New Mexico State Road 16

State Road 16
El Camino Real
NM 16 highlighted in red
Route information
Maintained by NMDOT
Length	10.500 mi[1] (16.898 km)
Major junctions
West end	NM 22 near Pena Blanca
East end	I-25 / US 85
Location
Country	United States
State	New Mexico
Counties	Sandoval, Santa Fe
Highway system
New Mexico State Highway System Interstate US State Scenic
← NM 15 → NM 17

NM 16 westbound in Santa Fe County.

State Road 16 (NM 16) is a 10.5-mile-long (16.9 km) state highway in the U.S. state of New Mexico. It runs from NM 22 near Pena Blanca to Interstate 25 (I-25)/ U.S. Route 85 (US 85).

Route description

The route begins at an intersection with SR 22 north of Pena Blanca. From there, it heads southeastward through a desert landscape with the name of El Camino Real. Running through the Cochiti Indian Reservation, the road meets Dam Crest Road, which serves Cochiti Lake along the Rio Grande. At Tetilla Peak Road, the area south of the route becomes part of the Zia Indian Reservation. The route then crosses from Sandoval County into Santa Fe County. The route ends at an interchange with I-25.^[2][3]

Major intersections

County	Location	mi[4]	km	Destinations	Notes
Sandoval	​	0.000	0.000	NM 22 – Pena Blanca, Cochiti Pueblo	Western terminus
Santa Fe	​	10.500	16.898	I-25 / US 85 – Albuquerque, Santa Fe	Eastern terminus; I-25 exit 264
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi

See also

• U.S. Roads portal

References

1. "Posted Route–Legal Description" (PDF). New Mexico Department of Transportation. March 16, 2010. p. 5. Retrieved December 16, 2013.
2. Microsoft; Nokia. "SR 16" (Map). Bing Maps. Microsoft. Retrieved April 7, 2011.
3. Official Highway Map of New Mexico (PDF) (Map). New Mexico Department of Transportation. § D6. Archived from the original (PDF) on September 29, 2011. Retrieved April 7, 2011.
4. "TIMS Road Segments by Posted Route/Point with AADT Info; NM, NMX-Routes" (PDF). New Mexico Department of Transportation. April 3, 2013. p. 7. Retrieved December 16, 2013.

External links

Template:Attached KML/New Mexico State Road 16

KML is from Wikidata

• Geographic data related to New Mexico State Road 16 at OpenStreetMap
• The Unofficial New Mexico Highways Page