Interstate 40

Interstate 40
Game	American Truck Simulator: Base game Arizona New Mexico Texas Oklahoma
State	California, Arizona, New Mexico, Texas, Oklahoma
Length	1,343 mi (2,161 km)
Speed Limit	55–75 mph (89–121 km/h)
Route
	0 mi (0 km) I-15 in Barstow
	CA 0–141 mi (0–227 km) US 95
	AZ 141–485 mi (227–781 km) I-17 US 89, US 93, US 180, US 191 SR 66, SR 77, SR 89
	NM 485–864 mi (781–1,390 km) I-25 US 54, US 84, US 491 NM 209
	TX 864–1,039 mi (1,390–1,672 km) I-27 US 60, US 83, US 87, US 287 Loop 335
	OK 1,039–1,343 mi (1,672–2,161 km) I-35, I-44, I-235 US 59, US 62, US 69, US 75, US 77, US 183, US 270, US 377 SH-3, SH-99, SH-375
	1,343 mi (2,161 km) I-40 BL and US 59 in Sallisaw
Map
Highway System
Previous	← I-37
	IS
Next	I-44 →
← SR 37
CA
SR 44 →
← I-19
AZ
SR 51 →
← I-25
NM
US 54 →
← I-37
TX
I-44 →
← I-35
OK
I-44 →

Interstate 40 (I-40) is an east–west Interstate Highway in southern California, northern Arizona, central New Mexico, northern Texas, and central Oklahoma in American Truck Simulator. It runs from Interstate 15 in Barstow to US 59 in Sallisaw.

In real life, Interstate 40 spans a total length of 2,556 miles (4,114 km) from Barstow, California to Wilmington, North Carolina. It is the third-longest Interstate Highway in the United States, following Interstate 90 and Interstate 80.

Course

Interstate 40 begins in Barstow, at a junction with Interstate 15. It proceeds through the sparse Mojave Desert, where the highway features eastbound and westbound Weigh Stations and some notable elevation changes. At Needles there are eastbound and westbound Rest Stops, and it is there that US 95 meets the highway.

After crossing the Colorado River, the highway enters Arizona, and immediately climbs up to Kingman, where access to AZ 66 is provided and a short concurrency with US 93 begins. After the 93 breaks from the highway, I-40 climbs up a notable grade onto the Colorado Plateau, where it meets back with AZ 66 at Seligman. At Ash Fork there is a truck stop on the north side of the highway, while on the south side, AZ 89 provides access to Camp Verde. From there, the highway enters the pine forests of the Coconino Plateau, where it reaches its highest point at the Arizona Divide at 7,335 ft. Shortly afterwards, the highway reaches Interstate 17 and the city of Flagstaff; above the city are the San Francisco Peaks, prominent landmarks that include Humphreys Peak, the highest point of Arizona. The highway then descends into the red desert of the Colorado Plateau, where it crosses the Diablo Canyon, another notable landmark. Past Holbrook, the highway passes Petrified Forest National Park, and intersects with US 191 at Sanders, where there is a westbound Weigh Station and the Painted Cliffs Rest Area.

At the border with New Mexico, the land around the highway rises into high red cliffs. After crossing the state line, there is an eastbound weigh station, and shortly thereafter the city of Gallup is reached. East of Gallup, one can see Pyramid Rock, a colorful mountain that stands near where the highway crosses the Great Continental Divide. On the descent down the Colorado Plateau into the Rio Grande Rift, travel services are offered at North Acomita Village, around the Sky City Casino. After crossing the Rio Grande, the highway reaches Albuquerque, the largest city in New Mexico, where it intersects with Interstate 25. In the eastern limits of town, access to old Route 66 is provided; the segment of the historic road featured here is known as the Musical Highway, and terminates with a ramp onto the eastbound lanes of I-40. East of Albuquerque, I-40 climbs over an unnamed pass between the Sandia Mountains to the north and the Manzanos to the south. Proceeding eastward, the Anton Chico and Route 66W Rest Areas are provided, and US 84 offers access to Interstate 25. Shortly thereafter, the town of Santa Rosa is reached, and with it are numerous travel services. East of Santa Rosa, the highway passes through Tucumcari.

