New Mexico State Road 522

State Road 522 (NM 522) is a 41.096-mile-long (66.138 km) state highway in far northern New Mexico. It was named the Senator Carlos R. Cisneros Memorial Highway, after the late Taos County Commissioner and state senator, in 2022.^[2]

State Road 522
NM 522 highlighted in red
Route information
Maintained by NMDOT
Length	41.096 mi[1] (66.138 km)
Major junctions
South end	US 64 / NM 150 near Taos
Major intersections	NM 38 in Questa
North end	SH 159 at Colorado state line
Location
Country	United States
State	New Mexico
Counties	Taos
Highway system
New Mexico State Highway System Interstate US State Scenic
← NM 519 → NM 523

Its southern terminus is in El Prado, NM, at U.S. Route 64 (US 64) and NM 150, at what is locally referred to as the “old blinking light” intersection, approximately four miles north of Taos.^[3] From there, the state road heads north through Arroyo Hondo and then Questa, where it has a junction with NM 38. It then continues north to Costilla before its northern terminus at the Colorado state line where the road becomes Colorado State Highway 159 (SH 159).

The highway, which is makes up a short portion of the Enchanted Circle Scenic Byway, loosely follows a portion of the Old Spanish National Historic Trail’s north branch.^[4][5] It also goes through an area within Carson National Forest between Arroyo Hondo and Questa.

Major intersections

The entire route is in Taos County.

Location	mi[6]	km	Destinations	Notes
El Prado	0.000	0.000	US 64 / NM 150 north	Southern terminus, southern terminus of NM 150
​	16.575	26.675	NM 515 north	Southern terminus of NM 515
Questa	20.161	32.446	NM 38 east	Western terminus of NM 38
​	22.760	36.629	NM 378 west	Eastern terminus of NM 378
Costilla	39.775	64.012	NM 196 south	Northern terminus of NM 196
​	41.096	66.138	SH 159 – San Luis	Northern terminus
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi

See also

• U.S. Roads portal