New Mexico State Road 6

State Road 6 marker

State Road 6

Route information

Maintained by NMDOT

Length:

36.360 mi^[1] (58.516 km)

Major junctions

West end:

I-40 on the Laguna Indian Reservation

I-25 / US 85 in Los Lunas
NM 314 in Los Lunas

NM 263 in Valencia

East end:

NM 47 in Valencia

Location

Counties:

Cibola, Valencia

Highway system

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New Mexico State Road 6 is an east–west road from Interstate 40 west of Albuquerque to its junction with State Road 47 in Los Lunas.

Route description

NM 6 begins at an intersection with Interstate 40 (I-40) about 30 miles (48 km) west of Albuquerque. The road travels to the southeast and then to the east. It has an interchange with I-25 in Los Lunas. The road passes through the village of Los Lunas as Main Street, crossing the Rio Grande before its eastern terminus at NM 47. Some maps show NM 6 continuing south concurrently with NM 47 through Belen and onward to U.S. Route 60 (US 60). This alignment is not reflected in the state highway log.

History

Much of NM 6 follows the historic alignment of US 66 and is signed as such.

Major intersections

County	Location	mi^[2]	km	Destinations	Notes
Cibola	Laguna Indian Reservation	0.000	0.000	I-40 – Albuquerque, Flagstaff, Arizona	Western terminus at I-40 Exit 126
Valencia	Los Lunas	32.621	52.498	I-25 / US 85 – Las Cruces, Albuquerque	I-25 Exit 203
	Los Lunas	34.364	55.303	NM 314 – Belen, Isleta Pueblo
	Valencia	35.890	57.759	NM 263 south (El Cerro Road) – Belen
	Valencia	36.360	58.516	NM 47 – Belen, Isleta Pueblo	Eastern terminus
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi

References

↑ "Posted Route–Legal Description" (PDF). New Mexico Department of Transportation. March 16, 2010. p. 3. Retrieved December 19, 2013.
↑ "TIMS Road Segments by Posted Route/Point with AADT Info; NM, NMX-Routes" (PDF). New Mexico Department of Transportation. April 3, 2013. pp. 3–4. Retrieved December 19, 2013.

External links

Route map: Google

Geographic data related to New Mexico State Road 6 at OpenStreetMap

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