List of highways in El Paso County, Texas

Location of El Paso County

The following is a list of all state highways in El Paso County, Texas maintained by the Texas Department of Transportation (TxDOT). All state highways in Texas are paved.

El Paso County is an urban county that includes the city of El Paso. The county had approximately 477 miles (768 km) of highways in 2007[1] including city streets within the Principal Arterial Street System or PASS routes that are unsigned highways connecting major urban traffic corridors to the state highway system.[2]

Interstates

Route Name Direction Termini Junctions Length Remarks
I-10[3] W/E I-10 / US 85 north / US 180 west Las Cruces, NM to
Hudspeth County
FM 1905 Anthony
Spur 37 Vinton
Loop 375 Canutillo in El Paso
SH 178 Santa Teresa, NM
SH 20 Canutillo, Socorro
US 85 south
SH 20
Loop 478
I-110 / US 54 Cd. Juárez, Chih., Alamogordo, NM
US 62 / US 180 east Carlsbad, NM
PASS 2406 (Hawkins Blvd)
FM 2316
FM 659
Loop 375
FM 1281 Horizon City, Socorro
FM 1110 Clint, San Elizario
FM 793 Fabens
61.8 miles (99.5 km)[4]  
I-110[5] S/N Avenida de las Américas Cd. Juárez, Chih. to
I-10 / US 54 east / US 180 Las Cruces, NM, Van Horn, Alamogordo, NM, Carlsbad, NM in El Paso
US 54 / US 62 Carlsbad, NM 0.9 miles (1.4 km)[5] Signed as US 54

U.S. highways

Route Name Direction Termini Junctions Length Remarks
US 54[6] W/E Loop 375 to
US 54 Alamogordo, NM
US 62 Carlsbad, NM
I-110 south Cd. Juárez, Chih.
SH 20 Canutillo, Socorro
I-10 / I-110 north terminus / US 180 Las Cruces, NM, Van Horn, Carlsbad
Bus. US 54-A / Loop 478
Loop 375
FM 3255 White Sands, NM
FM 2529
20.0 miles (32.2 km)[7]  
US 62[8] W/E MX 45 / US 85 south terminus Cd. Juárez, Chih. to
Hudspeth County
Loop 375
US 85 north Las Cruces, NM
I-110 / US 54 / Loop 478 Cd. Juárez, Chih., Alamogordo, NM
I-10 / US 180 west Las Cruces, NM, Van Horn
PASS 2405 (Fred Wilson Ave.)
FM 2316
Loop 375
FM 659
RM 2775
30.9 miles (49.7 km)[9]  
US 85[10] S/N MX 45 / US 62 west terminus Cd. Juárez, Chih. to
I-10 west / US 85 / US 180 west Las Cruces, NM
FM 1905 Anthony
Spur 37 Vinton
Loop 375
US 62 east Carlsbad, NM
Loop 375
PASS 2401 (Doniphan Dr.)
I-10 / US 180 Las Cruces, NM, Van Horn, Carlsbad
SH 20 Canutillo, Socorro
SH 178 Santa Teresa, NM
Loop 375 Canutillo
FM 1905 Anthony
5.6 miles (9.0 km)[10]  
US 180[11] W/E I-10 west / US 85 north / US 180 Las Cruces, NM to
Hudspeth County
FM 1905 Anthony
Spur 37 Vinton
Loop 375 Canutillo in El Paso
SH 178 Santa Teresa, NM
SH 20 Canutillo, Socorro
US 85 south
SH 20
Loop 478
I-110 / US 54 Cd. Juárez, Chih., Alamogordo, NM
I-10 east / US 62 west Van Horn
PASS 2405 (Fred Wilson Ave.)
FM 2316
Loop 375
FM 659
RM 2775
49.6 miles (79.8 km)[12]  

U.S. highway business routes

Route Name Direction Termini Junctions Length Remarks

Bus. US 54-A[13]
S/N US 54 / Loop 478 Ciudad Juárez, Chih. to
NM 54 Alamogordo, NM
Loop 375
FM 2529
12.5 miles (20.1 km)[13]  

State highways

Route Name Direction Termini Junctions Length Remarks
SH 20[14] W/E NM 460 Anthony, NM to
Hudspeth County
FM 1905 Anthony, NM in Anthony
Spur 6
Spur 37
FM 259 in Canutillo
Loop 375
SH 178 Santa Teresa, NM in El Paso
PASS 2401 (Doniphan Dr.)
I-10 / US 85 / US 180 Las Cruces, NM, Van Horn, Carlsbad
I-10 / US 180 Las Cruces, NM, Van Horn, Carlsbad
Loop 478
I-110 / US 54 Ciudad Juárez, Chih., Alamogordo, NM
US 62 Carlsbad, NM
FM 1505
PASS 2402 (Delta Dr.)
FM 76 Socorro
PASS 2406 (Hawkins Blvd.)
FM 258 Socorro
Loop 375
PASS 2404 (Buford Rd.) in Socorro
FM 1110 San Elizario in Clint
FM 258 San Elizario in Fabens
FM 76 Clint
61.3 miles (98.7 km)[15]  
SH 178[16] W/E NM 136 Santa Teresa, NM to
I-10 / US 85 / US 180 Las Cruces, NM, Van Horn, Carlsbad
SH 20 Canutillo, Socorro in El Paso 2.9 miles (4.7 km)[16]  

