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U.S. Route 54 (US 54) is a part of the U.S. Highway System that travels from Griggsville, Illinois, to El Paso, Texas. In the U.S. state of New Mexico, US 54 extends from the Texas state line by Chaparral, New Mexico, and ends at the Texas state line by Nara Visa, New Mexico. The highway runs for 356.176 miles (573.210 km) in New Mexico. Nationally an east–west route but is signed as a north–south route through the state.

Route description

US 54 enters New Mexico in Chaparral as part of the El Paso, Texas metro area network. It also serves as a military highway to connect Fort Bliss in El Paso to Holloman Air Force Base in Alamogordo, New Mexico, (via US 70). The speed limit is 75 mph on the divided highway section upon entering the state to approximately 10 miles (16 km) south of Alamogordo, with a 35 mph zone in Orogrande. Upon entering Alamogordo, US 54 becomes concurrent with US 70. US 54/US 70 then intersects the beginning of US 82 at the north end of Alamogordo (near La Luz). The limit is 60 mph from Alamogordo to Tularosa and 55 mph north of Tularosa, where the concurrency with US 70 ends, and the highway reverts to being two lanes wide and not divided. After leaving Tularosa the speed limit is 65 mph again. The highway runs north through the central portion of the state, passing through Carrizozo and intersecting US 380. The route then turns northeast before passing through Vaughn. Upon entering Vaughn, the route is briefly concurrent with US 60 and US 285. In Vaughn, US 285 splits off to the south. Exiting Vaughn, US 60 splits off to the southeast, and the route continues northeast to Santa Rosa where it becomes concurrent with Interstate 40. The I-40 concurrency lasts for 59 miles (95 km) to Tucumcari. The highway then exits the state back into Texas at Nara Visa.

Major intersections

County	Location	mi[3]	km	Exit	Destinations	Notes
New Mexico–Texas line		0.000– 0.04	0.000– 0.064		US 54 west – El Paso	Continuation into El Paso, Texas
					Bus. US 54 south (Edge of Texas Street)
Otero	​	40.620	65.372		NM 506 east	Western terminus of NM 506
	Alamogordo	64.445– 64.68	103.714– 104.09		US 70 west – Las Cruces, Holloman A.F.B., White Sands	Interchange; southern end of US 70 concurrency; northbound access via at-grade connector road
	La Luz	71.770	115.503		US 82 east	Western terminus of US 82
		78.661	126.593		NM 545 east	Western terminus of NM 545
	Tularosa	79.328	127.666		US 70 east – Ruidoso, Roswell	Northern end of US 70 concurrency
Lincoln	Carrizozo	123.866	199.343		US 380 – San Antonio, Capitan
	​	127.070	204.499		NM 349 east	Western terminus of NM 349
	​	135.870	218.662		NM 461 east	Western terminus of NM 461
	​	143.466	230.886		NM 55 north	Southern terminus of NM 55
	​	145.760	234.578		NM 462 east	Western terminus of NM 462
	Corona	169.696	273.099		NM 247 east	Western terminus of NM 247
		170.770	274.828		NM 42 north	Southern terminus of NM 42
Torrance	Duran	189.570	305.083		NM 3 north	Southern terminus of NM 3
Guadalupe	Vaughn	201.382	324.093		US 60 west / US 285 north	Western end of US 60/US 285 concurrency
		205.165	330.181		US 285 south	Eastern end of US 285 concurrency
		205.864	331.306		US 60 east	Eastern end of US 60 concurrency
	​	225.124	362.302		NM 219 north	Southern terminus of NM 219
	Santa Rosa	242.751	390.670		I-40 BL / Historic US 66 west to US 84 – Albuquerque, Clines Corners, Las Vegas	Southern end of I-40 Bus./Historic US 66 concurrency
		243.091	391.217		NM 91 south – Softball complex, National Guard armory	Northern terminus of NM 91
		243.99	392.66		I-40 (US 84) – Albuquerque, Tucumcari	I-40 exit 275
		246.62	396.90		I-40 BL / Historic US 66 end / I-40 west / US 84 – Albuquerque, Ft. Sumner	Northern end of I-40 Bus./Historic US 66 concurrency; western end of I-40 concurrency; eastern terminus of I-40 Bus./Historic US 66; I-40 exit 277
	​	254.39	409.40	284	Frontier Museum	Exit numbers follow I-40
	Cuervo	261.04	420.10	291	Cuervo
	Newkirk	269.70	434.04	300	NM 129 north – Newkirk	Southern terminus of NM 129
Quay	Montoya	281.15	452.47	311	Montoya
	Palomas	291.56	469.22	321	Palomas
	Tucumcari	298.86	480.97	329	I-40 BL / Historic US 66 east	Western terminus of I-40 Bus./Historic US 66
		300.73	483.98	331	Camino del Coronado
		301.88	485.83	332	NM 209 to NM 104 (1st Street)
		303.232	488.005		I-40 east – Amarillo	Eastern end of I-40 concurrency, I-40 exit 333
		304.322	489.759		Historic US 66 (I-40 BL) to NM 209 / NM 104
		304.909	490.703		NM 237 / Bus. Loop US 54 west (Main Street)	Eastern terminus of NM 237/Bus. Loop US 54
	​	325.542	523.909		NM 552 west	Eastern terminus of NM 552
	​	325.556	523.932		NM 469 south	Northern terminus of NM 469
	Logan	327.317	526.766		NM 540 west	Eastern terminus of NM 540
		327.655	527.310		NM 39 north	Southern terminus of NM 39
	Nara Visa	351.734	566.061		NM 402 north	Southern terminus of NM 402
	​	356.176	573.210		US 54 east – Dalhart	Continuation into Texas
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi       Concurrency terminus

References

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