Route Description
I-10 enters New Mexico and Hidalgo County from Cochise County, Arizona as a four lane divided highway. The highway travels east through rural southeast New Mexico, passing between Steins Mountain and Attorney Mountain, part of the Peloncillo Mountains, before passing by the ghost town of Steins. Continuing east, a the southern terminus of New Mexico State Road 80 (NM 80) is intersected, serving Rodeo, followed by NM 338. Passing Lee Peak the highway turns southeast entering Lordsburg. US 70 is intersected in town, and becomes concurrent with the highway as it continues east past the Lordsburg Municipal Airport, before exiting the town. Near the Grant County line is the Shakespeare ghost town that the highway bypasses. Entering Grant County, the highway continues southeast then northeast after intersecting NM 146. The highway passes over the Continental Divide on the Grant–Luna county line. Continuing east, the highway intersects the city of Deming and the highway becomes concurrent with US 180 as the three highways continue east. The highway enters Doña Ana County as it approaches Las Cruces. US 70 exits the highway as it enters the city (becoming Picacho Avenue), and the Interstate begins to turn south. Just south of the New Mexico State University campus, I-10 has a junction with the southern terminus of I-25. At the I-25 junction, I-10/U.S. Route 180 also becomes concurrent with U.S. Route 85. At this point, the Interstate is now headed almost due south before crossing into El Paso County, Texas at Anthony.
- Note: the speed limit has increased from 70 to 75 mph on I-10 from Mesquite to Anthony at the Texas state line. And I-10 south of Las Cruces is now 3 lanes in each direction.
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