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U.S. Route 285 in New Mexico

{{short description|Section of U.S. Highway in New Mexico, United States}}

{{Use American English|date=May 2025}}

{{highway detail hatnote|U.S. Route 285}}

{{Infobox road

|state=NM

|type=US

|route=285

|length_mi=407.0

|length_ref=

|map={{Maplink|frame=yes|plain=yes|frame-align=center|frame-width=290|frame-height=290|type=line|from=U.S. Route 285 in New Mexico.map}}

|map_custom=yes

|map_notes=US 285 highlighted in red

|established=1934{{cn|date=July 2019}}

|spur_type=US

|spur_of=85

|direction_a=South

|terminus_a={{Jct|state=TX|US|285}} at Texas state line

|junction={{plainlist|

}}

|direction_b=North

|terminus_b={{Jct|state=CO|US|285}} at Colorado state line

|counties=Eddy, Chaves, De Baca, Lincoln, Guadalupe, Torrance, San Miguel, Santa Fe, Rio Arriba, Taos

|previous_type=NM

|previous_route=284

|next_type=NM

|next_route=286

}}

U.S. Route 285 (US 285) is a north–south U.S. highway that runs from Sanderson, TX to Denver, CO. US 285 enters the state of New Mexico from Texas, into Eddy County, NM just south of Loving. The highway runs through the major cities of Carlsbad, Roswell, and Santa Fe. The highway exits the state into Colorado approximately 25 miles north of Tres Piedras. The Pecos River runs adjacent to the vast stretch of highway, yet breaks away in Northern New Mexico, before entering Colorado. {{Cite web |title=US 285 North: 0.2 mile south of New Mexico state line to Pecos |url=https://www.txdot.gov/projects/projects-studies/odessa/permian-promise/us285-north.html |access-date=2024-03-10 |website=www.txdot.gov |language=en}}

Route description

File:Roswell NM Main Street.jpg

US 285 enters New Mexico from Texas approximately 23 miles south of Loving. As US 285 traverses north on the eastern plains of New Mexico, it passes through the towns of Carlsbad, Artesia and then Roswell. In Artesia, the route intersects with US 82. In Carlsbad, US 285 has an overlap with US 62 and US 180 through the town. In Roswell, the route intersects with US 70 and US 380, having a short overlap with US 70.

File:8th Street, Vaughn NM.jpg.]]

The route next heads northwest to Vaughn where it has a brief concurrency with US 54 and US 60. The route then continues northwest and has a junction with Interstate 40 (I-40) at Clines Corners.

File:US 285 and US 84 at NM 68.jpg

Heading north out of Clines Corners, the route continues towards the state capital. At the outskirts of Santa Fe, the route becomes concurrent with I-25, US 84, and its unsigned parent (US 85) for several miles heading west through the foothills of the Sangre De Cristo Mountains to Santa Fe. After exiting I-25, US 285 follows Saint Francis Drive through Santa Fe. The route continues north by northwest to Española and Chamita, where the concurrency with US 84 ends. The route then traverses the Carson National Forest where US 285 now makes a long climb up to the Colorado Plateau, passing through Ojo Caliente as it ascends to the San Luis Valley. After crossing US 64, the highway passes through the village of Tres Piedras, New Mexico at the south end of the valley, then proceeds north to the Colorado border near the Rio Grande del Norte National Monument.

