New Mexico State Road 125
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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 miles (40 km) road, located entirely within Lea County
, begins at 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 .
.
, as a numerically continuous state highway in 1955.
State highway
State highway, state road or state route can refer to one of three related concepts, two of them related to a state or provincial government in a country that is divided into states or provinces :#A...
in the U.S. state
U.S. state
A U.S. state is any one of the 50 federated states of the United States of America that share sovereignty with the federal government. Because of this shared sovereignty, an American is a citizen both of the federal entity and of his or her state of domicile. Four states use the official title of...
of New Mexico
New Mexico
New Mexico is a state located in the southwest and western regions of the United States. New Mexico is also usually considered one of the Mountain States. With a population density of 16 per square mile, New Mexico is the sixth-most sparsely inhabited U.S...
maintained by the New Mexico Department of Transportation (NMDOT)
New Mexico Department of Transportation
The New Mexico Department of Transportation is a state government organization which oversees transportation in the U.S. state of New Mexico...
. The 25 miles (40 km) road, located entirely within Lea County
Lea County, New Mexico
-2010:Whereas according to the 2010 U.S. Census Bureau:*75.0% White*4.1% Black*1.2% Native American*0.5% Asian*0.1% Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander*2.6% Two or more races*16.5% Other races*51.1% Hispanic or Latino -2000:...
, begins at and ends at the Texas
Texas
Texas is the second largest U.S. state by both area and population, and the largest state by area in the contiguous United States.The name, based on the Caddo word "Tejas" meaning "friends" or "allies", was applied by the Spanish to the Caddo themselves and to the region of their settlement in...
state line where the road meets the numerically continuous Texas State Highway 125 southwest of Bledsoe, TX
Bledsoe, Texas
Bledsoe is an unincorporated community in western Cochran County, Texas, located near the New Mexico border. It is about 68 miles west of Lubbock, Texas. As of the 1990 US Census, the town had a population of 125.- History :...
. The road also has a major intersection with .
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. NM 125 passes through mostly agricultural lands and oil and gas fields across the largely flat and featureless terrain of the Llano EstacadoLlano Estacado
Llano Estacado , commonly known as the Staked Plains, is a region in the Southwestern United States that encompasses parts of eastern New Mexico and northwestern Texas, including the South Plains and parts of the Texas Panhandle...
.
History
NM 125 was created sometime after 1941 probably in the early 1950s as Texas began the uncommon process of unofficially signing SH 125's predecessor route, Farm to Market Road 769Farm to Market Road 769
Farm to Market Road 769, Farm Road 769, or FM 769, also known as State Line Rd., is a Farm to Market Road in the U.S. state of Texas maintained by the Texas Department of Transportation . The road runs along the New Mexico state line in Yoakum and Cochran counties from near Denver City to near...
, as a numerically continuous state highway in 1955.