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List of state roads in New Mexico

List of state roads in New Mexico

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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 7,405.762 miles (11,918.419 km) that criss-cross the 33 counties of the state.[lower-alpha 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.

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There are 26 state roads that are shorter than one mile (1.6 km) long in the state. The shortest, NM 446, is a quarter-mile (402 m) long and serves to connect Valmora to NM 97.[1] 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.[2] In comparison, the longest state road in New Mexico is NM 120, 119.031 miles (191.562 km) long, which is more than 475 times longer than the shortest state road.[1]

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Footnotes

  1. Total mileage is a summation of the mileages below.

References

  1. "State Routes" (PDF). New Mexico Department of Transportation. Archived from the original (PDF) on December 3, 2020. Retrieved November 26, 2010.
  2. Harris, Richard K. (2006). Off the Beaten Path: New Mexico. Insiders' Guide (8th ed.). Globe Pequot. p. 60. ISBN 978-0-7627-4205-9. Retrieved November 29, 2010.
  3. Shell Oil Company; H.M. Gousha Company (1951). Shell Highway Map of Arizona and New Mexico (Map). 1:1,774,080. Chicago: Shell Oil Company. Retrieved April 1, 2015 via David Rumsey Map Collection.
  4. Riner, Steve (January 19, 2008). "New Mexico Highways". 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. Retrieved April 13, 2015.[self-published source?]
  5. "State Routes" (PDF). New Mexico Department of Transportation. Archived from the original (PDF) on October 29, 2005. Retrieved November 26, 2010.
  6. State of New Mexico Memorial Designations and Dedications of Highways, Structures and Buildings (PDF). Santa Fe, New Mexico: New Mexico Department of Transportation. 2009. p. 19. Archived from the original (PDF) on October 29, 2017. Retrieved October 19, 2018 via Internet Archive.
  7. Wallace, Laurel T. (October 2004). Historic Highways in the NMDOT System (PDF) (PDF). NMDOT Technical Series. Vol. 2004–1. Santa Fe. Archived from the original (PDF) on April 13, 2021. Retrieved October 18, 2018 via New Mexico Department of Transportation.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
  8. Topographical Map of Albuquerque (Map). 1969. Retrieved March 24, 2020 via HistoricAerials.com.[full citation needed]

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