U.S. Route 64 in New Mexico

This article is about the section of U.S. Route 64 in Arizona and New Mexico. For the entire route, see U.S. Route 64.
U.S. Route 64 marker
U.S. Route 64
Map
US 64 highlighted in red
Route information
Maintained by ADOT and NMDOT
Length429.912 mi (691.876 km)
4.157 miles (6.690 km) in Arizona[1]
425.755 miles (685.186 km) in New Mexico[2]
ExistedNovember 11, 1926[3]–present
HistoryAZ: Designated December 2, 1988
NM: Designated November 11, 1926
Major junctions
West end US 160 in Teec Nos Pos, AZ
Major intersections
East end US 56 / US 64 / US 412 at the Oklahoma state line
Location
CountryUnited States
CountiesAZ: Apache
NM: San Juan, Rio Arriba, Taos, Colfax, Union
Highway system
  • Arizona State Highway System
  • New Mexico State Highway System
← SR 63AZ→ SR 64
← NM 63NM→ NM 65

U.S. Route 64 (US 64) is a U.S. Numbered Highway that runs from the Four Corners area in Arizona to the east coast of North Carolina. In Arizona, the highway starts at U.S. Route 160 (US 160) heading southeast for 4.5 miles (7.2 km) before entering New Mexico near the town of Beclabito. Through New Mexico the highway passes through Shiprock, Bloomfield, Tierra Amarilla and Taos, sharing a short concurrency with I-25 near Raton, before heading east through Clayton to the Oklahoma state line.

  1. ^ Arizona Department of Transportation. "2013 ADOT Highway Log" (PDF). Arizona Department of Transportation. Retrieved July 1, 2019.
  2. ^ "Posted Route–Legal Description" (PDF). New Mexico Department of Transportation. March 16, 2010. p. 20. Retrieved October 17, 2018.
  3. ^ 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: United States Geological Survey. OCLC 32889555. Retrieved November 7, 2013 – via Wikimedia Commons.