Highway 58 To Close For Season

Road closure from mile marker 6.9 to 7.6, Ponil Creek. This is a bridge replacement project and road closure is scheduled for Monday, December 6 through the Spring of 2011. Traffic will be detoured at the junction of NM 58 and US 64 in Cimarron, and at I-25 interchanges 412, 415 and 419 in the Springer vicinity. NM 58 will be open to local traffic but will be impassable at Mile Post 7 which is at the Ponil Creek crossing 7 miles east of Cimarron. Suggested alternate routes for light traffic is NM 21 between Cimarron and Springer and the suggested route for heavy traffic is US 64 between Raton and Cimarron. For more information please call Kenny Lujan at 505-454-3606 or 505-617-5900.