Site Navigation Arizona California Colorado Idaho Montana Nevada New Mexico Utah Wyoming     Interstate 25 North - Sandoval County Interstate 25 Northbound Interstate 25 travels through the western reaches of Sandia Village Pueblo. The Jemez Mountains and Santa Ana Mesa lie along the northern horizon. Photos taken 06/29/08. The first Sandoval County interchange joins Interstate 25 with New Mexico 473 (Avenida Bernalillo). New Mexico 473 travels a short distance from Exit 240 to New Mexico 313 (Camino Del Pueblo). Photos taken 06/29/08. This sign posted at the exit of the Sandia Village Pueblo directs tourists bound for the Coronado State Monument northward to Exit 242 (U.S. 550 west). The monument is home to ruins from early American Indian-constructed pueblo of Kuaua. Visitors will find native American murals, prehistoric colonial artifacts, and reconstructed ruins over the original site (now reburied) pueblo. Photos taken 06/29/08. A trumpet interchange facilitates the movements between Interstate 25 and New Mexico 473 (Avenida Bernalillo) at Exit 240. The state highway ends at historic U.S. 66 within one mile. Photo taken 06/29/08. Exit 242 represents the joint termini of U.S. 550 west and New Mexico 165 east. The east-west highway connects Interstate 25 with Bernalillo and northern Rio Ranch to the west and rural Placitas and Cibola National Forest to the east. Photo taken 06/29/08. Sandoval County continues the green-box reassurance shields of Interstate 25 north from Bernalillo County. Photo taken 06/29/08. This auxiliary guide sign touts the long distance connection of U.S. 550 west to Farmington (via U.S. 64 west). U.S. 550 originally ended in Farmington in 1989 but was extended southeast ova New Mexico 544 and 44 to Bernalillo in 2000. Photo taken 06/29/08. One half mile south of the Exit 242 diamond interchange with U.S. 550 west and New Mexico 165 east. New Mexico 165 meanders 16.8 miles southeast to New Mexico 536 near the Bernalillo County line. The route replaced New Mexico 44 east of Interstate 25 in 1985. Photo taken 06/29/08. U.S. 550 travels overall between Bernalillo and Montrose, Colorado. The southern extension coincided with a four-laning of the corridor between Interstate 25 and U.S. 64 in Bloomfield. Photo taken 06/29/08. Continuing north from Exit 242 through the outskirts of Bernalillo on Interstate 25. Photo taken 06/29/08. Northbound mileage sign highlighting the distances to the capital city (42 miles), Las Vegas (101 miles), and Raton (207 miles). Photo taken 06/29/08. Interstate 25 leaves Bernalillo and enters the Santa Ana Indian Reservation. Photo taken 06/29/08. Interstate 25 gains frontage roads on both sides from U.S. 550 / New Mexico 165 northward. Photos taken 06/29/08. Approaching the diamond interchange with New Mexico 315 (unsigned from Interstate 25) at Exit 248. New Mexico 315 provides a short connector to adjacent New Mexico 313 (former U.S. 66 and U.S. 85). Photo taken 06/29/08. Unusually placed is the Exit 248 guide sign for Algodones on the northbound frontage road instead of the Interstate 25 mainline. Algodones represents an unincorporated community along New Mexico 313 and the Rio Grande. Photo taken 06/29/08. Interstate 25 continues north from Algodones with a 75 mph speed limit. Photo taken 06/29/08. Northbound drivers next meet Hagan Road at the Exit 252 diamond interchange. Photo taken 06/29/08. Hagan Road parallels the dry Arroyo Tonque northwest to Pueblo Road and Riverside Drive near San Felipe Pueblo. Photo taken 06/29/08. Descending into the Arroyo Tonque valley, Interstate 25 splits with the Exit 252 off-ramp to Hagan Road. Hagan Road continues along the dry creek southeast through wide open lands of San Felipe Indian Reservation. Photo taken 06/29/08. Casino Hollywood resides on the southeast corner of Exit 252 on the San Felipe Indian Reservation. Photo taken 06/29/08. Continuing north, Interstate 25 next meets the Santo Domingo Pueblo on the 30-mile drive to Santa Fe. Photo taken 06/29/08. Leaving the San Felipe Indian Reservation along Interstate 25 northbound. Photo taken 06/29/08. Exit 257 joins Interstate 25 with the adjacent Budaghers settlement via a diamond interchange. The place was named after Joseph and Sally Budagher, the founders of the original 1950s trading post here.1 Located at Budaghers is the Mormon Battalion Monument, a 25-foot cast stone monument adorned with a bronze wagon wheel. Photo taken 06/29/08. The Budaghers exits connects with a pair of frontage roads in an otherwise isolated area. A former outlet mall stands along the southbound side frontage road. Constructed in 1993, the mall went out of business and was reopened in 2000 as a cultural center, but again sits abandoned today.1 Photo taken 06/29/08. New Mexico 22 travels north from Interstate 25 (Exit 259) to Cochiti Pueblo on the Rio Grande. Photo taken 06/29/08. Interstate 25 reassurance shield posted ahead of the Exit 259 diamond interchange. Interests to the Cochiti Lake Recreation Area should use New Mexico 22 north. Photo taken 06/29/08. Exit 259 departs Interstate 25 north for New Mexico 22 north to Santo Domingo Pueblo and County Road 52A south to New Mexico 14. Photo taken 06/29/08. Interstate 25 pushes northeastward into the Rio Galisteo valley on the five-mile approach to junction New Mexico 16. Photos taken 06/29/08. Just east of the Rio Galisteo, Interstate 25 and its parallel frontage road cross into Santa Fe County. Photo taken 06/29/08. Page Updated September 7, 2008