- North Carolina Highway 180
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NC 180 Route information Maintained by NCDOT Length: 1 mi[1] (2 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 179 NC 181 → North Carolina Highway 180 is a primary state highway in the state of North Carolina. The highway serves as a bypass east of Shelby.
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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
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, Gastonia10 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
Concurrency terminus • Closed/Former • Incomplete access • UnopenedReferences
- ^ a b Google, Inc. Google Maps – North Carolina Highway 180 (Map). Cartography by Google, Inc. http://maps.google.com/maps?saddr=N+Carolina+18+N%2FS+Lafayette+St&daddr=35.272375,-81.49722+to:N+Carolina+18+N%2FFallston+Rd&hl=en&ll=35.266365,-81.478043&spn=0.233502,0.445976&sll=35.33903,-81.503953&sspn=0.00729,0.013937&geocode=FdYnGQIdjHMj-w%3BFbc2GgIdfHMk-yklTHjS5t9WiDGXq7bo8a3Tlg%3BFaxFGwIdsE4k-w&mra=me&mrsp=1,0&sz=17&z=12&via=1. Retrieved 2011-07-10.
- ^ "NCRoads.com: N.C. 180". http://members.cox.net/ncroads/nc180.html. Retrieved 2011-07-10.
Categories:- State highways in North Carolina
- Transportation in Cleveland County, North Carolina
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