New Mexico State Road 44
State Road 44 | ||||
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Route information | ||||
Maintained by NMDOT | ||||
Existed | 1930–2000 | |||
Major junctions | ||||
Southern end | File:New Mexico 10.svgFile:New Mexico 14.svg NM 10 / NM 14 in Cedar Crest (1940-1988), File:I-25.svg I-25 in Bernalillo (1988-2000) | |||
Northern end | File:US 550.svg US 550 in Aztec (1940-1988), File:US 64.svg US 64 in Bloomfield (1988-2000) | |||
Location | ||||
Country | United States | |||
State | New Mexico | |||
Counties | Rio Arriba, Sandoval, San Juan | |||
Highway system | ||||
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State Road 44 (NM 44) was a state highway in the US state of New Mexico. NM 44's southern terminus was in Cedar Crest from 1940-1988 and in Bernalillo from 1988–2000, and the northern terminus was in Aztec from 1940-1988 and in Bloomfield from 1988–2000. The route became an extension of U.S. Route 550 (US 550) in 2000 after the road was changed from a 2-lane to 4-lane-divided highway from Bloomfield to Bernalillo.
History
In the 1930s, the section between Cuba and Farmington was known as NM 55. By 1940 NM 44 was moved to the road NM 55 followed, and the NM 55 designation was removed. The section east of Interstate 25 (US 85) was renumbered in 1988 as NM 165 and as an extension of NM 536, and the segment between Bloomfield and Aztec became NM 544 because NM 44 had a short concurrency with US 64. In the late 80s and early 90s the accident rates began to increase which prompted New Mexico Department of Transportation to upgrade the entire road from Aztec to Bernalillo from 2-lane to a 4-lane-divided over a several-year period at a cost of $312 million, and once construction was complete NM 44 and NM 544 became an extension of US 550 in 2000.[2][3]
Major intersections
Based on 1988-2000 routing.
County | Location | mi[4] | km | Destinations | Notes | |||
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Sandoval | Bernalillo | 0.000 | 0.000 | File:I-25.svg I-25 – Albuquerque, Santa Fe | Southern terminus | |||
2.440 | 3.927 | File:South plate.svg File:New Mexico 528.svg NM 528 south – Rio Rancho | Northern terminus of NM 528 | |||||
| 23.225 | 37.377 | File:North plate.svg File:New Mexico 4.svg NM 4 north – San Ysidro | Southern terminus of NM 4 | ||||
| 63.381 | 102.002 | File:South plate.svg File:New Mexico 197.svg NM 197 south – Torreon | Northern terminus of NM 197 | ||||
Cuba | 64.346 | 103.555 | File:East plate.svg File:New Mexico 126.svg NM 126 east – Santa Fe National Forest | Western terminus of NM 126 | ||||
| 68.025 | 109.476 | File:North plate.svg File:New Mexico 96.svg NM 96 north – La Jara | Southern terminus of NM 96 | ||||
| 85.485 | 137.575 | File:North plate.svg File:New Mexico 537.svg NM 537 north | Southern terminus of NM 537 | ||||
Rio Arriba |
No major junctions | |||||||
San Juan | | 123.470 | 198.706 | File:South plate.svg File:New Mexico 57.svg NM 57 south | Northern terminus of NM 57 | |||
Bloomfield | 151.746 | 244.212 | File:US 64.svg US 64 – Farmington, Taos | Northern terminus | ||||
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi |
See also
References
- ↑ "Posted Route: Legal Description" (PDF). New Mexico Department of Transportation. March 16, 2010. p. 91. Retrieved October 25, 2018.
- ↑ Riner, Steve (January 19, 2008). "State Routes 26–50". New Mexico Highways. Retrieved November 19, 2018.[self-published source?]
- ↑ Cole, Thom (10 June 2017). "U.S. 550 has a reputation as 'killing zone'". Retrieved 21 November 2018.
- ↑ "TIMS Road Segments by Posted Route/Point with AADT Info; NM, NMX-Routes" (PDF). New Mexico Department of Transportation. April 3, 2013. pp. 5–7. Retrieved October 20, 2018.
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