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The United States Border Patrol operates 71 traffic checkpoints, including 33 permanent traffic checkpoints, near the Mexico–United States border. [1] [2] The stated primary purpose of these inspection stations is to deter illegal immigration and smuggling activities.
Interstate 10 (I-10) in the US state of New Mexico is a 164.264-mile ([convert: unknown unit]) route of the Interstate Highway System.I-10 traverses southern New Mexico through Hidalgo, Grant, Luna, and Doña Ana counties.
I-25 / US 85 south (CanAm Highway) – Albuquerque: Southern terminus; I-25 exit 242: NM 313 north (Camino Del Pueblo) – Santa Ana Pueblo, Algodones, San Felipe Pueblo NM 313 south (Camino Del Pueblo) – Pueblo of Sandia Village, North Valley: 2.440: 3.927: NM 528 south – Rio Rancho: Northern end of NM 528: San Ysidro: 23.225: 37.377
The original route from Las Cruces to Hatch is now signed as NM 185; NM 187 south of Truth or Consequences (T or C); NM 181 north of T or C; NM 1 (the route's pre-US-85 designation) from Redrock to Socorro; NM 314 from Belen to Albuquerque; NM 313 from Albuquerque to Bernalillo; NM 14 and NM 466 through Santa Fe; and NM 445 from Maxwell to US ...
The last place that I-40 tops 7,000 feet (2,100 m) is at the head of Tijeras Canyon east of Albuquerque at approximately 7,040 feet (2,150 m). Arizona, New Mexico, Texas, Oklahoma, and Arkansas are the five states where I-40 has a speed limit of 75 mph (121 km/h) instead of the 70 mph (110 km/h) limit in California, Tennessee, and North Carolina.
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The highway was built in stages. The first, not long after one could drive across the United States on a paved road, was the highway from Laredo, Texas, to Mexico City. The second stage was the Inter-American Highway to Panama City; previously there were no roads, and little commerce between most Central American countries.
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