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Major intersections

{{jcttop|state=NM|exit|length_ref=}}

{{NMint|exit

|espan=38

|county=Eddy

|cspan=19

|location=none

|mile=0.00

|road={{Jct|state=TX|US|285|dir1=south|city1=Pecos}}

|notes=Continuation into Texas}}

{{NMint

|location=Loving

|mile=21.1

|road={{Jct|state=NM|NM|387|dir1=north}}

|notes=Southern terminus of NM 387

}}

{{NMint

|location=none

|mile=23.4

|road={{Jct|state=NM|NM|31|dir1=north|city1=Hobbs}}

|notes=Southern terminus of NM 31

}}

{{NMint

|location=none

|mile=27.3

|road={{Jct|state=NM|NM|216|dir1=north|name1=Grandi Road}}

|notes=Southern terminus of NM 216}}

{{NMint

|location=Carlsbad

|lspan=5

|type=concur

|mile=31.3

|road={{Jct|state=NM|US|62|US|180|dir2=west|location1=El Paso}}

|notes=South end of US 62/US 180 overlap}}

{{NMint

|mile=32.0

|road={{Jct|state=NM|NM|216|dir1=south|name1=Wood Avenue}}

|notes=Northern terminus of NM 216}}

{{NMint

|type=incomplete

|mile=32.6

|road=Plaza Street

|notes=Interchange; southbound exit only via San Jose Boulevard}}

{{NMint

|mile=33.1

|road={{Jct|state=NM|NM|524|dir1=west|name1=Lea Street}}

|notes=Eastern terminus of NM 524

}}

{{NMint

|type=concur

|mile=33.3

|road={{Jct|state=NM|US|62|US|180|dir2=east|city1=Hobbs}}

|notes=North end of US 62/US 180 overlap}}

{{NMint

|location=none

|mile=41.6

|road={{Jct|state=NM|NM|524|dir1=east|city1=Carlsbad}}

|notes=Western terminus of NM 524}}

{{NMint

|location=none

|mile=45.7

|road={{Jct|state=NM|NM|137|dir1=south|city1=Queen}}

|notes=Northern terminus of NM 137

}}

{{NMint

|location=none

|mile=55.1

|road={{Jct|state=NM|NM|381|dir1=east|location1=Brantley Lake}}

|notes=Western terminus of NM 381

}}

{{NMint

|location=none

|mile=63.4

|road={{Jct|state=NM|NM|229|dir1=north|name1=Four Dinkus Road}}

|notes=Southern terminus of NM 229}}

{{NMint

|location=Atoka

|mile=64.4

|road={{Jct|state=NM|NM|335|dir1=east}}

|notes=Western terminus of NM 335

}}

{{NMint

|location=Artesia

|lspan=3

|mile=69.4

|road={{Jct|state=NM|US|82|name1=Main Street|city1=Alamogordo|city2=Lovington}}

|notes=}}

{{NMint

|mile=70.4

|road={{Jct|state=NM|NM|357|dir1=east}}

|notes=Western terminus of NM 357

}}

{{NMint

|mile=71.4

|road={{Jct|state=NM|NM|229|dir1=south|name1=Mill Road}}

|notes=Northern terminus of NM 229}}

{{NMint

|location=none

|mile=72.1

|road={{Jct|state=NM|NM|2|dir1=north|name1=Lake Arthur Highway|city1=Hagerman|city2=Dexter}}

|notes=Southern terminus of NM 2}}

{{NMint

|location=none

|mile=77.2

|road={{Jct|state=NM|NM|350}}

|notes=}}

{{NMint

|county1=Eddy

|county2=Chaves

|location=none

|mile=78.6

|road={{Jct|state=NM|NM|438}}

|notes=}}

{{NMint

|county=Chaves

|cspan=7

|location=none

|mile=86.7

|road={{Jct|state=NM|NM|13|dir1=west}}

|notes=Eastern terminus of NM 13

}}

{{NMint

|location=none

|mile=102.1

|road={{Jct|state=NM|NM|2|dir1=south|name1=Yakima Road|city1=Dexter|city2=Hagerman}}

|notes=Northern terminus of NM 2}}

{{NMint

|location=none

|mile=105.1

|road={{Jct|state=NM|US-Truck|285|dab1=Roswell|dir1=north|to2=to|US|380|dir2=west|US|70|name1=Relief Route|location1=Roswell International Air Center}}

|notes=Southern terminus of US 285 Truck (Relief Rte.)}}

{{NMint

|location=Roswell

|lspan=2

|type=concur

|mile=109.7

|road={{Jct|state=NM|US|70|dir1=west|US|380|city1=Mescalero|city2=Capitan|city3=Tatum}}

|notes=South end of US 70 overlap}}

{{NMint

|mile=113.7

|road={{Jct|state=NM|NM|246|dir1=west}}

|notes=Eastern terminus of NM 246

}}

{{NMint

|location=none

|type=concur

|mile=115.0

|road={{Jct|state=NM|US|70|dir1=east|name1=Clovis Highway|US-Truck|70|US-Truck|285|dab2=Roswell|dir2=west|dab3=Roswell|dir3=south|name3=Relief Route|city1=Portales|city2=Ruidoso}}

|notes=Interchange; north end of US 70 overlap; US 70 exit B, US 70 Truck exit A; eastern terminus of US 70 Truck, northern terminus of US 285 Truck (Relief Rte.)}}

