New Mexico State Road 531
State Road 531 is a state highway in Rio Arriba County, New Mexico, United States, that connects New Mexico State Road 572 and County Road 340 in La Puente with New Mexico State Road 162 in Tierra Amarilla.
Route description
NM 531 begins at a T intersection with NM 572 and CR 340 in the unincorporated community of La Puente.From its western terminus NM 153 heads easterly as a two-lane asphalt paved road to pass through the La Puente Historic District and leaves La Puente. Just over along its route, NM 153 crosses New Mexico State Road 112 at an intersection on the westernmost edge of the census-designated place of Terria Amarilla, immediately west of the Tierra Amarilla Elementary School.
East of its NM 112 junction, NM 153 enters Tierra Amarilla and, just after passing the Escalante High School, enters the Tierra Amarilla Historic District. NM 531 then crosses U.S. Route 64 / US 84 later. farther east NM 153 reaches its eastern terminus at a T intersection with NM 162 in downtown Tierra Amarilla, and still within the Tierra Amarilla Historic District.