Editing Interstate 25 (section)

===New Mexico===
{{Main|Interstate 25 in New Mexico}}
I-25 begins at [[Interstate 10|I-10]]'s exit&nbsp;144 in Las Cruces, just south of the [[New Mexico State University]] campus.<ref>{{google maps |url = https://maps.google.com/maps?client=firefox-a&ie=UTF8&oe=UTF-8&hl=en&channel=s&q=&ll=32.259483,-106.724453&spn=0.048848,0.080338&z=14&om=1 |title = I-25 at I-10 |access-date = July 7, 2007 |link = no }}</ref> I-25 [[concurrency (road)|runs concurrently]] with [[U.S. Route&nbsp;85|US Route&nbsp;85]] (US&nbsp;85) at this point and carries this concurrency for the entire length of its run in New Mexico. Immediately, three exits provide access to the city, including one for [[U.S. Route 70|US&nbsp;70]].<ref>{{google maps |url = https://maps.google.com/maps?client=firefox-a&ie=UTF8&oe=UTF-8&hl=en&channe=s&q=&ll=32.314701,-106.729774&spn=0.195271,0.32135&z=12&om=1 |title = I-25 in Las Cruces |access-date = July 7, 2007 |link = no }}</ref> When I-25 reaches [[Truth or Consequences, New Mexico|Truth or Consequences]], it is parallel to [[Elephant Butte Lake State Park]].<ref>{{google maps |url = https://maps.google.com/maps?client=firefox-a&ie=UTF8&oe=UTF-8&hl=en&channel=s&q=&ll=33.321349,-107.071381&spn=0.772276,1.2854&z=10&om=1 |title = I-25 parallels Elephant Butte Lake State Park |access-date = July 7, 2007 |link = no }}</ref> From Las Cruces to Santa Fe, I-25 follows the route of the [[Camino Real de Tierra Adentro]].<ref name=Lyn>{{cite book |last = Wilkerson |first = Lyn |title = American Trails Revisited: Following in the Footsteps of the Western Pioneers |year = 2003 |publisher = iUniverse |location = Lincoln, NE |isbn = 0595282628 |url = https://books.google.com/books?id=7POEV2_XMDQC&pg=PA154 |access-date = February 13, 2013 |page = 154 |via = [[Google Books]] }}</ref>

As I-25 nears [[Albuquerque, New Mexico|Albuquerque]], it has interchanges with highways, such as [[U.S. Route 380|US&nbsp;380]], and a concurrency with [[U.S. Route 60|US&nbsp;60]].<ref>{{google maps |url = https://maps.google.com/maps?client=firefox-a&ie=UTF8&oe=UTF-8&hl=en&channel=s&q=&ll=34.411442,-106.438293&spn=1.524928,2.570801&z=9&om=1 |title = I-25 near Albuquerque |access-date = July 7, 2007 |link = no }}</ref> Further north, [[New Mexico State Road 6|State Road&nbsp;6]] (NM&nbsp;6), former [[U.S. Route 66|US&nbsp;66]], meets up with I-25 in [[Los Lunas, New Mexico|Los Lunas]].<ref>{{google maps |url = https://maps.google.com/maps?client=firefox-a&ie=UTF8&oe=UTF-8&hl=en&channel=s&q=&ll=34.947865,-106.702652&spn=0.37878,0.6427&z=11&om=1 |title = I-25 at SR 6 |access-date = July 7, 2007 |link = no }}</ref> Through Albuquerque, I-25 is named the Pan American Freeway, and there are frequent exits to city streets.<ref>{{google maps |url = https://maps.google.com/maps?client=firefox-a&ie=UTF8&oe=UTF-8&hl=en&channel=s&q=&ll=35.047284,-106.632442&spn=0.04729,0.080338&z=14&om=1 |title = I-25 exits in Albuquerque |access-date = July 7, 2007 |link = no }}</ref><ref name="Bryan" />{{Rp|248}} A major interchange with [[Interstate 40|I-40]] (which is styled as the Coronado Freeway in the city) is named the [[Big I]].<ref name="Bryan">{{cite book |last = Bryan |first = Howard |title = Albuquerque Remembered |publisher = [[University of New Mexico Press]] |location = Albuquerque |year = 1989 |isbn = 0826337821 |oclc = 62109913 |url = https://books.google.com/books?id=rSQAbMtClsYC&pg=PA248 |access-date = February 13, 2013 |via = Google Books }}</ref>{{Rp|248}}<ref>{{google maps |url = https://maps.google.com/maps?client=firefox-a&ie=UTF8&oe=UTF-8&hl=en&channel=s&q=&ll=35.104918,-106.626134&spn=0.023628,0.040169&z=15&om=1 |title = I-25 at I-40 |access-date= July 7, 2007 |link = no }}</ref> It was given an honorable mention by the [[US Department of Transportation]] and the [[Federal Highway Administration]] for excellence in urban highway design in 2002.<ref name="Big I">{{cite web |url = http://www.fhwa.dot.gov/eihd/2002/cat1pic8.htm |title = I-25/I-40 System-to-System Interchange |work = Excellence in highway design |publisher = Federal Highway Administration |year = 2002 |access-date = July 7, 2007 |archive-date = February 10, 2009 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20090210145701/http://www.fhwa.dot.gov/eihd/2002/cat1pic8.htm |url-status = live }}</ref>

