The spur's numerical designation commemorates the championship won by UTEP, then known as Texas Western University, in the 1966 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament.
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The spur's unusual designation—it will be the only four-digit state highway spur in Texas—was chosen to honor the historic 1966 NCAA championship of the 1965–66 Texas Western Miners men's basketball team as UTEP and the UTEP Miners were previously known.
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