New Mexico State Road 162

NM 162 begins at a junction with US 84 near the Rio Chama State Recreation Area in unincorporated Rio Arriba County. The highway travels northeast and passes an electrical substation before an intersection with US 64 on the south side of the Rio de Tierra Amarilla, which it crosses before entering the community of Tierra Amarilla. At the county courthouse, NM 162 intersects NM 531 and turns northeast. In the northern outskirts of Tierra Amarilla, the highway intersects NM 573 and turns northwest, terminating at a junction with the concurrent US 64 and US 84.[2]

NM 162 was created in the 1950s, after US 84 was moved onto a new alignment west of Tierra Amarilla. NM 162 originally turned in Tierra Amarilla and followed the current NM 573 north to the current NM 512. It then turned west and followed the current NM 512 west towards US 64 and US 84 north of Brazos. In the 1988 renumbering, NM 512 and NM 573 were created and NM 162's northern terminus was changed to its current location.[3][4]

The entire route is in Rio Arriba County.

Location	mi[5]	km	Destinations	Notes
​	0.000	0.000	US 84	Southern terminus
​	0.500	0.805	US 64
Tierra Amarilla	1.400	2.253	NM 531 west	Eastern terminus of NM 531
	1.900	3.058	NM 573 north	Southern terminus of NM 573
​	2.600	4.184	US 64 / US 84	Northern terminus
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi

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