U.S. Route 180 is an east–west

United States highway The United States Numbered Highway System (often called U.S. Routes or U.S. Highways) is an integrated network of roads and highways numbered within a nationwide grid in the contiguous United States. As the designation and numbering of these hi ...

. Like many three-digit routes, US 180 no longer meets its "parent",

US 80 The United States of America (U.S.A. or USA), commonly known as the United States (U.S. or US) or America, is a country primarily located in North America. It consists of 50 states, a federal district, five major unincorporated territori ...

. US 80 was decommissioned west of

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, and was replaced in

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and

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resulting in U.S. 180 being 57 miles longer than U.S. 80. The highway's eastern terminus is in

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(west of

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, near Weatherford), at an intersection with

. Its western terminus is unclear. Signage at an intersection with State Route 64 in

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40 miles (64 km) northwest of Flagstaff indicates that the route ends at SR 64, which is consistent with the AASHTO U.S. Highway logs. However, many maps continue the US 180 designation to the south rim of the

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at Grand Canyon Village. Signage at the SR 64 intersection as of 2021 indicated that US 180 continues north concurrent with the route. However, no signage along the route exists past this intersection until SR 64 turns east towards Cameron, Arizona. At this intersection, signage makes no mention of US 180 nor is there any mention at the terminus of SR 64 at

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Route description

Four National Parks can be accessed on the highway,

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Petrified Forest National Park Petrified Forest National Park is an American national park in Navajo County, Arizona, Navajo and Apache County, Arizona, Apache counties in northeastern Arizona. Named for its large deposits of petrified wood, the park covers about , encompassin ...

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, and

Carlsbad Caverns National Park Carlsbad Caverns National Park is an American national park in the Guadalupe Mountains of southeastern New Mexico. The primary attraction of the park is the show cave Carlsbad Cavern. Visitors to the cave can hike in on their own via the natural ...

. It also passes through the San Francisco Peaks, the highest mountains in Arizona. , - , AZ , 292 , 470 , - , NM (Southwest) , 248 , 399 , - , TX (Trans-Pecos) , 146 , 235 , - , NM (Southeast) , 110 , 180 , - , TX (Northwest) , 339 , 546 , - , Total , 1135 , 1827

Arizona

In Flagstaff, US 180 is

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with Interstate 40 Business and historic

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for a short distance through the city. US 180 joins the former routing of Route 66 in the center of Flagstaff and follows the roadway to where it merges with

Interstate 40 Interstate 40 (I-40) is a major east–west Interstate Highway running through the south-central portion of the United States. At a length of , it is the third-longest Interstate Highway in the country, after I-90 and I-80. From west to ea ...

east of the city. From the western terminus of the overlap, the intersection with eastbound

is two miles (3 km) to the east, and the intersection with westbound

and with

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is three miles (5 km) to the southwest. US 180 shares numbering with

from

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, to

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. At

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, US 180 follows Interstate 40 Business along South Navajo Boulevard. Shortly after following South Navajo Boulevard, however, US 180 follows a south-southeast route, running by the

and continuing South-Southeast to and through a small branch of the

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, to

St. Johns, Apache County, Arizona Saint Johns ( nv, , )Wilson, A. ''Navajo Place Names'' Audio Forum 1995 is the county seat of Apache County, Arizona, United States. It is located along U.S. Route 180, mostly west of where that highway intersects with U.S. Route 191. As of ...

where it meets

U.S. Route 191 U.S. Route 191 (US 191) is a spur of U.S. Route 91 that has two branches. The southern branch runs for from Douglas, Arizona on the Mexican border to the southern part of Yellowstone National Park. The northern branch runs for from the north ...

. After meeting up with US 191, US 180 continues south to the town of

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where the two routes enter the

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and finally split at the town of

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, roughly 4–6 miles from the Arizona-New Mexico border.

New Mexico/West Texas (El Paso area)

Mogollon Mountains viewed from Aldo Leopold Vista

After entering

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from just east of

, US 180 continues south until

Silver City, New Mexico Silver City is a town in Grant County, New Mexico, United States. It is the county seat and the home of Western New Mexico University. As of the 2010 census the population was 10,315. As of the 2020 census, the population was 9,704. History ...

. From Silver City, US 180 travels just east for roughly 4–6 miles, meeting up with

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, New Mexico State Road 15, and

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. US 180 now travels southeast for roughly to

Deming, New Mexico Deming (, ''DEM-ing'') is a city in Luna County, New Mexico, Luna County, New Mexico, United States, west of Las Cruces, New Mexico, Las Cruces and north of the Mexico–United States border, Mexican border. The population was 14,855 as of the ...

, where US 180 meets up with

. From Deming, US 180 follows

through

Las Cruces, New Mexico Las Cruces (; "the crosses") is the second-largest city in the U.S. state of New Mexico and the seat of Doña Ana County. As of the 2020 census the population was 111,385. Las Cruces is the largest city in both Doña Ana County and southern New ...

