New Mexico State Road 485

State Road 485
Route information
Maintained by NMDOT
Length:	3.90 mi[1] (6.3 km)
Major junctions
North end:	becomes Forest Road 376 near Cañones
To:	NM 4 near Jemez Pueblo
Highway system
State Roads in New Mexico SR • Minor SR • US ← NM 484 NM 486 →

New Mexico State Road 485 is a state highway in New Mexico, United States of America. Its total length is approximately 4 miles (6.4 km). New Mexico Route 485's southern terminus is near the small town of Jemez Pueblo, at New Mexico State Road 4. The route passes through land belonging to the pueblo near the Nacimiento Mountains and follows the canyon of the Rio Guadalupe until the pavement ends, beyond which it bears the designation of Forest Road 376 in Santa Fe National Forest, near the unincorporated town of Cañones (or Gilman). The continuation as Forest Road 376 eventually terminates at New Mexico State Road 126 east of San Pedro Parks Wilderness.

The highway intersects and adjoins the Jemez Mountain Trail National Scenic Byway.^[2] It is paved for its entire short length, the end of the pavement also defining the transition from state highway to forest road. The Gilman Tunnels near the transition to Forest Road 376 were used in the filming of the 2007 motion picture 3:10 to Yuma.^[3]

References

1. ^ New Mexico Department of Transportation. "NMDOT Highway Log". http://www.nmshtd.state.nm.us/upload/images/CHDB/State%20Routes.pdf. Retrieved May 8, 2011. 
2. ^ State of New Mexico, Tourism Department. "Jemez Mountain Trail National Scenic Byway". http://www.newmexico.org/explore/scenic_byways/jemez.php. Retrieved April 9, 2009. 
3. ^ United States Forest Service. "Santa Fe National Forest News Releases". http://www.fs.fed.us/r3/sfe/newsroom/2006/.