Business Loop I-10 - Las Cruces
Former Business Route
No longer inventoried in the NMDOT Posted Routes Legal Descriptions list, the Las Cruces business loop instead is included in the mileage of U.S. 70, NM 478 and NM 188. Remnant shields were posted along the route with at least one remaining as of August 2015. The Las Cruces business loop started at Exit 135 and ran concurrent with U.S. 70 (Picacho Avenue) east to Main Street south and Downtown. Beyond Downtown and the couplet of Water Street south and Church Street north, Main Street continues to NM 188 (Valley Drive), which returned the loop to I-10 at Exit 142.
The business loop was previously well signed from Valley Drive to the intersection with Alameda / El Paseo Drive, but not thereafter according to a report from Patrick Valdez. Furthermore as of October 2003, Business Loop I-10 shields were removed from Picacho Avenue, with the exception of the remaining eastbound assembly directing the business loop onto Main Street south.
