Highway 9, New Mexico: Our Private Highway

Some folks in Columbus, New Mexico, call NM Highway 9, "our private highway." This is because there's so little traffic, local or otherwise, on this pleasantly efficient path to El Paso, Texas.

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Although the scenic views of Highway 9 aren't the most tantalizing that New Mexico has to offer, they aren't entirely without interest. 


 

Abandoned building, Highway 9, New Mexico

 

Straw traffic cone? Highway 9, New Mexico

 

Straw traffic cone? Highway 9, New Mexico

   
 

Descansos, Highway 9, New Mexico

 

Mysterious black-white-black-white stones atop fence post, Highway 9, New Mexico

Mysterious black-white-black-white stones atop fence post, Highway 9, New Mexico

 

Decorated shrub, Highway 9, New Mexico

 
 

Descanso, Highway 9, New Mexico

I didn't see much traffic when I drove east on a Sunday morning from Columbus to Santa Teresa Port of Entry. The most notable vehicular event was the passage of a caravan of Camaros or Mustangs or something like that, likely members of an auto club out for a day's excursion.