New Mexico State Road 68

State Road 68 marker

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
US 66US 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

CountyLocationmi[2]kmDestinationsNotes
Rio ArribaEspañola0.0000.000 US 84 / US 285 (Santa Clara Bridge Road / Riverside Drive) Tierra Amarilla, Santa Fe, Antonito, COSouthern terminus
0.7411.193 NM 76 east (Santa Cruz Road) Chimayo
1.4912.400 NM 583 east / NM 584 west (Fairview Lane)
2.7564.435 NM 291 south (El Llano Road)
Ohkay Owingeh4.0886.579 NM 74 west Hernandez
La Cienega20.81833.503 NM 75 east Dixon
TaosPilar29.02846.716 NM 570 north
El Llano39.45063.489 NM 570 south
Ranchos de Taos41.67667.071 NM 240 north
41.98267.563 NM 518 south – Tres Ritos
Taos43.38569.821 NM 585 west (Paseo del Canon)
45.38373.037 NM 240 south (Ranchitos Road)
45.51373.246 US 64 Tierra Amarilla, RatonNorthern terminus
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi

See also

References

  1. "Posted RouteLegal 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

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