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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]
US 160 enters New Mexico from Arizona on a two-lane highway that heads northeast through the arid, rolling plains of the Navajo section of the Colorado Plateau. Approximately 0.3 miles (480 m) into the state is an intersection with New Mexico State Road 597 (NM 597), a short highway that leads to the Four Corners Monument , which lies on the ...
The route from Tuba City to Window Rock existed as a dirt road as early as 1927. [3] By 1935, portions of the route had been improved. The section between Oraibi and Keams Canyon and the section from northwest of Ganado and the New Mexico border had been improved for travel. [4] By 1938, the route had been improved further to a gravel road. [5]
The longest current U.S. Route in New Mexico is U.S. Route 70, spanning 448.264 miles (721.411 km) across southern New Mexico, while the shortest is U.S. Route 160, which clips the extreme northwestern corner of the state, measuring 0.86 miles (1.38 km) long between the Arizona and Colorado borders. [2]
U.S. Route 160 (US 160), also known as the Navajo Trail, is a U.S. Highway which travels west to east across the Navajo Nation and Northeast Arizona for 159.35 miles (256.45 km). US 160 begins at a junction with US 89 north of Cameron and exits the state into New Mexico south of the Four Corners Monument.
U.S. Route 64 (US 64) is a U.S. Numbered Highway that runs from the Four Corners area in Arizona to the east coast of North Carolina.In Arizona, the highway starts at U.S. Route 160 (US 160) heading southeast for 4.5 miles (7.2 km) before entering New Mexico near the town of Beclabito.
From 1926 to 1932, US 70 was designated further north than it is today. It originally ran from US 66 in Holbrook through St. Johns to the New Mexico state line east of Springerville. Today, US 180 and US 60 serve this route. The highway between Globe and New Mexico was previously designated as part of the original US 180 from 1926 to 1935 ...
East of Pie Town, the road crosses the Continental Divide at an elevation of 7,796 feet (2,376 m). [3] US 60 eastbound at the junction with NM 603 in Pie Town. Between the divide and Datil, US 60 cuts through Cibola National Forest and the Datil Mountains. In Datil, US 60 serves as the eastern terminus of New Mexico State Road 12 (NM 12).