State Road 522 (NM 522) is a
state highway in far northern
New Mexico
)
, population_demonym = New Mexican ( es, Neomexicano, Neomejicano, Nuevo Mexicano)
, seat = Santa Fe
, LargestCity = Albuquerque
, LargestMetro = Tiguex
, OfficialLang = None
, Languages = English, Spanish ( New Mexican), Navajo, Ke ...
. It was named the Senator Carlos R. Cisneros Memorial Highway, after the late
Taos County
Taos County is a county in the U.S. state of New Mexico. As of the 2010 census, the population was 32,937. Its county seat is Taos. The county was formed in 1852 as one of the original nine counties in New Mexico Territory.
Taos County compris ...
Commissioner and state senator, in 2022.
Its southern terminus is in
El Prado, NM, at
U.S. Route 64
U.S. Route 64 (US 64) is an east–west United States highway that runs for 2,326 miles (3,743 km) from Nags Head in eastern North Carolina to just southwest of the Four Corners in northeast Arizona. The western terminus is at U.S. Route 1 ...
(US 64) and
NM 150, at what is locally referred to as the “old blinking light” intersection, approximately four miles north of
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 ...
. From there, the state road heads north through
Arroyo Hondo and then
Questa, where it has a junction with
NM 38. It then continues north to
Costilla before its northern terminus at the
Colorado
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state line where the road becomes
Colorado State Highway 159 (SH 159).
The highway, which is makes up a short portion of the
Enchanted Circle Scenic Byway, loosely follows a portion of the
Old Spanish National Historic Trail
Old or OLD may refer to:
Places
* Old, Baranya, Hungary
* Old, Northamptonshire, England
*Old Street station, a railway and tube station in London (station code OLD)
*OLD, IATA code for Old Town Municipal Airport and Seaplane Base, Old Town, ...
’s north branch.
It also goes through an area within
Carson National Forest between
Arroyo Hondo and
Questa.
Major intersections
See also
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References
External links
522
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Year 522 ( DXXII) was a common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar. At the time, it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Symmachus and Boethius (or, less frequently, year 1275 ...
Transportation in Taos County, New Mexico
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