The surrounding landscape of the highway transitions into the Great Plains as it passes the westbound Glenrio Welcome Center, approaching the border with Texas and the town of Glenrio. After passing through Adrian, the highway enters the city of Amarillo, and south of the downtown area intersects Interstate 27, US 60, US 87, and US 287, the latter of which joins I-40 as a concurrency. At the east end of the city, the 287 splits off, and the 40 continues east, descending from the Llano Estacado to Shamrock and US 83; between Amarillo and Shamrock are east and westbound rest areas.

East of Shamrock, I-40 enters Oklahoma, where it is greeted by an eastbound weigh station and an eastbound rest area. Soon after, the highway passes to the south of the city of Clinton, where it intersects with US 183. East of Clinton, I-40 crosses the South Canadian River as it travels across the Anadarko Basin. The highway runs through Oklahoma City, where it follows a concurrency with US 270, and intersects Interstate 44, Interstate 35 (as a concurrency for a short distance, along with US 62), and Interstate 235. After breaking away from I-35, I-40 passes through Midwest City and past Tinker Air Force Base. After crossing the North Canadian River into the Seminole Nation, I-40 intersects US 377 and SH-99, which features services and access to the hidden town of Prague. Continuing across the woodlands of eastern Oklahoma and into the Muskogee Nation, I-40 intersects with US 75 and SH-375 at Henryetta. The highway then travels across the rolling hills of the Arkoma Basin and crosses the northern part of Lake Eufaula. Soon afterwards, I-40 intersects US 59 in Checotah and enters the Cherokee Nation. After crossing the Arkansas River, I-40 reaches its current eastern terminus at Sallisaw, where it meets US 59 and will in time continue to Arkansas.

Cities

California

• Barstow

Scenery towns

• Needles

Arizona

• Kingman
• Flagstaff
• Holbrook

Scenery towns

• Seligman
• Ash Fork
• Sanders

New Mexico

• Gallup
• Albuquerque
• Tucumcari

Scenery towns

• North Acomita Village
• Santa Rosa

Texas

• Amarillo

Scenery towns

• Glenrio
• Adrian
• Shamrock

Oklahoma

• Clinton
• Oklahoma City

Scenery towns

• Midwest City
• Henryetta
• Checotah
• Sallisaw

Exit list

California

Location	mi	km	Exit	Destinations	Facilities	Notes
Barstow	0	0	1	I-15 – Los Angeles, Las Vegas		Western terminus
	62	100	----	Weigh station
Needles	122	197	----	Aron Truck Stop
	126	203	144	US 95 – Blythe, Yuma, Downtown		Eastern terminus in base game

Arizona

Location	mi	km	Exit	Destinations	Facilities	Notes
	147	237	1	Topock Road – Business Park, Golden Shores, Oatman		Western terminus in Arizona DLC; access to Kingman HMS Machinery depot
Kingman	169	273	48	US 93 North / Historic US 66 – Beale Street, Las Vegas		Western terminus of US 93 concurrency
	182	294	53	SR 66 East / Historic US 66 – Andy Devine Avenue		Western terminus of SR 66
	209	337	71	US 93 South – Wickenburg, Phoenix		Eastern terminus of US 93 concurrency
Seligman	242	390	121	I-40 BL / SR 66 to Historic US 66 – Seligman		Eastern terminus of SR 66
Ash Fork	276	444	146	SR 89 South – Ash Fork, Prescott
Flagstaff	312	502	195	I-17 South / I-40 BL East / SR 89 North – Flagstaff, Phoenix		Northern terminus of I-17; I-17 exits 340 A–B; also serves US 180 to Grand Canyon
	333	536	201	I-40 BL West / US 89 North / US 180 West – Flagstaff, Page		Western terminus of US 180 concurrency
Holbrook	420	676	286	I-40 BL / US 180 East / SR 77 South – Holbrook, Show Low		Northern terminus of AZ 77; eastern terminus of US 180 concurrency
	442	712	311	Petrified Forest National Park
Sanders	461	742	333	US 191 – St. Johns, Bluff		Eastern terminus in Arizona DLC
	472	761	----	Weigh Station		Westbound only
	479	771	359	Grants Road		Access to westbound rest area

