New Mexico State Road 404 (NM 404) is a paved, two-lane, state-maintained road in
Doña Ana County
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in the
U.S. state
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of
New Mexico
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, seat = Santa Fe
, LargestCity = Albuquerque
, LargestMetro = Tiguex
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, that runs east–west across a gap between the northern edge of the
Franklin Mountains and the southern edge of the
North Franklin Mountains. The gap is known as the Anthony Gap due to its proximity to the community of
Anthony
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. The route's eastern terminus is at an intersection with
NM 213 just west of
Chaparral, and its western terminus is in Anthony, where it intersects
NM 460. It intersects
Interstate 10 (I-10).
Route description
The highway begins in
Anthony
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at the intersection with
NM 460. It continues East and after approximately
crosses Interstate 10. NM 404 then continues southeast for 3.62 miles at which point it enters Anthony Gap, between the Franklin Mountains and North Franklin Mountains ridges. Passing through the gap, NM 404 turns northeast and goes on for
until its end at
NM 213.
History
NM 404 was created in June 1952 by the New Mexico State Highway Commission as Anthony Gap Road. In December 1962, the State Highway Commission passed a resolution changing the road's name to Charles O'Hara Road, after a local prominent businessman from the
Anthony
Anthony or Antony is a masculine given name, derived from the '' Antonii'', a ''gens'' ( Roman family name) to which Mark Antony (''Marcus Antonius'') belonged. According to Plutarch, the Antonii gens were Heracleidae, being descendants of Anton, ...
area, owner of a large amount of property and also a large local dairy.
The original alignment is between NM 460 and NM 213. During the 1970s, the western terminus shifted westward to
NM 478. In the 1980s, the western terminus moved further west to
NM 28, but by the 2000s, the western terminus was at its original alignment. The former NM 404 highway between NM 28 and the
Rio Grande is now
NM 186.
Major intersections
See also
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References
External links
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404
Transportation in Doña Ana County, New Mexico