New Mexico State Road 68

State Road 68
Route information
Maintained by NMDOT
Length:	45.513 mi[1] (73.246 km)
Major junctions
South end:	US 84 / US 285 in Española
	NM 76 in Española NM 74 in Ohkay Owingeh NM 75 in La Cienega NM 518 in Ranchos de Taos
North end:	US 64 in Taos
Location
Counties:	Rio Arriba, Taos
Highway system
State Roads in New Mexico US State Minor Scenic ← US 66 US 70 →

Barrancos Blancos, Embudo, New Mexico

New Mexico State Road 68, or NM 68, is a 45.5 mi (73.2 km) long state highway in northern New Mexico, the Southwestern United States. State Road 68 is known as the "River Road to Taos", as its route follows the Rio Grande. A parallel route to the east is State Road 76, which is called the "High Road to Taos".

Route description

NM 68 begins in the south in Española at the road's junction with U.S. Route 285 and U.S. Route 84 which run concurrently at that point. The road then runs northeast through Alcalde, Velarde, Embudo, and Ranchos de Taos, where it meets the north end of New Mexico State Road 518, before reaching its northern terminus at U.S. Route 64 in Taos.

Between Española and Velarde, State Road 68 is a four-lane divided highway with a 60-mph [97 km/h] speed limit (with a 55-mph [88 km/h] limit as it nears Velarde and 45-mph [72 km/h] limit through Velarde); between Velarde and Taos, Highway 68 is a two-lane highway with very few passing lanes.

Major intersections

County	Location	mi[2]	km	Destinations	Notes
Rio Arriba	Española	0.000	0.000	US 84 / US 285 (Santa Clara Bridge Road / Riverside Drive) – Tierra Amarilla, Santa Fe, Antonito, CO	Southern terminus
		0.741	1.193	NM 76 east (Santa Cruz Road) – Chimayo
		1.491	2.400	NM 583 east / NM 584 west (Fairview Lane)
		2.756	4.435	NM 291 south (El Llano Road)
	Ohkay Owingeh	4.088	6.579	NM 74 west – Hernandez
	La Cienega	20.818	33.503	NM 75 east – Dixon
Taos	Pilar	29.028	46.716	NM 570 north
	El Llano	39.450	63.489	NM 570 south
	Ranchos de Taos	41.676	67.071	NM 240 north
		41.982	67.563	NM 518 south – Tres Ritos
	Taos	43.385	69.821	NM 585 west (Paseo del Canon)
		45.383	73.037	NM 240 south (Ranchitos Road)
		45.513	73.246	US 64 – Tierra Amarilla, Raton	Northern terminus
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi

See also

• U.S. Roads portal
• New Mexico portal

References

1. "Posted Route–Legal Description" (PDF). New Mexico Department of Transportation. March 16, 2010. p. 18. Retrieved December 26, 2013.
2. "TIMS Road Segments by Posted Route/Point with AADT Info; NM, NMX-Routes" (PDF). New Mexico Department of Transportation. April 3, 2013. pp. 19–21. Retrieved December 26, 2013.

External links

Route map: Bing / Google

Geographic data related to New Mexico State Road 68 at OpenStreetMap