New Mexico State Road 125

State Road 125
Route information
Maintained by NMDOT
Length:	25.412 mi[2] (40.897 km)
Existed:	1950s[1] – present
Major junctions
South end:	US 380 east of Tatum
	NM 508
North end:	SH 125 at Texas state line
Location
Counties:	Lea
Highway system
State Roads in New Mexico SR • Minor SR • US ← NM 124 NM 126 →

State Road 125 or NM 125 is a state highway in the U.S. state of New Mexico maintained by the New Mexico Department of Transportation (NMDOT). The 25-mile (40 km) road, located entirely within Lea County, begins at US 380 near Tatum and ends at the Texas state line where the road meets the numerically continuous Texas State Highway 125 southwest of Bledsoe, TX. The road also has a major intersection with NM 508.

Route description

NM 125 begins at US 380 approximately 5 miles (8 km) east of Tatum. The road proceeds to the north and then the northeast before NM 508 branches off to the west toward Crossroads. The road continues to the northeast to the state line and SH 125.^[3] NM 125 passes through mostly agricultural lands and oil and gas fields across the largely flat and featureless terrain of the Llano Estacado.^[4][5]

History

NM 125 was created sometime after 1941^[6] probably in the early 1950s as Texas began the uncommon process of unofficially signing SH 125's predecessor route, Farm to Market Road 769, as a numerically continuous state highway in 1955.^[1]

Major intersections

The entire route is in Lea County.

Location	Mile[7]	Destinations	Notes
	0	US 380 – Tatum, Gladiola	Southern terminus
	22.9	NM 508 – Crossroads
	25.5	SH 125 – Bledsoe, TX	Northern terminus at Cochran County, Texas
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi

References

	U.S. Roads portal
	New Mexico portal

1. ^ ^{a b} Texas Department of Transportation. "Highway Designation File - State Highway No. 125". http://www.dot.state.tx.us/tpp/hwy/SH/SH0125.htm. Retrieved 2011-4-25. 
2. ^ "State Routes" (PDF). New Mexico Department of Transportation. 04 Aug 2005. http://www.nmshtd.state.nm.us/upload/images/CHDB/State%20Routes.pdf. Retrieved 2011-4-25. 
3. ^ New Mexico Department of Transportation (27 Apr 2005) (PDF). Official Highway Map of New Mexico, America's Land of Enchantment (Map) (2005 ed.). Section G12-H12. http://nmshtd.state.nm.us/upload/images/Maps/pdf/HWY_MAP05.pdf. Retrieved 2011-4-25. 
4. ^ United States Geological Survey (PDF). Tatum, New Mexico-Texas (Map). 1:100,000. 30x60 minute series (topographic) (1978 ed.). http://ims.er.usgs.gov/gda_services/download?item_id=5200177&quad=Tatum&state=NM&grid=30X60&series=Map%20GeoPDF. Retrieved 2011-4-25. 
5. ^ United States Geological Survey (PDF). Elida, New Mexico-Texas (Map). 1:100,000. 30x60 minute series (topographic) (1979 ed.). http://ims.er.usgs.gov/gda_services/download?item_id=5198957&quad=Elida&state=NM&grid=30X60&series=Map%20GeoPDF. Retrieved 2011-4-25. 
6. ^ New Mexico State Highway Department (PDF). Official Road Map of New Mexico (Map). Cartography by Jorgensen (1941 ed.). http://www.nmshtd.state.nm.us/upload/images/GIS/1941%20Map.pdf. Retrieved 2011-4-25. 
7. ^ Google, Inc. Google Maps – Route of NM 125 (Map). Cartography by Google, Inc. http://maps.google.com/maps?f=d&source=s_d&saddr=US-380+W&daddr=NM-125+N%2FBledsoe+Hwy+to:NM-125+N%2FBledsoe+Hwy&hl=en&geocode=FRR2-wEdKI3Y-Q%3BFbjN_wEdACHb-Q%3BFcQ-AAIdrIrb-Q&mra=mi&mrsp=2&sz=19&sll=33.570336,-103.05252&sspn=0.00122,0.00327&ie=UTF8&ll=33.426857,-103.120422&spn=0.625788,1.674042&z=10. Retrieved 2011-4-25.