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US 285 enters New Mexico from Texas approximately 23 miles south of Loving. As US 285 traverses north on the eastern plains of New Mexico, it passes through the towns of Carlsbad, Artesia and then Roswell. In Artesia, the route intersects with US 82. In Carlsbad, US 285 has an overlap with US 62 and US 180 through the town.
US 70 east / US 285 (Main Street) – Vaughn, Artesia, NMMI: East end of US 70 overlap NM 254 – East Grand Plains NM 409 – Bottomless Lakes State Park NM 172 – Maljamar: Lea NM 457 south to US 82 – Artesia: Tatum: NM 206 – Portales, Lovington NM 125 – Bledsoe: New Mexico–Texas line: Lea–Yoakum county line FM 769: Texas: Yoakum ...
US 70 in Portales: FM 746 at New Mexico–Texas state line — — Section west and north of Portales renumbered as NM 267, NM 268, and NM 278 in the 1988 renumbering. NM 89: 19.788: 31.846 NM 252 in House: NM 268 near Melrose — — Section east of Melrose renubmered as NM 288 in the 1988 renumbering. NM 90 — — NM 17 in Lumberton ...
Artesia is a city in Eddy County, New Mexico, centered at the intersection of U.S. routes 82 and 285; the two highways serve as the city's Main Street and First Street, respectively. As of the 2020 census , the city population was 12,875.
The road then traverses the New Mexico villages of High Rolls, Cloudcroft, and Mayhill. After descending the mountains into the flat plains of eastern New Mexico, it generally follows a north-northeasterly bearing until Artesia , where it takes a more due-easterly bearing on through to Lovington , veering back slightly to the north before ...
After entering the state of New Mexico, US 70 heads southeast. Five miles (8.0 km) [ 2 ] after crossing the state line, it serves as the southern terminus for New Mexico State Road 92 (NM 92). US 70 does not have another highway junction for 21 miles (34 km), [ 2 ] where it meets New Mexico State Road 464 (NM 464) and New Mexico State Road 90 ...
State Road 236 (NM 236) is a 20.581-mile-long (33.122 km) state highway in the US state of New Mexico. NM 236's western terminus is at NM 267 south of Melrose , and the eastern terminus is at NM 267 in Portales .
The effort to get the route renumbered was led by New Mexico Governor Bill Richardson. [ 6 ] 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 ...