Albuquerque - American Southwest - page 239

Greater Albuquerque

239

To Santa Fe 0 1 mi

Taos

Santa Fe

25

0 1 km

40

Southern Blvd. 25

40

Albuquerque

NEW MEXICO

25

528

313

10

448

Rd

556

CIBOLA
NATIONAL
FOREST

Balloon
Fiesta Park

e

Petroglyph
National
Monument

LOS RANCHOS DE
ALBUQUERQUE

LOS RANCHOS DE
ALBUQUERQUE

423

JOURNAL CENTER JOURNAL CENTER

Mont

LA BOCA
NEGRA PARK

25

47

Montgomery Blvd.
Comanche Rd.
Candelaria Rd.

MIDTOWN MIDTOWN

UPTOWN UPTOWN Menaul Blvd.

Indian School Rd.

Coronado Fwy.

40

40

OLD TOWN OLD TOWN

University of
New Mexico

To Gallup

Lomas Blvd.

9

DOWNTOWN DOWNTOWN

New Mexico
State Fairgrounds

New Mexico
State Fairgrounds

Albuquerque
Convention and
Vistitors Bureau

Albuquerque
Bus Transportation
Center

Albuquerque
Bus Transportation
Center

40

To Santa
Rosa

enal

Albuquerque
International
Sunport

45

47

Blake Rd.

KIRTLAND AIR
FORCE BASE

Rio Bravo Blvd. 500

MONTESA
PARK

MONTESA
PARK

Airport
Information 25

To Las Cruces

Old Town Plaza, the historical and spiritual heart of the city. Lomas and Central con-
tinue east across I-25, staying about half a mile apart as they pass by the University of
New Mexico and the New Mexico State Fairgrounds. The airport is directly south of the
UNM campus, about 3 miles via Yale Boulevard. Kirtland Air Force Base—site of Sandia
National Laboratories—is an equal distance south of the fairgrounds, on Louisiana Bou-
levard.
Roughly paralleling I-40 to the north is Menaul Boulevard, the focus of midtown and
uptown shopping, as well as the hotel districts. As Albuquerque expands northward, the
Journal Center business park area, about 4 1 / 2 miles north of the freeway interchange, is
expanding. Near there is home to the Albuquerque International Balloon Fiesta and the