U.S. 85 retains a short segment in west Texas and an alignment from Denver northwards, but in New Mexico the route is no longer acknowledged officially. Photo taken 01/14/06. |
| Use Interstate 25 north to connect back with U.S. 70 east for White Sands Missile Range and Alamogordo. Photo taken 01/14/06. |
| Eastbound at the Interstate 25 northbound beginning (Exit 144) on Interstate 10. Interstate 25 travels back through Las Cruces, serving New Mexico State University from the east, on the lengthy drive to Albuquerque. Photo taken 01/14/06. |
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State-named shield for Interstate 10 posted as the freeway leaves the merge with Interstate 25 and the city of Las Cruces. Photo taken 01/14/06. |
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Mileage sign for Anthony and El Paso. This section of I-10 is signed at 70 MPH to meet the Texas speed limit, and is designated a safety corridor. Photo taken 01/14/06. |
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Meeting Interstate 10 next is New Mexico 228 via New Mexico Frontage Road 1053 (Stern Drive). FR 1053 follows Interstate 10 southward to the Texas state line. It facilitates the movements to Mesquite Drive (New Mexico 228) west into Mesquite. Photo taken 01/14/06. |
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New Mexico 228 (Mesquite Road) travels 1.81 miles between FR 1053 and New Mexico 478 (former U.S. 80 & 85) in Mesquite. Mesquite represents one of the many farming towns and railway sidings between Las Cruces and El Paso. Photo taken 01/14/06. |
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Smaller neutered shield posted between Exits 151 and 155 along Interstate 10 eastbound. Speed limit signs through this stretch include a green "safety corridor" placard above. Photo taken 01/14/06. |
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Mileage sign for Vado, New Mexico 404 serving Chaparral, and El Paso posted along Interstate 10 east. Photo taken 01/14/06. |
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Advance signage for New Mexico 227 (Vado Drive), serving Vado. New Mexico 227 constitutes a 1.82-mile route between Interstate 10 (Exit 155) and New Mexico 478 (former U.S. 80 & 85). Photo taken 01/14/06. |
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New Mexico (Vado Drive) 227 goes west from the 1955 alignment of U.S. 80/Interstate 10 toward Vado, along New Mexico 478 (original U.S. 80 & 85). New Mexico 227 originally traveled between U.S. 80-85 west to New Mexico 28, but that segment was renumbered New Mexico 189 in 1988 to eliminate the short overlap on New Mexico 478.1 Photo taken 01/14/06. |
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Interstate 10 eastbound on the approach to the former Exit 160 trumpet interchange with New Mexico 460 (Anthony Drive). Anthony Drive represents a former alignment of U.S. 80 & 85 and later U.S. 80 Alternate. Photo taken 01/14/06. |
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A truck port of entry site (northbound) resides at the former trumpet interchange location with New Mexico 460 (Anthony Drive). New Mexico 460 still begins nearby at the parallel Frontage Road 1035 and travels southward to junction New Mexico 404 (O'Hara Road). Exit 162 with O'Hara Road replaced the Exit 160 interchange around 2000. Photo taken 01/14/06. |
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Advance signage for New Mexico 404 (O'Hara Drive), serving Anthony, New Mexico and Chaparral. A diamond interchange facilitates the movements between Interstate 10 and O'Hara Drive. Photo taken 01/14/06. |
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New Mexico 404 (O'Hara Drive) connects to New Mexico 478 and TX 20 (both old US 80) within the city of Anthony. Eastward the state highway ends at New Mexico 213 near the community of Chaparral. Photo taken 01/14/06. |
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A truck weigh station is located on the eastbound side frontage road west of Exit 0 across the Texas state line. Photo taken 01/14/06. |
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Still in New Mexico (but not for long), we find a Texas DOT standard sign for FM 1905 in Anthony (the first of many Farm to Market roads to come). FM 1905 follows Antonio Street west to Anthony, Texas and junction Texas 20 (former U.S. 80-85). Photo taken 01/14/06. |
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Anthony is split between towns in both New Mexico and Texas. This mileage sign reflects El Paso and the bi-state town. Photo taken 01/14/06. |
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A Texas travel information center and rest area facility resides along Interstate 10 eastbound just south of Exit 0 (Texas Farm to Market Road 1905). Photo taken 01/14/06. |
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Interstate 10 nears the Texas state line at the Exit 0 diamond interchange with Texas Farm to Market Road 1905 (Antonio Street west / Mountain Pass Boulevard east). FM 1905 travels 2.2 miles between Interstate 10 and New Mexico 225 west of Anthony. Mountain Pass Road stems east from Exit 0 to new subdivisions a short distance from the freeway. Photo taken 01/14/06. |
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Interstate 10 crosses into the city of Anthony at the Exit 0 ramp departure to Farm to Market Road 1905. U.S. 85 & 180 emerge from obscurity on all signs leading south into El Paso. Photo taken 01/14/06. |
Page Updated May 7, 2008.