{{NMint

|location=none

|mile=146.8

|road={{Jct|state=NM|NM|20|dir1=north|city1=Fort Sumner}}

|notes=Southern terminus of NM 20

}}

{{NMint

|county=De Baca

|location=none

|mile=166.3

|road={{Jct|state=NM|NM|247|dir1=west|city1=Corona}}

|notes=Eastern terminus of NM 247

}}

{{jctco

|state=NM

|county=Lincoln}}

{{NMint

|county=Guadalupe

|cspan=2

|location=none

|type=concur

|mile=204.7

|road={{Jct|state=NM|US|54|US|60|dir2=east|city1=Santa Rosa|city2=Fort Sumner}}

|notes=South end of US 54/US 60 overlap}}

{{NMint

|location=none

|type=concur

|mile=208.6

|road={{Jct|state=NM|US|54|dir1=west|city1=Alamogordo|city2=Carrizozo}}

|notes=North end of US 54 overlap}}

{{NMint

|county=Torrance

|cspan=3

|location=Encino

|lspan=2

|mile=222.2

|road={{Jct|state=NM|NM|3|city1=Duran|city2=Villanueva}}

|notes=}}

{{NMint

|type=concur

|mile=222.7

|road={{Jct|state=NM|US|60|dir1=west|city1=Willard}}

|notes=North end of US 60 overlap}}

{{NMint

|location=Clines Corners

|mile=249.4

|road={{Jct|state=NM|I|40|city1=Albuquerque|city2=Santa Rosa}}

|notes=I-40 exit 218}}

{{jctco

|state=NM

|county=San Miguel}}

{{NMint

|county=Santa Fe

|cspan=20

|location=none

|mile=265.7

|road={{Jct|state=NM|NM|34|dir1=north|city1=Pecos}}

|notes=Southern terminus of NM 34

}}

{{NMint

|location=none

|mile=284.0

|road={{Jct|state=NM|NM|41|dir1=south|city1=Moriarty}}

|notes=Northern terminus of NM 41

}}

{{NMint

|location=Eldorado at Santa Fe

|type=concur

|mile=290.7

|road={{Jct|state=NM|I|25|dir1=north|name1={{Jct|state=NM|US|85|dir1=north|US|84|dir2=east|noshield=yes}}|city1=Las Vegas}}

|notes=South end of I-25/US 84/US 85 overlap; I-25 exit 290}}

{{NMint|exit

|location=Santa Fe

|lspan=7

|exit=284

|mile=297.1

|road={{Jct|state=NM|NM|466|name1=Old Pecos Trail}}

|notes=Exit number follows I-25}}

{{NMint|exit

|type=concur

|mile=298.4

|road={{Jct|state=NM|I|25|dir1=south|name1={{Jct|state=NM|US|85|dir1=south|noshield=yes}}|city1=Albuquerque}}

|notes=North end of I-25/US 85 overlap; I-25 exit 282}}

{{NMint|exit

|espan=4

|mile=300.0

|road={{Jct|state=NM|NM|466|name1=St. Michaels Drive|extra=hospital|location1=Santa Fe University of Art and Design}}

|notes=Interchange; serves CHRISTUS St. Vincent Regional Medical Center}}

{{NMint

|mile=301.6

|road={{Jct|state=NM|NM|14|dir1=south|name1=Cerrillos Road}}

|notes=Northern terminus of NM 14

}}

{{NMint

|mile=302.5

|road={{Jct|state=NM|NM|475|dir1=east|name1=Paseo de Peralta|location1=State Capitol}}

|notes=Western terminus of NM 475

}}

{{NMint

|type=incomplete

|mile=303.2

|road=Downtown Plaza

|notes=Interchange; southbound exit and northbound entrance}}

{{NMint|exit

|mile=303.8

|exit=166

|road={{Jct|state=NM|NM|599|dir1=south|name1=Santa Fe Relief Route}}

|notes=Northern terminus of NM 599; south end of freeway; no exit number northbound}}

{{NMint|exit

|location1=Santa Fe

|location2=Tesuque

|mile=306.2

|exit=168

|road={{Jct|state=NM|CR|73|dab1=Santa Fe|dir1=north|road|Opera Drive / Avenida Monte Sereno|location1=Tesuque Village}}

