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2 unusual facts about Interstate 40 in New Mexico


Interstate 40 in New Mexico

The route departs the Laguna Pueblo, briefly transits the Tohajiilee Indian Reservation (a chapter of the Navajo Nation), crosses the Rio Puerco and begins a steep climb to the top of a mesa marked by several small cinder cones overlooking the Rio Grande rift and Albuquerque.

The route leaves the Acoma Indian Reservation with Mt. Taylor to the north and enters the Laguna Pueblo.



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