U.S. Route 285
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U.S. Route 285 is a north–south United States highway, running 846 miles (1,362 km) through the states of Texas, New Mexico and Colorado. The highway's southern terminus is in Sanderson, Texas at an intersection with U.S. Route 90. US 285 has always had an endpoint in Denver, Colorado, although the original US 285 went north from Denver. Today the highway's northern terminus is in Denver, at exit 201 on Interstate 25.
Clines Corners, at the junction of US-285 and I-40, south of Santa Fe
View of South Park along U.S. Highway 285 looking east toward the Front Range
U.S. 285 entering Saguache County from the north
Carlsbad, New Mexico
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Carlsbad is a city in and the county seat of Eddy County, New Mexico, United States. As of the 2020 census, the city population was 32,238. Carlsbad is centered at the intersection of U.S. Routes 62/180 and 285, and is the principal city of the Carlsbad-Artesia Micropolitan Statistical Area, which has a total population of 62,314. Located in the southeastern part of New Mexico, Carlsbad straddles the Pecos River and sits at the eastern edge of the Guadalupe Mountains.
Photo of Carlsbad from the top of C-Hill
The Cavern Theater
A Santa Fe Railway passenger train at Carlsbad in 1967
Carlsbad Municipal Building