State highway loops and spurs

Route Name Direction Termini Junctions Length Remarks
Spur 6[17] W/E SH 20 to
FM 1905
  1.5 miles (2.4 km)[17] Anthony spur
Spur 16[18] S/N SH 20 to
Loop 375
  1.2 miles (1.9 km)[18] Canutillo spur
Spur 37[19] W/E SH 20 to
I-10 / US 85 / US 180
  1.1 miles (1.8 km)[19] Vinton spur
Loop 375[20] Clockwise SH 20 El Paso, Vinton in Canutillo to
US 85 Canutillo in El Paso
I-10 / US 85 / US 180 Las Cruces, NM, Van Horn, Carlsbad
US 54 Alamogordo, NM
Bus. US 54-A Alamogordo, NM
Spur 601
US 62 / US 180 Las Cruces, NM, Carlsbad, NM
FM 659 north
FM 659 south
I-10 Las Cruces, NM, Van Horn
FM 76 / PASS 2403 (N. Loop Dr.) Socorro
SH 20 Canutillo, Socorro
FM 258 Socorro
PASS 2402 (Fonseca Dr.)
US 54 Alamogordo, NM
US 62 Carlsbad, NM
49.2 miles (79.2 km)[20] El Paso loop
Loop 478[21] S/N US 62 Carlsbad, NM to
US 54 Alamogordo, NM
Bus. US 54-A Alamogordo, NM
SH 20 Canutillo, Socorro
I-10 / US 180 Las Cruces, NM, Van Horn, Carlsbad, NM
5.9 miles (9.5 km)[21]  
Spur 601[22] W/E US 54 to
Loop 375
  7.4 miles (11.9 km)[23]  

State park roads

Route Name Direction Termini Junctions Length Remarks
PR 68[24] S/N RM 2775 to
Dead end
  2.1 miles (3.4 km)[24] Hueco Tanks State Historic Site

Farm and ranch to market roads

Route Name Direction Termini Junctions Length Remarks
FM 76[25][26] W/E SH 20 Canutillo, Socorro in El Paso to
FM 1109 (historic) near Tornillo
PASS 2403 north terminus
PASS 2406 (Hawkins Blvd.)
FM 659
Loop 375
PASS 2403 south terminus
FM 1281 / PASS 2404 (Horizon Blvd.) Horizon City in Socorro
FM 1110 west San Elizario in Clint
FM 1110 east
FM 793 in Fabens
SH 20 Clint, Tornillo
29.4 miles (47.3 km)[25] Designated UR 76 west of FM 1110
FM 258[27][27] W/E SH 20 Canutillo, Socorro in El Paso to
SH 20 Clint, Tornillo in Fabens
Loop 375
PASS 2404 (Buford Rd.) in Socorro
FM 1110 Clint in San Elizario
16.5 miles (26.6 km)[27] Passes through Socorro, Cuadrilla; designated UR 258 west of FM 1110
FM 259[28][29] W/E NM 28 La Union, NM to
SH 20 Vinton, El Paso in Canutillo
  1.2 miles (1.9 km)[28] Entire length designated UR 259
FM 659[30][31] S/N FM 76 / PASS 2403 (N. Loop Dr.) Socorro
Las Cruces, NM, Carlsbad, NM
I-10 Las Cruces, NM, Van Horn
Loop 375 south
Loop 375 north
9.7 miles (15.6 km)[30] Route is in El Paso; entire length designated UR 659
FM 793[32] S/N FM 76 Clint, Tornillo in Fabens to
I-10 El Paso, Van Horn
  1.9 miles (3.1 km)[32]  
FM 1110[33][34] W/E FM 258 Socorro, Fabens in San Elizario to
I-10 El Paso, Van Horn
SH 20 Socorro, Fabens
FM 76 west Socorro
FM 76 east Fabens
4.9 miles (7.9 km)[33] Designated UR 1110 east of and including FM 76 overlay
FM 1281[35][36] W/E FM 76 El Paso, Clint in Socorro to
Hastings Drive, in Horizon City
I-10 El Paso, Van Horn 17.2 miles (27.7 km)[35] West of Absencion Blvd designated UR 1281
FM 1505[37][38] S/N SH 20 Canutillo, Socorro in El Paso to
Trowbridge Dr.
  0.8 miles (1.3 km)[37] Entire length designated UR 1505
FM 1905[39] W/E NM 225 Anthony, NM to
I-10 El Paso, Las Cruces, NM
SH 20 north Anthony, NM
SH 20 south Vinton
Spur 6
2.2 miles (3.5 km)[39] Route is in Anthony
FM 2316[40][41] S/N I-10 Las Cruces, NM, Van Horn
Las Cruces, NM, Carlsbad, NM
  2.2 miles (3.5 km)[40] Route is in El Paso; entire length designated UR 2316
FM 2529[42][43] S/N Bus. US 54-A Alamogordo, NM to
FM 3255 White Sands, NM
US 54 Alamogordo, NM
FM 2637
7.9 miles (12.7 km)[42] Route is in El Paso; entire length designated UR 2529
FM 2637[44] W/E FM 2529 to
Dead end
  0.7 miles (1.1 km)[44] Route is in El Paso
RM 2775[45] S/N US 62 / US 180 El Paso, Carlsbad, NM
PR 68
  5.5 miles (8.9 km)[45]  
FM 3255[46][47] S/N US 54 Alamogordo, NM to
NM 213 White Sands, NM
FM 2529 5.5 miles (8.9 km)[46] Designated UR 3255 south of FM 2529

