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9-513: The Florida Mountains are east and adjacent to New Mexico State Road 11 , the north–south route to Chihuahua; it becomes Highway 23 in Chihuahua and connects to Mexican Federal Highway 2 , the major east–west route of the north Chihuahuan Desert adjacent the U.S.-Mexico border . The Florida Mountains are a small, compact range about 12 miles (19 km) long, with various peaks from 5,000 to 7,000 feet (1,524 to 2,134 m). The range highpoint

18-418: Is Florida Peak, 7,295 feet (2,224 m), which lies near the north. Other high peaks in the center-south, are Gym, Baldy, and South Peak. Four other peaks are in the extreme northwest; besides Florida Peak, the tallest of the other four is Capitol Dome, at 5,962 feet (1,817 m). Most of the land surrounding the prominent rise of the mountain range are flatlands. Deming, and its suburbs directly south, form

27-539: The border crossing with Mexico in Columbus . In Columbus NM 11 intersects with NM 9 . The road proceeds in a northern direction toward the city of Deming through largely rural landscape. The northern terminus of NM 11 is at Florida Street in Deming where it continues north as Cody Road and then South Gold Avenue to an intersection with I-10 Bus. NM 11 was one of the original numbered routes during

36-505: The entirety of NM 11 remained unaffected. The renumbering did create a two new major intersections for NM 11 with US 80 and the original US 180 . By 1935, NM 11 had been extended south to the Mexican border. By 1939, the northern terminus of NM 11 had been truncated to US 80 Deming, with the section between Arizona and Deming being replaced by US 260. Today NM 174 and current US 180 follow

45-674: The formation of the New Mexico State Highway System in 1912, running from NM 4 in Deming north to NM 43 and NM 12 in Mogollon via Silver City . A portion of present-day NM 11 south of Deming was designated NM 29. By 1918, NM 29 was extended south to Columbus . In 1923, NM 11 between Deming and Cliff was added to the Federal Highway System along with

54-535: The full length of NM 29. In 1926 the NM ;11 designation replaced the entirety of NM 29 between Deming and Columbus. By 1927, NM 11 replaced all of NM 12 south of Reserve and had been further extended northwest to the Arizona state line near Luna . Despite several state roads being removed or truncated during the 1927 Renumbering to make way for the new United States Numbered Highway System ,

63-586: The northwest and west border of the range's minor foothills. Populated flatlands are northeast, with open flatlands to the east and southeast. New Mexico 198 lies at the range's north, the location of Rockhound State Park . The park is nestled between the Florida Mountains, and a 3-mile (5 km) long mountain range called the Little Florida Mountains. Persian (Bezoar) Ibex ( Capra aegagrus aegagrus ) have been introduced into

72-566: The old route of NM 11 north of Deming. The portion of NM 11 from Florida Street in Deming north to I-10 Bus. was transferred to the City of Deming on July 15, 1999 in a road maintenance exchange agreement. The entire route is in Luna County . [REDACTED] Geographic data related to New Mexico State Road 11 at OpenStreetMap New Mexico State Road 174 State Road 174 ( NM 174 ), also known as Cat Walk Road ,

81-485: The region , and have an established population. Peaks This New Mexico state location article is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . New Mexico State Road 11 State Road 11 ( NM 11 ) is a north–south road that travels from the United States–Mexico border crossing in Columbus to Deming . NM 11 begins at Mexican Federal Highway 2 spur (Fed. 2 spur) at

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