New Mexico

Location	mi	km	Exit	Destinations	Facilities	Notes
	491	790	----	Weigh station		Eastbound only
Gallup	501	806	20	US 491 North / Muñoz Boulevard – Gallup, Shiprock		Western terminus in New Mexico DLC; southern terminus of US 491
	509	819	26	I-40 BL / Historic US 66 – East Gallup
North Acomita Village	579	932	102	Acomita, Acoma Sky City
Albuquerque	623	1,003	157	12th Street
	632	1,017	159 A	East Frontage Road		Eastbound exit and westbound entrance
	636	1,024	158	West Frontage Road		Westbound exit and eastbound entrance; Inaccessible
	638	1,027	159 B-C	I-25 – Las Cruces, Santa Fe		I-25 exits 226 A–B
	649	1,045	159 D	West Frontage Road		Westbound exit and eastbound entrance
	652	1,050	162	Louisiana Boulevard
	670	1,078	167	Historic US 66 / Tramway Boulevard		Secret road; Historic US 66 joins I-40 some miles later to the east; no entry back to I-40
	721	1,160	----	Anton Chico Rest Area
	736	1,184	256	US 84 North – Santa Fe		Western terminus of US 84 concurrency
Santa Rosa	749	1,206	273	I-40 BL East / US 54 South / Historic US 66 – Santa Rosa, Vaughn
	766	1,233	275	Santa Rosa		Western terminus of US 54 concurrency
	770	1,240	277	I-40 BL West / US 54 South / US 84 South / Historic US 66 – Santa Rosa, Fort Sumner		Eastern terminus of US 84 concurrency
	789	1,270	----	Pajarito Rest Area
Tucumcari	816	1,313	332	NM 209 to NM 104 (1st Street)
	822	1,324	333	US 54 East (Mountain Road) – Dalhart TX		Eastern terminus of US 54 concurrency
	828	1,332	335	I-40 BL West / Historic US 66		Eastern terminus in New Mexico DLC
	862	1,387	----	Glenrio Welcome Center		Westbound only

Texas

Location	mi	km	Exit	Destinations	Facilities	Notes
Adrian	879	1,416	22	I-40 BL East – Adrian		Western terminus in Texas DLC
Amarillo	910	1,466	68	Georgia Street
	923	1,486	70	I-27 South / US 60 / US 87 / US 287 North – Dumas, Pampa, Downtown, Canyon, Lubbock		I-27 exit 123, western terminus of US 287 concurrency
	937	1,508	75	Loop 335 (Lakeside Drive)
	949	1,528	78	US 287 South – Fort Worth		Eastern terminus of US 287 concurrency; Eastbound exit and westbound entrance
	981	1,579	----	Donley County Safety Rest Area		Eastbound only
	989	1,592	----	Gray County Safety Rest Area		Westbound only
Shamrock	1,009	1,624	161	I-40 BL East – Shamrock		Eastbound exit only
	1,019	1,640	163	US 83 – Shamrock, Canadian, Childress		Eastern terminus in Texas DLC

