Highways to Roswell from the Texas State Line (Hobbs, Carlsbad: buy, gas)

[Westerntraveler]

Hi, I was just wondering if any portions of 82 from Hobbs to Roswell and the road from Tatum to Roswell(I think 380) are four lane or divided highway?I have traveled both routes but I honestly cant remember lol.Thanks in advance.

[CountryCarr]

I travel those roads all the time. The road from Roswell into Tatum is an easy travel 2 lane road, in Tatum it becomes 4 lanes, then back to 2 lanes from Tatum to Bronco and into Plains. Buy your gas on the main drag in Roswell...cheaper than far east Roswell and Tatum.

If you go from Hobbs west on the Carlsbad highway to the Artesia cutoff, it is 4 lanes. The cutoff is 2 lanes with heavy oilfield traffic. The cutoff joins the 4 lane when you arrive in Artesia all the way north up to Roswell...and points beyond. You save a lot of miles if you go this way instead of to Carlsbad and then north.

[Westerntraveler]

Originally Posted by CountryCarr

I travel those roads all the time. The road from Roswell into Tatum is an easy travel 2 lane road, in Tatum it becomes 4 lanes, then back to 2 lanes from Tatum to Bronco and into Plains. Buy your gas on the main drag in Roswell...cheaper than far east Roswell and Tatum.

If you go from Hobbs west on the Carlsbad highway to the Artesia cutoff, it is 4 lanes. The cutoff is 2 lanes with heavy oilfield traffic. The cutoff joins the 4 lane when you arrive in Artesia all the way north up to Roswell...and points beyond. You save a lot of miles if you go this way instead of to Carlsbad and then north.

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