PASS routes

Route Name Direction Termini Junctions Length Remarks
PASS 2401[48] S/N Executive Center Blvd. to
SH 20
US 85 4.6 miles (7.4 km)[48] Overlays Doniphan Dr. in El Paso
PASS 2402[49] W/E Loop 375 to
SH 20
  1.1 miles (1.8 km)[49] Overlays Fonseca Dr., Delta Dr. in El Paso
PASS 2403[50] S/N FM 76 south at El Paso / Socorro city limit to
FM 76 north at Delta Dr. and Trowbridge Dr.
Loop 375
FM 659
8.7 miles (14.0 km)[50] Overlays FM 76 (N. Loop Dr.) in El Paso
PASS 2404[51] W/E FM 258 to
FM 76 / FM 1281
SH 20 2.4 miles (3.9 km)[51] Overlays Buford Rd., Horizon Blvd. in Socorro
PASS 2405[52] S/N US 62 / US 180 to
Fred Wilson Ave.
  2.1 miles (3.4 km)[52] Overlays Airport Dr. in El Paso
PASS 2406[53] S/N SH 20 to
Viscount Blvd.
FM 76
I-10
2.6 miles (4.2 km)[53] Overlays Hawkins Blvd. in El Paso

Historic roads

Route Name Direction Termini Remarks
US 80[54][55] W/E US 80 in NM to
Hudspeth County
Replaced by SH 20 in 1991
US 366[56] S/N Paso del Norte International Bridge in El Paso to
US 366 in NM
Replaced by US 54 in 1939

Alt. US 80[57]
W/E US 80 to
US 80
Portion east of Spur 1 transferred to Loop 16 in 1964; remaining portion removed from highway system. Doniphan Drive South of US 80 (current SH 20), to Paisano Drive, to Santa Fe Street. US Route 85 now follows this alignment after I-10 Exit 13.
SH 1[55] W/E NM 1 to
Hudspeth County
Replaced by US 80 in 1939
SH 33[55] S/N Downtown El Paso to
US 366 in NM
Replaced by US 54 in 1939
SH 130[55] W/E Downtown El Paso to
Hudspeth County
Replaced by US 62 in 1939
Spur 1[58] S/N Alt. US 80 to
I-10 (proposed)
Replaced by Loop 16 in 1964
Loop 16[59] S/N I-10 to
US 62
Replaced by US 62 and US 85 in 1974
Spur 276[60] S/N SH 20 to
Loop 375
Renamed Spur 16 on July 26, 2012 to reference the original Loop 16.
FM 260[61] W/E Country Club Road at New Mexico State Line to
SH 20 in El Paso
Former Designation of Country Club Road. Decommissioned as Farm to Market Road, redesignated Urban Road 260 (unmarked) at local request in 1995. All state designations removed at local request in 2003, road maintenance taken over by county.
FM 1109[62] S/N Dead end at Rio Grande to
SH 20 near Tornillo
Returned to county jurisdiction at local request in 2010; not cancelled in 2005 as new road was not opened yet.
RM 2233[63] W/E Loop 16 to
rural road near Fabens
Replaced by I-10 in 1959
FM 3500[64] W/E FM 1905 to
I-10
redesignated as Spur 6 in 1998, but the proposed routing was different.

Future roads

Route Name Direction Termini Junctions Length Remarks
Northeast Parkway[65] W/E NM 213 Anthony, NM to
Loop 375
FM 3255
FM 2529
US 54
Bus. US 54-A
11 miles (18 km) (approx.)[66] Proposed limited access divided highway from I-10 in Anthony, NM to Loop 375

Adjacent countries, states, and counties

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