North Carolina Highway 180 Explained

State:NC
Type:NC
Route:180
Map:NC 180 map.svg
Alternate Name:Post Road
Length Mi:12.0
Direction A:South
Direction B:North
Terminus A: near Patterson Springs
Terminus B: near Shelby
Junction: in Shelby
Counties:Cleveland
Established:1956
Previous Type:NC
Previous Route:179
Next Type:NC
Next Route:181

North Carolina Highway 180 (NC 180) is a primary state highway in the U.S. state of North Carolina. The highway serves as a bypass east of Shelby, serving as an alternate through route of NC 18.

Route description

NC 180 is a two-lane rural highway that traverses 12miles 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.[1] The first NC 180 was from 1932-1952, connecting the communities of Polkville to Fallston; it was renumbered as an extension of NC 182.[2] [3]

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Notes and References

  1. North Carolina Department of Transportation . North Carolina Primary Highway System . PDF . NCDOT . 1960 . May 13, 2015.
  2. North Carolina Department of Transportation . North Carolina Primary Highway System . PDF . NCDOT . 1940 . May 13, 2015.
  3. North Carolina Department of Transportation . North Carolina Primary Highway System . PDF . NCDOT . 1951 . May 10, 2015.