Interstate 40, I-25/US-85 to NM-6

 

Location: I-40 and 6th Ave, Albuquerque

Reassurance shield after the I-25 interchange

Location: I-40 and 12th St, Albuquerque

Reassurance shield after 12th St, which is six blocks west of the last interchange

Location: I-25 and Coors Blvd, Albuquerque

Just after that, we’ll approach Coors Blvd/Old SR-448. Stay left for I-40 and Gallup

Location: I-40 and Coors Blvd, Albuquerque

Exit for Coors Blvd.

Location: I-40 and Coors Blvd, Albuquerque

Shortly after that, we’ll approach Unser Blvd/Old SR-345. The route was decommissioned in October 2010, and I drove it in December, so the shields had not been removed yet

Location: I-40 and Coors Blvd, Albuquerque

Reassurance shields after the Coors Blvd interchange

Location: I-40 and Unser Blvd, Albuquerque

Exit up here for Unser Blvd

Location: I-40 and Unser Blvd, Albuquerque

Exit for Old SR-345/Unser Blvd

Location: I-40 and Unser Blvd, Albuquerque

Reassurance shield after Unser Blvd

Location: I-40 and 98th St NW, Bernalillo Cty

Reassurance shield after 98th St as we head out of Albuquerque and the speed limit goes back up to 75

Location: I-40 and Paseo del Volcan, Bernalillo Cty

Just after we head out of Albuquerque, the old 66 alignment through town will rejoin

Location: I-40 and Paseo del Volcan, Bernalillo Cty

1/2 mile until the old 66 alignment rejoins

Location: I-40 and Paseo del Volcan, Bernalillo Cty

Reassurance shield after the Route 66 interchange

Location: I-40 and Rio Puerco Rd, Bernalillo Cty

As we head out of Bernalillo Cty, we’ll approach the exit for a historic Route 66 bridge

Location: I-40 and Rio Puerco Rd, Bernalillo Cty

Reassurance shield after the Rio Puerco Bridge road

Location: I-40 and Canoncito School Rd, Citadel Cty

Reassurance shield after a very minor rural road as we enter Citadel County

Location: I-40 and SR-6, Citadel Cty

A few miles after that, we’ll approach SR-6

Location: I-40 and SR-6, Citadel Cty

Exit here for a decent length of Old Route 66 frontage road too

Location: I-40 and SR-6, Citadel Cty

Exit for SR-6, which heads east back to Los Lunas

W to NM-124, E to NM-556

E to I-25/US-85

S to NM-500, N to NM-423

N to NM-423, S to NM-500