New Mexico State Road 460 (NM 460) is a paved, two-lane
state highway in
Doña Ana County
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, in the U.S. state of
New Mexico
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, population_demonym = New Mexican ( es, Neomexicano, Neomejicano, Nuevo Mexicano)
, seat = Santa Fe
, LargestCity = Albuquerque
, LargestMetro = Tiguex
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, Languages = English, Spanish ( New Mexican), Navajo, Ke ...
.
The southern terminus of NM 460 is at the
Texas
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state line in the town of
Anthony
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where
SH 20 ends. The northern terminus is south of
Berino where it ends in a T-intersection with
Frontage Road 1035 (FR 1035) on the west side of
Interstate 10
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.
Route description
The highway begins in the town of
Anthony
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at the New Mexico - Texas state line where
SH 20 highway ends. The road travels north-northeast for approximately before turning mostly north. NM 460 passes by the Dos Lagos Golf Club and continues north through
Anthony
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, and after intersects
NM 404. Continuing north, the highway enters the southern outskirts of the community of
Berino, and reaches its northern terminus at intersection with FR 1035 west of the former
I-10 exit 160.
History
According to available maps, the road occupied by the modern day NM 460 was originally constructed in the mid-1950s as the new alignment for
US 80/
US 85, east of the original path of the highway.
I-10 was then built over the new alignment and extended south into
Texas
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in late 1950s with exception of a short spur angling west towards
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, ...
. This spur was designated as NM 460 some time in early to mid 1960s. Originally, this road connected with I-10 at a trumpet interchange (known as exit 160) south of
Berino. Some time around 2000 this interchange was eliminated, probably to allow construction of a large NM Truck Port of Entry roughly at this location. A new interchange at junction with
NM 404 (exit 162) was constructed instead farther south.
Major intersections
See also
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References
External links
*{{osmrelation, 1492135, New Mexico State Road 460
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Transportation in Doña Ana County, New Mexico
U.S. Route 85
U.S. Route 80
Interstate 10