North Carolina Highway 180

NC 180 marker

NC 180
Post Road
Route information
Maintained by NCDOT
Length: 12 mi[1] (19 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 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. The first NC 180 was from 1932-1952, connecting the communities of Polkville to Fallston; it was renumbered as an extenstion of NC 182.[2]

Junction list

NC 180, heading north towards Patterson Springs

The entire route is in Cleveland County.

Location Mile[1] Destinations Notes
0 NC 18 (Lafayette Street) – Shelby, Gaffney NC 180 begins
Patterson Springs 2.5 NC 198 south (Blacksburg Road) – Earl, Blacksburg
3.5 NC 226 south (Cleveland Avenue) – Grover South end of NC 226 overlap
5 NC 226 north (Earl Road) – Shelby North end of NC 226 overlap
Shelby 6.5 US 74 – Kings Mountain, Gastonia
7.5
US 74 Bus. – Kings Mountain, Gastonia
10 NC 150 (Cherryville Road) – Shelby, Cherryville
12 NC 18 (Fallston Road) – Shelby, Fallston NC 180 ends
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi

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References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Google (July 10, 2011). "North Carolina Highway 180" (Map). Google Maps. Google. Retrieved July 10, 2011.
  2. ↑ "NCRoads.com: N.C. 180". Retrieved July 10, 2011.

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