California State Route 180

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For the never-signed Interstate Highway, see Interstate 180 (California).

State Route 180

(CS&HC Section 480)

Length:

112.31 mi^[1] (180.75 km)
(via old route in Fresno)

Formed:

1934 ^[2]

West end:

SR 33 in Mendota

Major
junctions:

SR 99 in Fresno

SR 41 in Fresno

East end:

Kings Canyon National Park

California State Routes
< SR 179		SR 181 >
Unconstructed - Deleted - Freeway - Scenic

California State Route 180 is a state highway in California, United States, which runs through the heart of the San Joaquin Valley from Mendota through Fresno to Kings Canyon National Park. A short piece near the eastern end, through the Grant Grove section of Kings Canyon National Park, is not state-maintained. The part east of unbuilt State Route 65 near Minkler is part of the State Scenic Highway System.

1 Route description
2 Major intersections
3 Exit list
4 Scenes along SR180
5 References

[edit] Route description

The western terminus of SR 180 is at State Route 33 in Mendota. An unconstructed portion of SR 180 is defined from SR 33 west across Interstate 5 to State Route 25; there are current plans to build the route to I-5 to provide better access to communities along the route.^[3] Panoche Road, Little Panoche Road, Shields Avenue, Fairfax Avenue and Belmont Avenue provides a locally-maintained route along the proposed corridor from SR 25 to SR 33, and is signed as County Route J1.

In Fresno, SR 180 is the Sequoia-Kings Canyon Freeway, named for its destinations to the east in the Sierra Nevada - Sequoia National Park and Kings Canyon National Park. It has full interchanges with three other freeways - State Route 99, State Route 41 and State Route 168. The SR 180 freeway presently runs from Hughes-West Diagonal west of SR 99 to Clovis Avenue east of SR 168; those local streets are temporarily designated SR 180 south to the old surface alignment. The freeway is officially State Route 180S (supplemental) until the rest of it is completed, rejoining the old route on both ends.^[4]^[5] The majority of SR 180, from SR 25 to the Grant Grove section of Kings Canyon National Park, is part of the California Freeway and Expressway System, but only the piece in Fresno has actually been constructed to freeway standards.

[edit] Major intersections

Miles are derived from ^[1].

County	Location	Mile	Road(s)
San Benito			SR 25
Fresno			I-5
	Mendota	FRE 23.50	SR 33 Derrick Ave
			W Panoche Rd
	Kerman	FRE 42.64	SR 145 Madera Ave
			Dickenson Ave
	Fresno		Hughes-West Diagonal
		Freeway, see exit list below.
			Clovis Avenue
			Kings Canyon Rd
		FRE 87.70	SR 63 Hills Valley Rd
		FRE 108.13	SR 245
Tulare	Kings Canyon NP		Generals Hwy

Legend
Crossing, no access	Concurrency termini	Decommissioned	Unconstructed	Closed

[edit] Exit list

Postmiles are derived from^[1]and exit numbers derived from^[6].

Location	Postmile	#	Destinations	Notes
End/Begin Freeway. SR 180 approaches on surface streets from Kerman.
Fresno			Hughes-West Diagonal	Westbound exit and eastbound entrance (at-grade intersection); SR-180 currently exits westbound to, and enters eastbound from, Hughes-West Diagonal
	FRE R56.30	57A	SR 99 - Bakersfield; Sacramento
	FRE 57.24 FRE 57.24	57B	Fulton Street; Van Ness Avenue
	FRE 57.84 FRE 57.92	58	Abby Street; Blackstone Avenue
	FRE 58.70	59	SR 41 - Lemoore; Paso Robles; Yosemite	Split into Exit 59A (south) and Exit 59B (north) westbound
		60A	SR 168 East - Clovis; Huntington Lake	Exit 60 westbound
	FRE 59.90	60B	Cedar Avenue	Westbound exit is combined with Exit 61
	FRE 60.90	61	Chestnut Avenue; Cedar Avenue
		62	Peach Avenue
		63	Clovis Avenue	Eastbound exit and westbound entrance; SR-180 currently exits eastbound to, and enters westbound from, Clovis Ave
End/Begin Freeway. SR 180 continues on surface streets east to Kings Canyon National Park