 Though it was only long, NM 14 and its Arizona counterpart, SR 86, served as a direct bypass for US 80 between Road Forks and Benson, Arizona.US 80 itself looped south to Douglas, Arizona at the Mexico-US border between Road Forks and Benson.By the late 1940s, NM 14 had been paved and carried the majority of US 80 traffic by 1950.