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Albuquerque was founded in 1706 as an outpost as La Villa de Alburquerque by Francisco Cuervo y Valdés in the provincial kingdom of Santa Fe de Nuevo México. [17] The settlement was named after the original town of Viceroy Francisco Fernández de la Cueva, 10th duke of Alburquerque, who was from Alburquerque, Badajoz in southwest Spain.
While NM 56 and NM 104 were completely absorbed by US 66, NM 6 was reassigned to a route splitting from US 66 (old NM 6) at Laguna and heading straight east through Albuquerque, Moriarty, and Palma to US 66 at Santa Rosa. Except between Albuquerque and Moriarty, where it formed part of US 470, this was an unimproved road. [4] [5] [6]
Interstate 25 (I-25), also known as the Pan-American Freeway, is a major Interstate Highway in the western United States.It is primarily a north–south highway, serving as the main route through New Mexico, Colorado, and Wyoming.
I-25 begins at I-10's exit 144 in Las Cruces (elevation 4,000 feet (1,200 m)), [3] just south of the New Mexico State University (NMSU) campus. I-25 is concurrent with US 85 at this point, and carries US 85 concurrently for the remainder of its run in New Mexico, save for a 4-mile (6.4 km) through Las Vegas where unsigned US 85 follows Interstate 25 Business (I-25 Bus., Business Loop 15 ...
Central Avenue is a major east–west street in Albuquerque, New Mexico, which historically served as the city's main thoroughfare and principal axis of development. [2] It runs through many of Albuquerque's oldest neighborhoods, including Downtown, Old Town, Nob Hill, and the University of New Mexico area.
After the war, Albuquerque experienced a major population boom, with many new residents attracted by government jobs at Kirtland Air Force Base and Sandia National Laboratories. As the city's population soared from 35,499 to 201,189 between 1940 and 1960, neighborhoods in the eastern part of the city like the International District were rapidly ...
Aerial view, from the north, of I-40 in western New Mexico between Grants and Albuquerque, with Laguna Pueblo, Mesita, and Rio San Jose, and tributaries Arroyo Conchas (left) and Rio Paguate (right, with NM 279) I-40 at Rio Puerco just west of Albuquerque, New Mexico, with the Route 66 Casino by their intersection
at Montgomery Boulevard in Albuquerque New Mexico State Road 556 ( NM 556 ) is a 15.402-mile-long (24.787 km) state highway entirely within Bernalillo County, New Mexico . For most of its length, NM 556 is signed as Tramway Boulevard in Albuquerque , although from I-25 to its northern terminus at NM 47 , NM 556 is signed as Roy Road.