|notes=Southern terminus of CR 73}}

{{NMint|exit

|location1=Tesuque

|location2=Tesuque Pueblo

|mile=308.1

|exit=171

|road=Flea Market Road

|notes=}}

{{NMint|exit

|location=Tesuque Pueblo

|mile=309.2

|exit=172

|road={{Jct|state=NM|CR|73|dab1=Santa Fe|dir1=south|city1=Tesuque}}

|notes=Northern terminus of CR 73}}

{{NMint|exit

|location=none

|mile=312.3

|exit=175

|road=Camel Rock Road

|notes=}}

{{NMint|exit

|location=Cuyamungue

|lspan=2

|mile=313.9

|exit=176

|road=Cuyamungue

|notes=}}

{{NMint|exit

|mile=315.3

|exit=177

|road={{Jct|state=NM|to1=To|CR|89B|dab1=Santa Fe|CR|89D|dab2=Santa Fe|road|Buffalo Thunder Road}}

|notes=North end of freeway}}

{{NMint|exit

|espan=2

|location=Pojoaque

|lspan=2

|mile=317.8

|road={{Jct|state=NM|NM|502|dir1=west|city1=Los Alamos}}

|notes=Eastern terminus of NM 502; interchange}}

{{NMint

|mile=318.5

|road={{Jct|state=NM|NM|503|dir1=east|city1=Cundiyo}}

|notes=Western terminus of NM 503

}}

{{NMint|exit

|location=none

|mile=320.4

|exit=183

|road=Frontage Road

|notes=Interchange}}

{{NMint|exit

|espan=11

|location1=Sombrillo

|location2=Española

|mile=324.5

|road={{Jct|state=NM|NM|399|dir1=south|NM|106|dir2=north|city1=Sombrillo}}

|notes=Northern terminus of NM 399, southern terminus of NM 106

}}

{{NMint

|county=Rio Arriba

|cspan=5

|location=Española

|lspan=3

|mile=326.1

|road={{Jct|state=NM|NM|68|dir1=north|name1=Riverside Drive}}

|notes=Southern terminus of NM 68

}}

{{NMint

|mile=326.9

|road={{Jct|state=NM|NM|30|dir1=south|city1=Los Alamos}}

|notes=Northern terminus of NM 30

}}

{{NMint

|mile=328.3

|road={{Jct|state=NM|NM|584|dir1=east|name1=Fairview Lane}}

|notes=Western terminus of NM 584

}}

{{NMint

|location=none

|mile=333.3

|road={{Jct|state=NM|NM|74|dir1=east}}

|notes=Western terminus of NM 74

}}

{{NMint

|location=none

|type=concur

|mile=334.9

|road={{Jct|state=NM|US|84|dir1=west|city1=Tierra Amarilla}}

|notes=North end of US 84 overlap}}

{{NMint

|county=Taos

|cspan=5

|location=Ojo Caliente

|mile=351.3

|road={{Jct|state=NM|NM|414|dir1=north}}

|notes=Southern terminus of NM 414

}}

{{NMint

|location=none

|mile=353.0

|road={{Jct|state=NM|NM|111|dir1=north|location1=La Madera}}

|notes=Southern terminus of NM 111

}}

{{NMint

|location=none

|mile=361.9

|road={{Jct|state=NM|NM|567|dir1=east|city1=Carson}}

|notes=Western terminus of NM 567

}}

{{NMint

|location=Tres Piedras

|mile=382.3

|road={{Jct|state=NM|US|64|city1=Tierra Amarilla|city2=Taos}}

|notes=}}

{{NMint

|location=none

|mile=407.0

|road={{Jct|state=CO|US|285|dir1=north|city1=Antonito|city2=Alamosa}}

|notes=Continuation into Colorado}}

{{jctbtm|exit|keys=concur,incomplete}}

Roswell truck route

{{Infobox road small

|state=NM

|county=Chaves

|type=US-Truck

|route=285

|formed=

|location=Roswell, New Mexico

|length_mi=

|length_ref=

}}

{{Expand section|date=July 2021}}

{{Clear}}

Gallery

File:Clines Corners, NM.jpg|Clines Corners, at the junction of US-285 and I-40, south of Santa Fe

References

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{{state detail page browse|type=US|route=285|statebefore=Texas|state=New Mexico|stateafter=Colorado}}

Category:Transportation in Eddy County, New Mexico

Category:Transportation in Chaves County, New Mexico

Category:Transportation in De Baca County, New Mexico

Category:Transportation in Lincoln County, New Mexico

Category:Transportation in Guadalupe County, New Mexico

Category:Transportation in Torrance County, New Mexico

Category:Transportation in San Miguel County, New Mexico

Category:Transportation in Santa Fe County, New Mexico

Category:Transportation in Rio Arriba County, New Mexico

Category:Transportation in Taos County, New Mexico

New Mexico

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