New Mexico State Road 45

State Road 45 marker

State Road 45
Coors Boulevard
Route information
Maintained by NMDOT
Length 22.918 mi[1] (36.883 km)
Major junctions
South end NM 314 in Isleta Pueblo
 
North end NM 528 in Albuquerque
Location
Counties Bernalillo
Highway system
  • State Roads in New Mexico
← NM 14NM 46 →

New Mexico State Road 45 (NM 45) is a State Highway in the US state of New Mexico that runs parallel to the Rio Grande from the Pueblo of Isleta, through Albuquerque, and up to the border of Rio Rancho.

Route description

A road sign from southbound NM 45

Throughout most of Albuquerque, NM 45 is called Coors Boulevard. Coors Boulevard serves as a major expressway in Albuquerque as it allows access to Interstate 40 (I-40), and other major highways in the city such as NM 423 (Paseo Del Norte), NM 528 (Alameda Boulevard), and NM 500 (Rio Bravo Boulevard/Sen. Dennis Chaves Boulevard). NM 45 merges with NM 528 near Rio Rancho, New Mexico at Pat D'Arco Highway. Coors Bypass NW is a segment of NM 45 which runs north from Coors Road to Pat D'Arco Highway.

Until 2012, the northernmost portion of this route traversed Old Coors Road between Coors Boulevard and Central Avenue (Historic U.S. Route 66). NM 45 has since been realigned to Coors Boulevard and Coors By-Pass and extended north of Central Avenue, replacing the portion of NM 448 between St. Joseph's Drive and Coors By-Pass, and turning over Old Coors Road to local control to be realigned with Yucca Drive.[2]

History

Major intersections

The entire route is in Bernalillo County.

Locationmi[1]kmDestinationsNotes
Pueblo of Isleta0.0000.000 NM 314
0.2500.402 NM 317 west to I-25
South Valley–Albuquerque line8.85014.243 NM 500 east (Rio Bravo Boulevard)
Albuquerque14.32723.057 I-40 – Santa Rosa, Gallup
20.30832.683 NM 423 eastSingle-point urban interchange
21.37834.405 NM 448 north (Coors Boulevard) to NM 528
22.91836.883 NM 528Interchange; southbound exit and northbound entrance only
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi

See also

  • U.S. Roads portal
  • New Mexico portal

References

  1. 1 2 "TIMS Road Segments by Posted Route" (PDF). New Mexico Department of Transportation. June 8, 2016. pp. 16–20. Retrieved May 6, 2017.
  2. ↑ http://cognospublic.cabq.gov/cabqcognos/cgi-bin/cognos.cgi?b_action=cognosViewer&ui.action=run&ui.object=%2fcontent%2ffolder[%40name%3d%27DMD%20Projects%27]%2freport[%40name%3d%27DMD%20Division%20Projects%27]&ui.name=DMD%20Division%20Projects&run.outputFormat=&run.prompt=true
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