Oklahoma

Location	mi	km	Exit	Destinations	Facilities	Notes
	1,052	1,693	----	Weigh Station		Eastbound only
	1,070	1,722	----	Oklahoma Welcome Center		Eastbound only
Clinton	1,092	1,757	65	I-40 BL East (Gary Boulevard)		Western terminus in Oklahoma DLC; eastern terminus of I-40 BL
	1,106	1,780	66	US 183 (South 4th Street) – Clinton, Woodward
Oklahoma City	1,160	1,867	144	MacArthur Boulevard		Western terminus of US 270 concurrency
	1,172	1,886	147 A-B	I-44 / SH-3 – Tulsa, Wichita, Lawton		I-44 exits 120 A-B; I-44 eastbound and SH-3 are inaccessible
	1,183	1,904	151 A	I-35 South / US 77 South – Dallas		Western terminus of I-35 and US 62 concurrencies; exits 151 A-B eastbound
	1,187	1,910	126 151B	I-235 North / US 77 North – Oklahoma Health Center, State Capitol, Edmond		Exit 126 westbound due to I-35 concurrency; exit 151B eastbound
	1,195	1,923	127	Eastern Avenue / Martin Luther King Avenue		Westbound exit and eastbound entrance
	1,203	1,936	153	I-35 North / US 62 East – Tulsa, Wichita		Eastern terminus of I-35 and US 62 concurrencies
Midwest City	1,210	1,947	157	Air Depot Boulevard / Tinker Gate		Eastern terminus of US 270 concurrency
	1,239	1,994	200	US 377 / SH-99 – Prague, Seminole		US 377 and SH-99 northbound is a secret road
Henryetta	1,262	2,031	240 A-B	– US 62 East / US 75 North / SH-375 (Indian Nation Turnpike) – McAlester, Dallas, Henryetta, Tulsa
Checotah	1,314	2,115	264 A-B	US 69 – McAlester, Muskogee
Sallisaw	1,343	2,161	308	US 59 / I-40 BL East – Sallisaw, Spiro		Eastern terminus in-game; eastern terminus of I-40 BL

Business Routes

Main article: Business routes of Interstate 40

Interstate 40 has several business routes along its route in Arizona, New Mexico, Texas and Oklahoma, respectively in the cities of Flagstaff, Holbrook, Gallup, Tucumcari and Clinton, as well as in the scenery towns of Seligman, Santa Rosa, Glenrio, Adrian, Shamrock and Sallisaw.

History

• In the initial version of American Truck Simulator, Interstate 40 began at Interstate 15 in Barstow and ended at an at-grade three-way junction with an unnamed road to Interstate 10 just east of Barstow.

• In the initial version of the Arizona map expansion DLC, the section of Interstate 40 from the unnamed road east of Barstow to a diamond interchange south of Bushnell Farms in Holbrook was added.

• In update 1.5, as part of the 1:35 to 1:20 map rescale, new sections, including the exit to Petrified Forest National Park, were added to the existing route to accommodate the new map scale. The trumpet interchange with Interstate 15 and the diamond interchange with US 95 were rebuilt, while the diamond interchange with SR 66 and SR 89 was separated into two separate diamond interchanges for each route. The at-grade three-way junction with the unnamed road to Interstate 10 and the diamond interchange south of Bushnell Farms in Holbrook were removed, which truncated the eastern terminus to US 191 in Holbrook.

• In update 1.29, the trumpet interchange with US 93 and Ash Fork were added.

• In the initial version of the New Mexico map expansion DLC, the section of Interstate 40 from US 191 in Holbrook to Tucumcari was added.

• In update 1.31, the cloverstack interchange with Interstate 17 in Flagstaff was partially rebuilt.

• In update 1.35, the truck stop west of Holbrook was removed as a new one was added by the junction with US 180 and SR 77 in Holbrook.

• In the initial version of the Texas map expansion DLC, the section of Interstate 40 from Tucumcari to US 287 east of Amarillo was added.

• In update 1.48, the section of Interstate 40 from US 287 east of Amarillo to US 83 in Shamrock was added.

• In the initial version of the Oklahoma map expansion DLC, the section of Interstate 40 from US 83 in Shamrock to US 59 in Sallisaw was added.

Gallery

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  Barstow

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  Needles

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  Kingman

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  Seligman

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  Ash Fort

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  Flagstaff

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  Holbrook

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  Sanders

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  Gallup

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  North Acomita Village

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  Albuquerque

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  Santa Rosa

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  Tucumcari

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  Glenrio

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  Adrian

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  Amarillo

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  Shamrock

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  Clinton

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  Oklahoma City

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  Midwest City

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  Henryetta

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  Checotah

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  Sallisaw

See also

• Information about Interstate 40 in real life