New Mexico State Road 162
 State Road 162 | ||||
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| Route information | ||||
| Maintained by NMDOT | ||||
| Length | 2.600 mi[1] (4.184 km) | |||
| Existed | 1950's–present | |||
| Major junctions | ||||
| Southern end |  US 84 near Tierra Amarilla | |||
 US 64 near Tierra Amarilla | ||||
| Northern end | US 64 / US 84 near Tierra Amarilla | |||
| Location | ||||
| Country | United States | |||
| State | New Mexico | |||
| Counties | Rio Arriba | |||
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State Road 162 (NM 162) is a 2.6-mile-long (4.2 km) state highway in the US state of New Mexico. NM 162's southern terminus is at U.S. Route 84 (US 84) west-southwest of Tierra Amarilla in Rio Arriba County, and the northern terminus is at US 64/US 84 north of Tierra Amarilla. It is a paved, 2-lane road for its entire length.
History
NM 162 was created in the 1950s after US 84 was moved west of Tierra Amarilla. It originally turned in Tierra Amarilla and followed the current NM 573 north to the current NM 512. It then turned west and followed current NM 512 west towards US 84 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.[2][3]
Rio Arriba Courthouse raid
In the center of Tierra Amarilla, State Road 162 passes by the Rio Arriba County Courthouse, the site of a significant event in the 1960s Chicano Movement. Followers of land-grant activist Reies Lopez Tijerina had been taken into custody following an incident in the nearby village of Coyote. Tijerina rallied members of his La Alianza group to assault the courthouse and release the prisoners held there, and to place a citizen's arrest on District Attorney Alfonso Sánchez for violating the Alianza's right of peaceable assembly in Coyote. On June 6, 1967, Tijerina led a group to the courthouse. The ensuing confrontation, which local historians describe as having gone "extraordinarily wrong",[4] devolved into a shootout in which two men, a New Mexico State Police officer and a jailer, were seriously wounded.
Major intersections
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 | ||
| 1.900 | 3.058 |  NM 573 | |||
| | 2.600 | 4.184 | US 64 / US 84 | Northern terminus | |
| 1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi | |||||
See also
References
- ^ "Posted Route: Legal Description" (PDF). New Mexico Department of Transportation. March 16, 2010. p. 91. Retrieved October 25, 2018.
- ^ Riner, Steve (January 19, 2008). "New Mexico Highways". State Routes 1–25, State Routes 26–50, State Routes 51–75, State Routes 76–100, State Routes 101–125, State Routes 126–150, State Routes 151–175, State Routes 176–200, State Routes 201–250, State Routes 251–300, State Routes 301–350, State Routes 351–400, State Routes 401–450, State Routes 451–500, State Routes 501–550, State Routes 551–600, State Routes 601–6563, U.S. and Interstate Highways. Retrieved April 13, 2015.[self-published source?]
- ^ 1964 USGS Topo Map
- ^ Torrez, Robert J.; Trapp, Robert (2010). Rio Arriba, A New Mexico County. Rio Grande Books. ISBN 1890689653.
- ^ "TIMS Road Segments by Posted Route/Point with AADT Info; NM, NMX-Routes" (PDF). New Mexico Department of Transportation. April 3, 2013. pp. 5–7. Retrieved October 20, 2018.
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