New Mexico State Road 573


State Road 573 is a state highway in Rio Arriba County, New Mexico, United States, that connects New Mexico State Road 162 in Tierra Amarilla with County Route 331 and County Road 327 in Ensenada.

Route description

NM 573 begins at a T intersection in the northern part of the census-designated place of Tierra Amarilla. From its southern terminus NM 573 proceeds northeasterly at a two-lane asphalt paved road to quickly leave Tierra Amarilla.
NM 573 continues its north-northeasterly heading for about to enter the CDP of Ensenada. Just under farther north NM 573 reaches its northern terminus with CR 331 and CR 327 at a T intersection on the northern edge of Ensenada.

History

From the 1950s until 1988 the road that is now NM 573 was originally designated as NM 162. NM 573 was created in 1988 when NM 162's northern terminus was changed to its current location to and the previous segment of NM 162 was designated as NM 573 and the segment from Ensenada west to US 64 / US 84 became County Road 339A.