North Carolina Highway 180

NC Highway 180 marker

NC Highway 180
Post Road
Route information
Maintained by NCDOT
Length: 12.0 mi[1] (19.3 km)
Existed: 1956 – present
Major junctions
South end: NC 18 near Patterson Springs
  US 74 in Shelby
North end: NC 18 near Shelby
Location
Counties: Cleveland
Highway system
NC 179NC 181

North Carolina Highway 180 (NC 180) is a primary state highway in the state of North Carolina. The highway serves as a bypass east of Shelby.

Route description

NC 180, heading north towards Patterson Springs

NC 180 is a two-lane rural highway that traverses 12 miles (19 km) from NC 18, near the South Carolina state line, through the town of Patterson Springs, where it meets briefly with NC 226. Continuing north, it passes through Eastern Shelby, crossing US 74, then heads back to NC 18, north of Shelby.

History

Established in 1952, as a mostly new primary route around Shelby, and has not changed since.[2] The first NC 180 was from 1932-1952, connecting the communities of Polkville to Fallston; it was renumbered as an extension of NC 182.[3][4]

Junction list

The entire route is in Cleveland County.

Locationmi[1]kmDestinationsNotes
0.00.0 NC 18 (Lafayette Street) / Mt. Sinai Church Road Gaffney, Shelby
Patterson Springs2.64.2 NC 198 south (Blacksburg Road) Earl, BlacksburgNorthern terminus of NC 198
3.65.8 NC 226 south (Cleveland Avenue) GroverSouth end of NC 226 overlap
5.18.2 NC 226 north (Earl Road)North end of NC 226 overlap
Shelby6.610.6 US 74 (Dixon Boulevard) Kings Mountain, Asheville
7.411.9
US 74 Bus. (East Marion Street) Shelby, Kings Mountain
9.715.6 NC 150 (Cherryville Road) Shelby, Cherryville
12.019.3 NC 18 (Fallston Road) Fallston, Shelby
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi

References

  1. 1 2 Google (May 13, 2015). "North Carolina Highway 180" (Map). Google Maps. Google. Retrieved May 13, 2015.
  2. North Carolina Primary Highway System (PDF) (Map). Cartography by NCDOT. North Carolina Department of Transportation. 1960. Retrieved May 13, 2015.
  3. North Carolina Primary Highway System (PDF) (Map). Cartography by NCDOT. North Carolina Department of Transportation. 1940. Retrieved May 13, 2015.
  4. North Carolina Primary Highway System (PDF) (Map). Cartography by NCDOT. North Carolina Department of Transportation. 1951. Retrieved May 10, 2015.
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