U.S. Route 82 in New Mexico
{{short description|Highway in New Mexico}}
{{highway detail hatnote|U.S. Route 82}}
{{infobox road
| state = NM
| type = US
| route = 82
| map = {{maplink|frame=yes|plain=yes|frame-align=center|frame-width=290|frame-lat=32.9427|frame-long=-104.5151|zoom=7|type=line|stroke-width=3|from=U.S. Route 82 in New Mexico.map}}
| map_custom = yes
| map_notes = US 82 highlighted in red
| length_mi = 192.557
| length_ref = {{cite web|url=http://dot.state.nm.us/content/dam/nmdot/Data_Management/POSTED%20ROUTE-US_Routes.pdf|title=Posted Route–Legal Description|page=20|publisher=New Mexico Department of Transportation|date=March 16, 2010|access-date=October 17, 2018}}
| formed = November 26, 1960{{Cite web |url=https://www.fhwa.dot.gov/highwayhistory/us82.cfm |title=U.S. 82 |last=Weingroff |first=Richard |date=June 27, 2017 |publisher=Federal Highway Administration |access-date=August 3, 2019}}
| direction_a = West
| terminus_a = {{jct|state=NM|US|54|US|70}} in Alamogordo
| junction = {{Plainlist|
}}
| direction_b = East
| terminus_b = {{jct|state=TX|US|82}} at the Texas state line near Lovington
| counties = Otero, Chaves, Eddy, Lea
| previous_type = NM
| previous_route = 81
| next_type = NM
| next_route = 83
}}
U.S. Route 82 (US 82) is a part of the U.S. Highway System that travels from Alamogordo, New Mexico, east to Brunswick, Georgia. In the U.S. state of New Mexico, US 82 extends from Alamogordo and ends at the Texas state line northeast of Lovington.
Route description
File:US Route 82 in New Mexico west of Hope.jpg
US 82 begins at an intersection with US highways 54 and 70 north of Alamogordo, and south of La Luz, New Mexico. Heading east out of Alamogordo the road quickly goes up into the Sacramento Mountains, traveling through the Lincoln National Forest. While climbing the steep Mexican Canyon, the highway passes the abandoned railroad trestles of the El Paso and Northeastern Railway, and passes through the only currently used road tunnel in New Mexico. The road then traverses the New Mexico villages of High Rolls, Cloudcroft, and Mayhill. After descending the mountains into the flat plains of eastern New Mexico, it generally follows a north-northeasterly bearing until Artesia, where it takes a more due-easterly bearing on through to Lovington, veering back slightly to the north before crossing into Texas.
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Major intersections
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{{NMint
|county=Otero
|cspan=4
|location=Alamogordo
|mile=0.000
|road={{jct|state=NM|US|54|US|70|road|Business Route|city1=Las Cruces|city2=Alamogordo|city3=Tularosa}}, El Paso
|notes=Western terminus
}}
{{NMint
|location=Cloudcroft
|lspan=2
|mile=16.209
|road={{jct|state=NM|NM|130|dir1=east|city1=Sunspot|city2=Weed}}
|notes=Western terminus of NM 130
}}
{{NMint
|mile=17.600
|road={{jct|state=NM|NM|244|dir1=north|city1=Silver Lake|city2=Mescalero|city3=Ruidoso}}
|notes=Southern terminus of NM 244
}}
{{NMint
|location=Mayhill
|mile=34.674
|road={{jct|state=NM|NM|130|dir1=west|name1=Rio Penasco Road|city1=Weed|city2=Sacramento}}
|notes=Eastern terminus of NM 130
}}
{{NMint
|county=Chaves
|cspan=2
|location=none
|mile=58.900
|road={{jct|state=NM|NM|24|dir1=north|city1=Dunken}}
|notes=Southern terminus of NM 24
}}
{{NMint
|location=none
|mile=73.900
|road={{jct|state=NM|NM|13|dir1=north|city1=Hagerman|city2=Roswell}}
|notes=Southern terminus of NM 13
}}
{{NMint
|county=Eddy
|cspan=4
|location=Artesia
|mile=107.461
|road={{jct|state=NM|US|285|name1=1st Street}}
}}
{{NMint
|location=none
|mile=110.733
|road={{jct|state=NM|NM|229|name1=Haldeman Road|to2=to|US|285}}
}}
{{NMint
|location=none
|mile=121.246
|road={{jct|state=NM|NM|360|dir1=south|name1=Bluestern Road|location1=Potash Mines}}
|notes=Northern terminus of NM 360
}}
{{NMint
|location=none
|mile=138.961
|road={{jct|state=NM|NM|529|dir1=east|city1=Hobbs}}
|notes=Western terminus of NM 529
}}
{{NMint
|county=Lea
|cspan=8
|location=none
|mile=147.511
|road={{jct|state=NM|NM|249|dir1=west|city1=Hagerman|city2=Caprock}}
|notes=Eastern terminus of NM 249
}}
{{NMint
|location=none
|mile=163.091
|road={{jct|state=NM|NM|457|dir1=north}}
|notes=Southern terminus of NM 457
}}
{{NMint
|location=Duran
|mile=164.974
|road={{jct|state=NM|NM|238|dir1=south}}
|notes=Northern terminus of NM 238
}}
{{NMint
|location=Lovington
|lspan=3
|mile=171.049
|road={{jct|state=NM|US-Truck|82|dab1=Lovington|name1=17th Street}}
}}
{{NMint
|mile=172.195
|road={{jct|state=NM|NM|18|NM|83|dir1=south|dir2=east}}
|notes=Northern terminus of NM 18; western terminus of NM 83
}}
{{NMint
|mile=173.795
|road={{jct|state=NM|US-Truck|82|dab1=Lovington|extra=Hospital|name1=Dearduff Drive}}
|notes=Access to Nor–Lea Hospital District
}}
{{NMint
|location=none
|mile=176.332
|road={{jct|state=NM|NM|206|dir1=north|city1=Tatum}}
|notes=Interchange; southern terminus of NM 206
}}
{{NMint
|location=none
|mile=192.557
|road={{jct|state=TX|US|82|dir1=east|city1=Plains}}
|notes=Continuation into Texas
}}
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File:US Route 82 at junction with New Mexico State Road 130.jpg|US 82 approaching junction with NM 130 in Mayhill
References
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{{state detail page browse|type=US|route=82|state=New Mexico|stateafter=Texas}}
Category:Transportation in Otero County, New Mexico
Category:Transportation in Chaves County, New Mexico
Category:Transportation in Eddy County, New Mexico