Originally Posted by FlyingHoustonian

I have driven from Austin to Albuquerque before and can attest to the fact their are no checkpoints of any kind via the "north" routing up to Amarillo and over or the "middle" routing up to Abilene, lubbock and over to ABQ via 84 (which is the shortest mileage wise). The "south" routing via El Paso and Las Cruses up to ABQ will run you by the checkpoint east of El Paso on your way home and there was a mobile on I-40 at one point Northbound, not sure if it still there.

Ciao,
FH