It is now maintained by the City of Elephant Butte as Warm Springs Boulevard.

By the 1950s, this road had been bypassed by a new alignment of NM 52 further to the north, and was removed from the state highway system.

[2] On October 16, 2014, NM 171 was given to the city of Elephant Butte, along with the portion of NM 195 in the city.

[3] The entire route is in Elephant Butte, Sierra County.

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