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New Mexico State Road 68 (NM 68) is a
NM 68 begins in the south in Española at the road's junction with
state highway
A state highway, state road, or state route (and the equivalent provincial highway, provincial road, or provincial route) is usually a road that is either ''numbered'' or ''maintained'' by a sub-national state or province. A road numbered by a ...
in northern New Mexico, in the Southwestern United States
The Southwestern United States, also known as the American Southwest or simply the Southwest, is a geographic and cultural region of the United States that generally includes Arizona, New Mexico, and adjacent portions of California, Colorado, Ne ...
. NM 68 is known as the "River Road to Taos", as its route follows the Rio Grande
The Rio Grande ( and ), known in Mexico as the Río Bravo del Norte or simply the Río Bravo, is one of the principal rivers (along with the Colorado River) in the southwestern United States and in northern Mexico.
The length of the Rio G ...
. A parallel route to the east is NM 76, which is called the "High Road to Taos
The High Road to Taos is a scenic, winding road through the Sangre de Cristo Mountains between Santa Fe and Taos. (The "Low Road" runs through the valleys along the Rio Grande). It winds through high desert, mountains, forests, small farms, and ...
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Route description
NM 68 begins in the south in Española at the road's junction with U.S. Route 285
U.S. Route 285 is a north–south United States highway, running 846 miles (1,362 km) through the states of Texas, New Mexico and Colorado. The highway's southern terminus is in Sanderson, Texas at an intersection with U.S. Route 90. US ...
and U.S. Route 84 which run concurrently at that point. The road then runs northeast through Alcalde
Alcalde (; ) is the traditional Spanish municipal magistrate, who had both judicial and administrative functions. An ''alcalde'' was, in the absence of a corregidor, the presiding officer of the Castilian '' cabildo'' (the municipal council) a ...
, Velarde, Embudo, and Ranchos de Taos, where it meets the north end of New Mexico State Road 518
State Road 518 (NM 518) is a state highway in northern New Mexico. NM 518 begins as a continuation of 7th Street at Mills Avenue near Interstate 25 in New Mexico, Interstate 25 (I-25) in Las Vegas, New Mexico, Las Vegas. It proceeds nor ...
, before reaching its northern terminus at U.S. Route 64 in Taos
Taos or TAOS may refer to:
Places
* Taos, Missouri, a city in Cole County, Missouri, United States
* Taos County, New Mexico, United States
** Taos, New Mexico, a city, the county seat of Taos County, New Mexico
*** Taos art colony, an art colo ...
.
Between Española and Velarde, State Road 68 is a four-lane divided highway with a speed limit (with a limit as it nears Velarde and limit through Velarde); between Velarde and Taos, Highway 68 is a two-lane highway with very few passing lanes.
Future
Several plans involve safety improvements on NM 68 at its intersection with US 64.Major intersections
See also
*List of state roads 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 st ...
References
External links
{{osmrelation, 1483515, New Mexico State Road 68 068 Transportation in Rio Arriba County, New Mexico Transportation in Taos County, New Mexico