List of state roads in New Mexico explained

State Road System
Caption:Standard route signage in New Mexico
Interstate:Interstate XX (I-XX)
Us:U.S. Route XX (US XX)
Statehwy:State Road XX (NM XX)
Links:NM

State roads in New Mexico, along with the Interstate Highway System, and the United States Numbered Highway System, fall under the jurisdiction of the New Mexico Department of Transportation (NMDOT). The U.S. state of New Mexico has 412 state roads, totaling that criss-cross the 33 counties of the state.[1] Most highway numbers are one, two, or three digits long, however there are three highways that have four digit highway numbers. These highways are New Mexico State Road 1113 (NM 1113), NM 5001, and NM 6563.

There are 26 state roads that are shorter than 1miles long in the state. The shortest, NM 446, is a quarter-mile (402 m) long and serves to connect Valmora to NM 97.[2] NM 597, the second shortest highway, links U.S. Route 160 (US 160) to the Four Corners Monument, a tourist destination on the Navajo Nation where the states of Utah, Arizona, New Mexico, and Colorado meet.[3] In comparison, the longest state road in New Mexico is NM 120, long, which is more than 475 times longer than the shortest state road.

Route log

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Notes and References

  1. Total mileage is a summation of the mileages below.
  2. Web site: State Routes . . November 26, 2010 . December 3, 2020 . https://web.archive.org/web/20201203072711/https://www.dot.state.nm.us/content/dam/nmdot/Data_Management/POSTED%20ROUTE-NM_Routes.pdf . dead .
  3. Book: Harris, Richard K. . Off the Beaten Path: New Mexico . November 29, 2010 . 8th . Insiders' Guide . 2006 . Globe Pequot . 978-0-7627-4205-9 . 60 .
  4. Shell Highway Map of Arizona and New Mexico . 1951 . H.M. Gousha Company . Shell Oil Company . 1:1,774,080 . Chicago . Shell Oil Company . . April 1, 2015 .
  5. Web site: New Mexico Highways . January 19, 2008 . April 13, 2015 . Riner . Steve . State Routes 1–25, State Routes 26–50, State Routes 51–75, State Routes 76–100, State Routes 101–125, State Routes 126–150, State Routes 151–175, State Routes 176–200, State Routes 201–250, State Routes 251–300, State Routes 301–350, State Routes 351–400, State Routes 401–450, State Routes 451–500, State Routes 501–550, State Routes 551–600, State Routes 601–6563, U.S. and Interstate Highways .