State Road 11 (NM 11) is a north–south road that travels from the
United States–Mexico border
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crossing in
Columbus to
Deming.
Route description
NM 11 begins at
Mexican Federal Highway 2
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spur (Fed. 2 spur) at the border crossing with
Mexico
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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
NM 4 in
Deming north to
NM 43 and
NM 12 in
Mogollon via
Silver City. A portion of present-day NM 11 south of Deming was designated NM 29.
By 1918, NM 29 was extended south to
Columbus.
In 1923, NM 11 between Deming and
Cliff
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was added to the
Federal Highway System along with the full length of NM 29.
In 1926 the NM 11 designation replaced the entirety of NM 29 between Deming and Columbus.
By 1927, NM 11 replaced all of NM 12 south of Reserve and had been further extended northwest to the
Arizona
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state line near
Luna
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.
Despite several state roads being removed or truncated during the 1927 Renumbering to make way for the new
United States Numbered Highway System
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, the entirety of NM 11 remained unaffected. The renumbering did create a two new major intersections for NM 11 with
US 80 and the original
US 180.
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.
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.
Major intersections
See also
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References
External links
{{osmrelation, 1481558, New Mexico State Road 11
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Transportation in Luna County, New Mexico