New Mexico State Road 599
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| Santa Fe Relief Route | ||||
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| Length: | 14.019 mi (22.561 km) | |||
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| South end: |
 NM 14 near Santa Fe |
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| North end: |
  US 84 / US 285 in Santa Fe |
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| Counties: | Santa Fe | |||
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New Mexico Route 599 is a state highway located entirely within Santa Fe County in New Mexico. It is known as the Veterans Memorial Highway and the Santa Fe Relief Route; both names are used on road signs. The latter name alludes to the highway's original purpose of bypassing the urbanized areas of Santa Fe and thereby relieving it from shipments of hazardous waste. It passes through less densely developed terrain in and around the northwestern boundary of the municipality. This expressway's total length is approximately 14 miles (23 km). The speed limits on it range from 45 to 65 miles per hour (70 to 105 km/h).
At its southern end, NM-599 begins at the traffic light controlled intersection of itself, Cerrillos Road (NM-14), and Avenida del Sur about two miles (3.2 km) south of the municipal boundaries of Santa Fe. The speed limit is 45 mph (70 km/h) as the expressway crosses under and connects mostly at-grade with Interstate 25's (I-25) frontage roads and exit ramps (Exit 276), providing intermediate access from the freeway to a horse racetrack, businesses and homes on the frontage road. After a traffic light on the route at I-25's western frontage road, the speed limit increases from 45 to 65 mph (70 to 105 km/h) for approximately two miles (3.2 km), as the expressway travels north up and over two hills, passing to the west of some of the city's newer neighborhoods and to the east of the Santa Fe Municipal Airport, before slowing again to 45 mph as it approaches the remaining traffic light controlled intersection on the route at Airport Road (former NM-284, now Santa Fe County Road 56). As the highway leaves the industrial and residential area near the intersection with Airport Road, the speed limit increases to 55 mph (90 km/h) and it crosses the Santa Fe River. After the river the relief route's western frontage road begins.
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