U.S. Route 54 in New Mexico
U.S. Highway 54 | ||||
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Route information | ||||
Maintained by NMDOT | ||||
Length | 356.176 mi[1] (573.210 km) | |||
Existed | November 11, 1926[2]–present | |||
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Location | ||||
Country | United States | |||
State | New Mexico | |||
Counties | Otero, Lincoln, Torrance, Guadalupe, Quay | |||
Highway system | ||||
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U.S. Route 54 (US 54) is a part of the U.S. Highway System that travels from Griggsville, Illinois, to El Paso, Texas. In the U.S. state of New Mexico, US 54 extends from the Texas state line by Chaparral, New Mexico, and ends at the Texas state line by Nara Visa, New Mexico. The highway runs for 356.176 miles (573.210 km) in New Mexico. Nationally an east–west route but is signed as a north–south route through the state.
Route description
US 54 enters New Mexico in Chaparral as part of the El Paso, Texas metro area network. It also serves as a military highway to connect Fort Bliss in El Paso to Holloman Air Force Base in Alamogordo, New Mexico, (via US 70). The speed limit is 75 mph on the divided highway section upon entering the state to approximately 10 miles (16 km) south of Alamogordo, with a 35 mph zone in Orogrande. Upon entering Alamogordo, US 54 becomes concurrent with US 70. US 54/US 70 then intersects the beginning of US 82 at the north end of Alamogordo (near La Luz). The limit is 60 mph from Alamogordo to Tularosa and 55 mph north of Tularosa, where the concurrency with US 70 ends, and the highway reverts to being two lanes wide and not divided. After leaving Tularosa the speed limit is 65 mph again. The highway runs north through the central portion of the state, passing through Carrizozo and intersecting US 380. The route then turns northeast before passing through Vaughn. Upon entering Vaughn, the route is briefly concurrent with US 60 and US 285. In Vaughn, US 285 splits off to the south. Exiting Vaughn, US 60 splits off to the southeast, and the route continues northeast to Santa Rosa where it becomes concurrent with Interstate 40. The I-40 concurrency lasts for 59 miles (95 km) to Tucumcari. The highway then exits the state back into Texas at Nara Visa.
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Major intersections
County | Location | mi[3] | km | Exit | Destinations | Notes |
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New Mexico–Texas line | 0.000– 0.04 | 0.000– 0.064 | ![]() ![]() | Continuation into El Paso, Texas | ||
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Otero | | 40.620 | 65.372 | ![]() ![]() | Western terminus of NM 506 | |
Alamogordo | 64.445– 64.68 | 103.714– 104.09 | ![]() ![]() | Interchange; southern end of US 70 concurrency; northbound access via at-grade connector road | ||
La Luz | 71.770 | 115.503 | ![]() ![]() | Western terminus of US 82 | ||
78.661 | 126.593 | ![]() ![]() | Western terminus of NM 545 | |||
Tularosa | 79.328 | 127.666 | ![]() ![]() | Northern end of US 70 concurrency | ||
Lincoln | Carrizozo | 123.866 | 199.343 | ![]() | ||
| 127.070 | 204.499 | ![]() ![]() | Western terminus of NM 349 | ||
| 135.870 | 218.662 | ![]() ![]() | Western terminus of NM 461 | ||
| 143.466 | 230.886 | ![]() ![]() | Southern terminus of NM 55 | ||
| 145.760 | 234.578 | ![]() ![]() | Western terminus of NM 462 | ||
Corona | 169.696 | 273.099 | ![]() ![]() | Western terminus of NM 247 | ||
170.770 | 274.828 | ![]() ![]() | Southern terminus of NM 42 | |||
Torrance | Duran | 189.570 | 305.083 | ![]() ![]() | Southern terminus of NM 3 | |
Guadalupe | Vaughn | 201.382 | 324.093 | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() | Western end of US 60/US 285 concurrency | |
205.165 | 330.181 | ![]() ![]() | Eastern end of US 285 concurrency | |||
205.864 | 331.306 | ![]() ![]() | Eastern end of US 60 concurrency | |||
| 225.124 | 362.302 | ![]() ![]() | Southern terminus of NM 219 | ||
Santa Rosa | 242.751 | 390.670 | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() | Southern end of I-40 Bus./Historic US 66 concurrency | ||
243.091 | 391.217 | ![]() ![]() | Northern terminus of NM 91 | |||
243.99 | 392.66 | ![]() | I-40 exit 275 | |||
246.62 | 396.90 | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() | Northern end of I-40 Bus./Historic US 66 concurrency; western end of I-40 concurrency; eastern terminus of I-40 Bus./Historic US 66; I-40 exit 277 | |||
| 254.39 | 409.40 | 284 | Frontier Museum | Exit numbers follow I-40 | |
Cuervo | 261.04 | 420.10 | 291 | Cuervo | ||
Newkirk | 269.70 | 434.04 | 300 | ![]() ![]() | Southern terminus of NM 129 | |
Quay | Montoya | 281.15 | 452.47 | 311 | Montoya | |
Palomas | 291.56 | 469.22 | 321 | Palomas | ||
Tucumcari | 298.86 | 480.97 | 329 | ![]() ![]() ![]() | Western terminus of I-40 Bus./Historic US 66 | |
300.73 | 483.98 | 331 | Camino del Coronado | |||
301.88 | 485.83 | 332 | ![]() ![]() ![]() | |||
303.232 | 488.005 | ![]() ![]() | Eastern end of I-40 concurrency, I-40 exit 333 | |||
304.322 | 489.759 | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() | ||||
304.909 | 490.703 | ![]() | Eastern terminus of NM 237/Bus. Loop US 54 | |||
| 325.542 | 523.909 | ![]() ![]() | Eastern terminus of NM 552 | ||
| 325.556 | 523.932 | ![]() ![]() | Northern terminus of NM 469 | ||
Logan | 327.317 | 526.766 | ![]() ![]() | Eastern terminus of NM 540 | ||
327.655 | 527.310 | ![]() ![]() | Southern terminus of NM 39 | |||
Nara Visa | 351.734 | 566.061 | ![]() ![]() | Southern terminus of NM 402 | ||
| 356.176 | 573.210 | ![]() ![]() | Continuation into Texas | ||
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi
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References
- ^ "Posted Route–Legal Description" (PDF). New Mexico Department of Transportation. March 16, 2010. p. 20. Retrieved October 17, 2018.
- ^ Bureau of Public Roads & American Association of State Highway Officials (November 11, 1926). United States System of Highways Adopted for Uniform Marking by the American Association of State Highway Officials (Map). 1:7,000,000. Washington, DC: U.S. Geological Survey. OCLC 32889555. Retrieved November 7, 2013 – via Wikimedia Commons.
- ^ "TIMS Road Segments by Posted Route/Point with AADT Info; NM, US-Routes" (PDF). New Mexico Department of Transportation. June 8, 2016. pp. 5–7. Retrieved June 13, 2019.
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