EL PASO, Texas (KTSM) — High winds, low visibility and blowing dust are impacting road conditions and travel Sunday, April 27 in Southern New Mexico, the New Mexico Department of Transportation said.
NMDOT said a handful of roads in the Las Cruces, Deming and Lordsburg corridor have been closed because of weather conditions as of Sunday afternoon.
Here are a list of roads that have been closed:
Lordsburg to Las Cruces: Interstate 10 westbound from mile marker 20 (Lordsburg West) to mile marker 133 (Las Cruces airport).
Deming to Akela: NM 549 eastbound and westbound from mile marker 9 to miler marker 17 (Akela).
Deming to Columbus: NM 11 eastbound and wesbound from mile marker 34 to mile marker 3 at Columbus.
Deming to Hatch: NM 26 eastbound and westbound from mile marker 0 (Deming/US 180) to mile marker 44 (Hatch).
Deming to Silver City: US 180 eastbound and westbound from mile marker 164 (Deming) to mile marker 133.
Columbus to Santa Teresa: NM 9 eastbound and westbound from mile marker 88 (Columbus) to Santa Teresa.
We will update this story as conditions change.
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