New Mexico State Road 117

State Road 117 marker
State Road 117
Map
NM 117 highlighted in red
Route information
Maintained by NMDOT
Length62.06 mi[1] (99.88 km)
Major junctions
South end NM 36 near Quemado
Major intersections I-40 near Grants
North end NM 122 / Historic US 66 in Grants
Location
CountryUnited States
StateNew Mexico
CountiesCibola
Highway system
  • New Mexico State Highway System
NM 116 NM 118

State Road 117 (NM 117) is a 62.06-mile-long (99.88 km) state road in north west New Mexico, entirely within Cibola County. The southern terminus is at NM 36 near Quemado, and the northern terminus is at NM 122 and Historic U.S. Route 66 in Grants. NM 117 runs through the El Malpais National Conservation Area.

It is one of the roads on the Trails of the Ancients Byway, one of the designated New Mexico Scenic Byways.[2]

  1. ^ "Posted Route–Legal Description" (PDF). New Mexico Department of Transportation. March 16, 2010. p. 29. Retrieved December 16, 2013.
  2. ^ Trail of the Ancients. Archived 2014-08-21 at the Wayback Machine New Mexico Tourism Department. Retrieved August 14, 2014.