State Road 19 (NM 19) is a
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 the US state of
New Mexico
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, population_demonym = New Mexican ( es, Neomexicano, Neomejicano, Nuevo Mexicano)
, seat = Santa Fe
, LargestCity = Albuquerque
, LargestMetro = Tiguex
, OfficialLang = None
, Languages = English, Spanish ( New Mexican), Navajo, Ker ...
. Its total length is approximately . NM 19's western terminus is at
NM 209 in
Clovis, and the eastern terminus is at
FM 2013.
History
Before 1940 it was originally part of
NM 2 then later
U.S. Route 285 (US 285). It was renamed NM 19 in 1940 when US 285 was rerouted through
Tres Piedras. Then in the 1950s it was renamed
NM 17 to match
Colorado State Highway 17
State Highway 17 (SH 17) is an long state highway in southern Colorado. SH 17's southern terminus is a continuation as New Mexico State Road 17 (NM 17) at the New Mexico state line, and the northern terminus is at U.S. Route 285 ( ...
(SH 17).
State Road 40 (NM 40) was first established in the 1920s as a road from
Weed
A weed is a plant considered undesirable in a particular situation, "a plant in the wrong place", or a plant growing where it is not wanted.Harlan, J. R., & deWet, J. M. (1965). Some thoughts about weeds. ''Economic botany'', ''19''(1), 16-24. ...
eastward to
Dunken. This was removed from the state highway system in the 1930s. This road still exists as forest roads.
Later in the 1950s, NM 40 was used for a highway from
Broadview eastward to
Hollene. In 1970 NM 40 was renumbered as NM 19 around 1970 to avoid confusion with
Interstate 40
Interstate 40 (I-40) is a major east–west Interstate Highway running through the south-central portion of the United States. At a length of , it is the third-longest Interstate Highway in the country, after I-90 and I-80. From west to ea ...
(I-40).
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Major intersections
See also
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References
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Nineteen or 19 may refer to:
* 19 (number), the natural number following 18 and preceding 20
* one of the years 19 BC, AD 19, 1919, 2019
Films
* ''19'' (film), a 2001 Japanese film
* ''Nineteen'' (film), a 1987 science fiction film
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Transportation in Curry County, New Mexico