State Road 165

New Mexico State Road 165

NM 165 replaced the southern extent of NM 44 between NM 536 at the La Madera Canyon Overlook in the Sandia Mountains and I-25 and U.S. 550 at the town of Bernalillo. The state road traverses a circuitous route north from the Sandia Mountains, with several switchbacks and horse shoe curves by Capulin Peak, Capulin Canyon, Palomas Peak and Palo Duroso Canyon. NM 165 drops from 8,800 feet in elevation to 6,200 feet above sea level by the time it vacates Cibola National Forest. The highway turns west for the remaining eight miles through unincorporated Placitas to a SPUI with Interstate 25.

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Page Updated Thursday June 13, 2019.