[1] The interchange, reconstructed between 2000 and 2002, is the busiest in the state, handling an average of over 400,000 vehicles per day before the COVID-19 pandemic.

The Big I was originally built in the mid-1960s with left exits designed to handle 60,000 vehicles per day.

By the late 1990s, however, it could no longer handle Albuquerque's increasing traffic flows and needed to be replaced.

[7] It was first erected in 1995 by the Albuquerque Metropolitan Arroyo Flood Control Authority (AMAFCA) and has been an annual tradition to put one up every December.

[9] Atrisco Heritage Academy HS, Kirtland Air Force Base, and National Museum of Nuclear Science & History are adjacent to but outside of the city limits.Rio Grande HS and Sandia Peak Tramway are near but not in the city limits.