State: | NM |
Type: | NM |
Route: | 117 |
Map Custom: | yes |
Map Notes: | NM 117 highlighted in red |
Length Mi: | 62.06 |
Length Ref: | [1] |
Length Round: | 2 |
Direction A: | South |
Terminus A: | near Quemado |
Junction: | near Grants |
Direction B: | North |
Terminus B: | in Grants |
Counties: | Cibola |
Previous Type: | NM |
Previous Route: | 116 |
Next Type: | NM |
Next Route: | 118 |
State Road 117 (NM 117) is a 62.06adj=midNaNadj=mid state road in north west New Mexico, entirely within Cibola County. The southern terminus is at NM 36 near Quemado, and the northern terminus is at NM 122 and Historic U.S. Route 66 in Grants. NM 117 runs through the El Malpais National Conservation Area.
It is one of the roads on the Trails of the Ancients Byway, one of the designated New Mexico Scenic Byways.[2]
The portion of NM 117 from I-40 north to NM 122 became a state highway on a road exchange agreement with Cibola County in October 1988.