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New Mexico State Road 4 (NM 4) is a 67.946-mile-long (109.348 km) state highway in Sandoval, Los Alamos, and Santa Fe counties in New Mexico, United States.It is significant as the main access route (in conjunction with NM 501 and NM 502) connecting the remote town of Los Alamos, Los Alamos National Laboratory, and Bandelier National Monument to other, more major highways in New Mexico.
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.
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 138 (NM 138) is a 0.670-mile-long (1.078 km) state highway in Doña Ana County.The highway begins at a four-way intersection with NM 478 and Watson Lane, traveling eastbound on Tortugas Drive to an intersection with Espina Street.
In 1903, the New Mexico Territorial Legislative Assembly and Territorial Roads Commission established New Mexico Territorial Road 4, which became New Mexico State Road 4 in 1913. [8] NM 4 ran from Rodeo through Lordsburg and Deming to NM 1 in Las Cruces. [9] NM 4 was designated as part of the Dixie Overland Highway auto trail in 1917.
State Road 485 (NM 485) is a 3.9-mile-long (6.3 km) state highway in the US state of New Mexico. NM 485's southern terminus is near the small town of Jemez Pueblo , at NM 4 . The route passes through land belonging to the pueblo near the Nacimiento Mountains and follows the canyon of the Rio Guadalupe until the pavement ends.
The original alignment is between NM 460 and NM 213. During the 1970s, the western terminus shifted westward to NM 478. In the 1980s, the western terminus moved further west to NM 28, but by the 2000s, the western terminus was at its original alignment. The former NM 404 highway between NM 28 and the Rio Grande is now NM 186. [4]
State Road 344 (NM 344) is a 17.4-mile-long (28.0 km) state highway in the US state of New Mexico. NM 344's southern terminus is at NM 333 and Historic US 66 in Edgewood, and the northern terminus is at NM 14 south-southwest of Golden.