New Mexico Discussion Thread

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#1101 Post by Bedavd » 20 Oct 2021 21:36

I think it indicates intended importance, but in real life I don’t think it always shook out this way. The major US routes, for trucking and otherwise, that I can think of in the areas I know well are almost entirely off of the 5’s and 0’s, unlike the Interstate system.
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#1102 Post by natvander » 21 Oct 2021 02:25

supersobes wrote: 20 Oct 2021 21:17 Actually, that's exactly what the 5s and 0s mean in the US highway numbering system. This also applies to Interstate highways too. Highways that end in the digit 0 are the major east-west routes, these are US-10, US-20, US-30, and so on all the way to US-90. US-2 is also included in this, as it's the lowest even digit without the road being called US-0. The background paragraph in the article about the numbing of US-20 includes an explanation of this:
That is a bit generalistic tho and the era of the interstate system (and continued highway/freeway construction) has thrown much of this out the window - the best example of course is US-101. In terms of importance, well that is very open to interpretation of what constitutes an "important" route.

In case you lot didn't know, the general numbering of interstates is opposite to that of highways - interstates are numbered south to north and west to east, while highways are numbered north to south and east to west.
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#1103 Post by supersobes » 23 Oct 2021 05:33

I just made a delivery to the airport in Albuquerque, and I was very pleased to see that SCS added the traffic signals to the ramps at the Rio Bravo Boulevard interchange! :D
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#1104 Post by parasaurolophus67 » 23 Oct 2021 12:17

Thats been there for awhile actually.
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#1105 Post by nautofon » 23 Oct 2021 17:29

Well, either way, it is appreciated! 👍
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#1106 Post by supersobes » 23 Oct 2021 19:43

Oh, nice! I haven't driven down there in quite a long time, so I just noticed now.
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#1107 Post by VTXcnME » 24 Oct 2021 17:08

0's run East/West
5's run north/south

It was part of the interstate/US highway system designations in the.... 50's ( ? ) I think it was that far back.

So, I guess based off of that, I would say any routes, like US-60, are in fact (as defied by the US highway system designation) a major road.

But I'm just the dude playing the game, not the one making the decisions.
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#1108 Post by angrybirdseller » 01 Nov 2021 01:30

New Mexico-I-25 Socorro to Las Cruces adding additional truck stop would be nice exit 79 in Truth and Consequences can add one there similar to how Wheatland WY is.
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#1109 Post by supersobes » 01 Nov 2021 01:58

There is no real truck stop off exit 79 in Truth or Consequences though. But I suppose the gravel lot next to the Chevron fuel station could work. I see trucks parked there in Google Maps street view.
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#1110 Post by Xaagon » 05 Jun 2022 13:38

I finally got around to finishing discovering the new gray bits of road added with the phase 2 base map rebuild. I see there's now an exit on I-25 for US 64/87 at Raton with a sign for Clayton. I don't think they would have done this if it wasn't planned to get this road all the way to Dalhart, TX with Texas DLC.

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Capulin Volcano
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Des Moines, NM as a scenic town
Clayton, NM as a scenic town or even a marked one
Any new depots in northeast New Mexico
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