New Mexico State Road 95

State Road 95 is a state highway in Rio Arriba County, New Mexico, United States, that connects County Road 322 at the El Vado Lake State Park with U.S. Route 64 / U.S. Route 84 in Los Ojos.

Route description

NM 95 begins at the west end of CR 322 at the north ends of the El Vado Reservoir and the El Vado Lake State Park.
From its western terminus NM 95 proceeds northeasterly toward Heron Lake. After passing through Heron Lake State Park, including crossing Willow Creek on the Heron Dam, NM 95 continues northeasterly until it reaches its junction with the west end of New Mexico State Road 572 on the western edge of the unincorporated community of Plaza Blanca.
In Plaza Blanca, NM 95 briefly turns north to pass through the unincorporated community of Rutheron before curving to head briefly east and then resuming a northeasterly course again. NN 95 then turns east again and, immediately after entering the census-designated place of Los Ojos, crosses over the Rio Chama and quickly reaches its eastern terminus at US 64 / US 84 at a T intersection.

History

Originally, NM 95 only connected Rutheron with US 84 north of the unincorporated community of Park View. Eventually, it was extended to Plaza Blanca and on to loop around the north end of El Vado Reservoir, then south through the unincorporated community of Lindrith before ending at NM 96 in what is now the census-designated place of Regina in Sandoval County. However, NM 95 was eventually truncated back to its current route.

Major intersections

Mile markers increase from east to west.