Leaving Albuquerque to the north, I-25 curves to the northeast as it approaches [[Santa Fe, New Mexico|Santa Fe]].<ref>{{google maps |url = https://maps.google.com/maps?client=firefox-a&ie=UTF8&oe=UTF-8&hl=en&channel=s&q=&ll=35.44389,-106.092224&spn=0.752943,1.2854&z=10&om=1 |title = I-25 nearing Santa Fe |access-date = July 7, 2007 |link = no }}</ref> Continuing 'northbound' at Santa Fe, I-25 heads southeast for approximately {{convert|45|mi|km}} traveling through the [[Santa Fe National Forest]] and crossing [[Glorieta Pass]] (elevation {{convert|7452|ft|m|abbr=on|disp=or}}).<ref name=Byway>{{cite web |title = Glorieta Pass |url = http://www.santafetrailnm.org/site161.html |work = Santa Fe Trail National Scenic Byway |publisher = Santa Fe Trail Scenic Byway Profile |access-date = February 13, 2013 |archive-date = December 6, 2013 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20131206172840/http://santafetrailnm.org/site161.html |url-status = dead }}</ref> It turns north again at Blanchard toward [[Las Vegas, New Mexico|Las Vegas]].<ref>{{google maps |url = https://maps.google.com/maps?client=firefox-a&ie=UTF8&oe=UTF-8&hl=en&channel=s&q=&ll=35.639441,-105.157013&spn=0.375557,0.6427&z=11&om=1 |title = I-25 near Las Vegas |access-date = July 7, 2007 |link = no }}</ref> The highway maintains a north and northeast orientation as it leaves New Mexico traversing [[Raton Pass]] ({{convert|7798|ft|m|abbr=on|disp=or}}<ref name="nhlsum">{{cite web |url = http://tps.cr.nps.gov/nhl/detail.cfm?ResourceId=335&ResourceType=Site |title = Raton Pass |access-date = October 13, 2007 |work = National Historic Landmark summary listing |publisher = National Park Service |url-status = dead |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20110606054940/http://tps.cr.nps.gov/nhl/detail.cfm?ResourceId=335&ResourceType=Site |archive-date = June 6, 2011 |df = mdy-all }}</ref>) and enters Colorado. Due to its elevation and frequent winter snowstorms, I-25 is sometimes impassible and closed in both directions at Raton Pass during winter months. From Santa Fe to [[Trinidad, Colorado]], I-25 approximates part of the route of the [[Santa Fe Trail]].<ref>{{cite book |last = Glassman |first = Steve |title = It Happened on the Santa Fe Trail |year = 2008 |publisher = Morris Publishing |isbn = 978-0762745739 |url = https://books.google.com/books?id=guZxfT5n0r4C&pg=PR9 |access-date = February 13, 2013 |page = ix |via = Google Books }}</ref> For its entire length in the state, I-25 shares its alignment with US&nbsp;85, although the latter is unsigned.