, and enters

Anthony, New Mexico Anthony is a city in Doña Ana County, New Mexico, United States. The population was 9,360 at the 2010 census. It is located on the New Mexico–Texas state line in the Upper Mesilla Valley (immediately north of Anthony, Texas), and on Interstat ...

. The route is concurrent with Interstate 10 through the west and central portions of

El Paso, Texas El Paso (; "the pass") is a city in and the county seat, seat of El Paso County, Texas, El Paso County in the western corner of the U.S. state of Texas. The 2020 population of the city from the United States Census Bureau, U.S. Census Bureau w ...

, and separates from I-10 at Paisano Drive, joining

U.S. Route 62 U.S. Route 62 or U.S. Highway 62 (US 62) runs from the Mexican border at El Paso, Texas, to Niagara Falls, New York, near the Canadian border. It is the only east-west United States Numbered Highway that connects Mexico and Can ...

. US 62/180 is concurrent with Montana Avenue in East Central El Paso (after the intersection with Paisano Drive), and continues to be called Montana Avenue until it reaches RM 2775 (Hueco Tanks Road). US 62/180 then travels east, going past the spur RM 2775 (which goes north to

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) through the southern end of the

(90 miles east of El Paso), and past the southern face of

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(the highest point in Texas) towards

and

. Continuing though

Carlsbad, New Mexico Carlsbad ( ) is a city in and the county seat of Eddy County, New Mexico, Eddy County, New Mexico, United States. As of the 2020 United States Census, 2020 census, the city population was 32,238. Carlsbad is centered at the intersection of U.S. R ...

, US 180 and US 62 travels toward

running through

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, and exiting New Mexico just east of Hobbs. US 180 is now a divided highway west of Carlsbad where it used to be a two-lane highway until around 2008. US 180 is a divided highway in the entire state whereas before it was divided only east of Carlsbad. Speed limit was 65, now 70 west and 70 east of Carlsbad to about 15 miles west of Hobbs.

Texas

Mineral Wells-Weatherford brick road opening

After re-entering Texas from just east of Hobbs, New Mexico, US 180 splits from US 62 at Seminole, Texas. US 180 continues eastward running through the towns of: Lamesa,

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, Snyder, Roby,

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, Albany, and Breckenridge. For the last portion of its length, the road runs through the scenic

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, exiting them at Metcalf Gap. Towns in this final portion include Palo Pinto, Mineral Wells and Cool. US 180 comes into contact with

just east of

Weatherford, Texas Weatherford ( ) is a city and the county seat of Parker County, Texas, Parker County, Texas, United States. In 2020, its population was 30,854. Weatherford is named after Thomas J. Weatherford, a State senator and advocate for Texas’ secession ...

, and ends in

. In Texas, US 180 intersects U.S. Highway 385,

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, U.S. Highway 84, U.S. Highway 83, U.S. Highway 277, U.S. Highway 283, U.S. Highway 183, U.S. Highway 281, and

. The speed limit is 75 mph in Hudspeth and Culberson counties except through Guadalupe Pass. beginning just over 1/2 mile east of mile marker 52 to the state line at FM 652.

History

U.S. Route 260 (US 260) was a spur of U.S. Route 60, established in 1931. It connected

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, and

, and replaced the former western end of US 70. In 1935, US 260 was extended eastward to US 80 near

. In 1962, the entire route of US 260 became part of a western extension of US 180.

Major intersections

;Arizona : in

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: in Flagstaff : in Flagstaff. The highways travel concurrently to

. : in St. Johns. The highways travel concurrently to

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. : in Springerville. The highways travel concurrently through Springerville. ;New Mexico : in Deming. I-10/US 180 travels concurrently to

. US 70/US 180 travels concurrently to Las Cruces. : on the Las Cruces– University Park line. US 85/US 180 travels concurrently to El Paso, Texas. ;Texas : in El Paso : in El Paso. US 62/US 180 travels concurrently to

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, with a section in

in between. ;New Mexico : in Carlsbad. The highways travel concurrently through Carlsbad. ;Texas : in Seminole : in Lamesa. The highways travel concurrently to south of Los Ybanez. : in Snyder : in

: in Albany. The highways travel concurrently through Albany. : in Breckenridge : in Mineral Wells : in Hudson Oaks

Related routes

The parent route of US 180 is U.S. Route 80 which it no longer intersects. U.S. Route 280 and

U.S. Route 380 U.S. Route 380 (US 380) is an east–west United States highway. The highway's eastern terminus is in Greenville, Texas at an intersection with Interstate 30, of which the easternmost 3–4 miles are concurrent with US 69 in a loop around t ...

are sibling routes of US 180. Arizona State Route 180A serves as an alternate spur of US 180 in eastern Arizona.

References

External links

Endpoints of US highway 180
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