New Mexico State Road 11

Route map:
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United States–Mexico border near Columbus
Major intersections NM 9 in Columbus
North endFlorida Street in Deming
Location
CountryUnited States
StateNew Mexico
CountiesLuna
Highway system
  • New Mexico State Highway System
NM 10
NM 12

State Road 11 (NM 11) is a north–south road that travels from the

United States–Mexico border crossing in Columbus to Deming
.

Route description

NM 11 begins at Mexican Federal Highway 2 spur (Fed. 2 spur) at the border crossing with Mexico in Columbus. In Columbus NM 11 intersects with NM 9. The road proceeds in a northern direction toward the city of Deming through largely rural landscape. The northern terminus of NM 11 is at Florida Street in Deming where it continues north as Cody Road and then South Gold Avenue to an intersection with I-10 Bus.

History

NM 11 was one of the original numbered routes during the formation of the New Mexico State Highway System in 1912, running from

US 180.[3][6] By 1935, NM 11 had been extended south to the Mexican border. By 1939, the northern terminus of NM 11 had been truncated to US 80 Deming, with the section between Arizona and Deming being replaced by US 260. Today NM 174 and current US 180 follow the old route of NM 11 north of Deming.[3]

The portion of NM 11 from Florida Street in Deming north to I-10 Bus. was transferred to the City of Deming on July 15, 1999 in a road maintenance exchange agreement.[1]

Major intersections

The entire route is in Luna County.

Locationmi[7]kmDestinationsNotes
Puerto Palomas
Continuation beyond Mexico–United States border
3.1815.119 NM 9 – Hachita, Santa Teresa
Deming34.11954.909Florida StreetNorthern terminus
Cody Road and South Gold Avenue



To
I-10 / US 70
Continuation beyond Florida Street
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi

See also

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References

  1. ^ a b "Posted Route–Legal Description" (PDF). New Mexico Department of Transportation. March 16, 2010. p. 4. Retrieved December 15, 2013.
  2. ^ New Mexico State Engineer's Office (1914). New Mexico State Highway System With Divisions and Sections (JPEG) (Map). 1:1,900,800. Santa Fe, New Mexico. Retrieved October 18, 2018.
  3. ^ a b c d Wallace, Laurel T. (October 2004). "Historic Highways in the NMDOT System" (PDF) (PDF). NMDOT Technical Series. Santa Fe, New Mexico. Retrieved October 18, 2018 – via New Mexico Department of Transportation.
  4. ^ New Mexico State Engineer's Office (1918). New Mexico State Highway System (JPEG) (Map). 1:1,900,800. Cartography by D.C. Broome. Santa Fe, New Mexico. Retrieved October 18, 2018 – via University of New Mexico RGIS Data Portal.
  5. ^ "State of New Mexico Memorial Designations and Dedications of Highways, Structures and Buildings" (PDF). Santa Fe, New Mexico: New Mexico Department of Transportation. 2009. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2017-10-29. Retrieved 2018-10-19 – via Internet Archive.
  6. ^ a b "Arizona and New Mexico" (Map). Rand McNally auto road atlas of the United States and Ontario, Quebec, and the Maritime Provinces of Canada. 1:2,500,000. Chicago: Rand McNally and Company. 1927. p. 67. Retrieved 2018-10-18.
  7. ^ "TIMS Road Segments by Posted Route/Point with AADT Info; NM, NMX-Routes" (PDF). New Mexico Department of Transportation. April 3, 2013. pp. 4–5. Retrieved December 15, 2013.

External links

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Geographic data related to New Mexico State Road 11 at OpenStreetMap