New Mexico State Road 125 Explained
| State: | NM |
| Type: | NM |
| Route: | 125 |
| Map Custom: | yes |
| Map Notes: | NM 125 highlighted in red |
| Length Mi: | 25.412 |
| Length Ref: | [1] |
| Length Round: | 3 |
| Established: | 1950s |
| Direction A: | South |
| Terminus A: | east of Tatum |
| Direction B: | North |
| Terminus B: | at Texas state line |
| Counties: | Lea |
| Previous Type: | NM |
| Previous Route: | 124 |
| Next Type: | NM |
| Next Route: | 126 |
State Road 125 (NM 125) is a state highway in the U.S. state of New Mexico maintained by the New Mexico Department of Transportation (NMDOT). The 250NaN0 road, located entirely within Lea County, begins at US 380 near Tatum and ends at the Texas state line where the road meets the numerically continuous Texas State Highway 125 southwest of Bledsoe, TX. The road also has a major intersection with NM 508.
Route description
NM 125 begins at US 380 approximately 5miles east of Tatum. The road proceeds to the north and then the northeast before NM 508 branches off to the west toward Crossroads. The road continues to the northeast to the state line and SH 125.[2] NM 125 passes through mostly agricultural lands and oil and gas fields across the largely flat and featureless terrain of the Llano Estacado.[3] [4]
History
NM 125 was created sometime after 1941[5] probably in the early 1950s as Texas began the uncommon process of unofficially signing SH 125's predecessor route, Farm to Market Road 769, as a numerically continuous state highway in 1955.
Notes and References
- Web site: State Routes. New Mexico Department of Transportation. August 4, 2005. 2011-04-25. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20051029093059/http://www.nmshtd.state.nm.us/upload/images/CHDB/State%20Routes.pdf. October 29, 2005. mdy-all.
- New Mexico Department of Transportation. Official Highway Map of New Mexico, America's Land of Enchantment. PDF. 2005. April 27, 2005. G12-H12. 2011-04-25. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20110929034554/http://www.nmshtd.state.nm.us/upload/images/Maps/pdf/HWY_MAP05.pdf. September 29, 2011. mdy-all.
- United States Geological Survey. Tatum, New Mexico-Texas. PDF. 1978. 1:100,000. 30x60 minute series (topographic). 2011-04-25. https://web.archive.org/web/20110726170626/http://ims.er.usgs.gov/gda_services/download?item_id=5200177&quad=Tatum&state=NM&grid=30X60&series=Map%20GeoPDF. July 26, 2011. dead.
- United States Geological Survey. Elida, New Mexico-Texas. PDF. 1979. 1:100,000. 30x60 minute series (topographic). 2011-04-25. https://web.archive.org/web/20110726170123/http://ims.er.usgs.gov/gda_services/download?item_id=5198957&quad=Elida&state=NM&grid=30X60&series=Map%20GeoPDF. July 26, 2011. dead.
- New Mexico State Highway Department. Official Road Map of New Mexico. 1941. PDF. Jorgensen. 2011-04-25. https://web.archive.org/web/20110929034823/http://www.nmshtd.state.nm.us/upload/images/GIS/1941%20Map.pdf. September 29, 2011. dead.
