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The New Mexico Department of Transportation (NMDOT; Spanish: Departamento de Transporte de Nuevo México) is a state government organization which oversees transportation in State of New Mexico in the southwestern United States. The agency has four main focuses—transit, rail, aviation and highways. [1]
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.
State Road 475 (NM 475) is a 16.907-mile-long (27.209 km) state highway in the US state of New Mexico. NM 475's western terminus is at U.S. Route 84 (US 84) and US 285 in Santa Fe, and the eastern terminus is a dead end at Santa Fe Ski Basin.
East of Mogollon, the highway becomes an unpaved, rough single-lane road known as Bursum Road. This section of the road is also twisting and mountainous, and it is closed in winter due to the risk of icy, snowy conditions. [4] The road continues east to Willow Creek Campground in Gila National Forest, where state maintenance ends. [1] [5]
Arizona section of the highway was designated as SR 78 on February 17, 1959, [5] and the New Mexico section was designated along its current route in the mid-1930s as New Mexico State Road 78. [6] By 1938, what would eventually become SR 78 on the Arizona side was still just a gravel road as were many roads in the area including US 666. [7]
U.S. Routes in the U.S. state of New Mexico account for 2,980.838 miles (4,797.194 km) of the state highway system. The first United States Numbered Highways U.S. Routes were formed in 1926, [1] and served as the primary thoroughfares across the entire state. Twenty six of the 33 counties in New Mexico are
State Road 57 (NM 57) is a state highway in the US state of New Mexico. Its total length is approximately 27.6 miles (44.4 km). NM 57's southern terminus is at the San Juan–McKinley county line where it continues south as Navajo Route 14, and NM 57's northern terminus is at U.S. Route 550 (US 550) northwest of Nageezi. [2]
State Road 537 (NM 537) is a 55.943-mile-long (90.032 km) state highway in the US state of New Mexico. NM 537's southern terminus is at U.S. Route 550 (US 550) northwest of Cuba, and the northern terminus is at US 64 south-southwest of Dulce.