New Mexico State Road 9

State Road 9
Route information
Maintained by NMDOT
Length:	109.154 mi[1] (175.666 km)
Major junctions
west end:	NM 80 north of Rodeo
east end:	CR A003 at the Doña Ana county line
Location
Counties:	Hidalgo, Grant, Luna
Highway system
State Roads in New Mexico SR • Minor SR • US ← NM 8 I-10 →

West looking view, (Animas & north Animas Valley), of State Road 9, Chiricahua Mountains massif, of Arizona on horizon. (north perimeter of New Mexico Bootheel)

State Road 9 (NM 9) is a 109.154-mile (175.666 km) long state road in the U.S. state of New Mexico. The highway spans Hidalgo, Grant, and Luna counties from NM 80 to CR A003 at the Doña Ana county line.

Route description

The highway's western terminus is at New Mexico State Road 80 north of Rodeo, in the San Simon Valley close to the border to Arizona. The route then climbs through Antelope Pass, a gap in the Peloncillo Mountains, into the Animas Valley where it intersects with NM 338 in the town of Animas. A few miles east of Animas, the road again climbs and crosses the Continental Divide the first of three times, then intersects with NM 113 (which goes northbound to I-10). Continuing east, the road crosses the Continental Divide twice in less than two miles (3 km), then descends to the Hachita Valley. In Hachita, the road intersects first with NM 146 (which goes northbound to I-10) in the small village of Hachita, then with NM 81 (which goes south to Antelope Wells, and into Mexico). From Hachita, NM 9 continues ESE, then generally East to Columbus, where it intersects with NM 11 (which goes north to Deming and south to Palomas, Mexico). East of Columbus, NM 9 stays within 3 miles (4.8 km) of the Mexican border. NM 9 officially ends at the Dona Ann County line, but the road continues as Dona Ana County Road A003 to the Pete Domenici Highway just west of El Paso, Texas.^[2]

Major intersections

County	Location	Mile[2]	Destinations	Notes
Hidalgo	Rodeo	0.0	NM 80	Western terminus
	Animas	13.9	NM 338	Western end of concurrency
		14.0	NM 338	Eastern end of concurrency
		28.8	NM 113 north (Muir Road)	Southern terminus of NM 113
Grant	Hachita	43.8	NM 146 north	Southern terminus of NM 146
			NM 81 south	Northern terminus of NM 81
Luna	Columbus	43.8	NM 11 (Columbus Road)
Doña Ana	county line	109.154	CR A003	Eastern terminus, roadway continues as CR A003
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi      Concurrency terminus •      Closed/Former •      Incomplete access •      Unopened

References

1. ^ "State Routes". New Mexico Department of Transportation. p. 1. http://www.nmshtd.state.nm.us/upload/images/CHDB/State%20Routes.pdf. Retrieved December 11, 2010. 
2. ^ ^{a b} Google, Inc. Google Maps – NM 9 (Map). Cartography by Google, Inc. http://maps.google.com/maps?f=d&source=s_d&saddr=NM-9&daddr=Unknown+road&hl=en&geocode=FZwR5wEdyj6A-Q%3BFRaZ5QEdisia-Q&gl=us&mra=dme&mrcr=0&mrsp=1&sz=10&sll=31.863563,-107.414703&sspn=0.73013,0.943451&ie=UTF8&ll=31.728167,-109.006348&spn=2.924617,3.773804&z=8. Retrieved January 9, 2011.