View source for U.S. Route 180

{{short description|Numbered Highway in the United States}}
{{Hatnote|For the former route, see [[U.S. Route 180 (1926)]].}}
{{Use American English|date=April 2025}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=January 2025}}
{{Infobox road
| country = USA
| type = US
| route = 180
| map = {{maplink-road|from=U.S. Route 180.map}}
| map_custom = yes
| map_notes = US&nbsp;180 highlighted in red
| maint = [[Arizona Department of Transportation|ADOT]], [[New Mexico Department of Transportation|NMDOT]] and [[Texas Department of Transportation|TxDOT]]
| spur_type = US
| spur_of = 80
| length_mi = 1087
| length_ref = <ref>{{Google maps|title=Overview map of US 180|access-date=June 26, 2023|url=https://www.google.com/maps/dir/35.6520784,-112.1394292/32.7546142,-97.6920159/@33.4663023,-108.8498726,6.54z/data=!4m49!4m48!1m45!3m4!1m2!1d-111.8323739!2d35.5140454!3s0x873261f1f0d68259:0xe581bae76554ad59!3m4!1m2!1d-111.6464069!2d35.1966107!3s0x872d8f4173484f13:0x60490b41de38ffba!3m4!1m2!1d-111.5849311!2d35.2190105!3s0x872d8eb1aff0c06b:0x49ed9805e9c28f5e!3m4!1m2!1d-106.4214915!2d31.7787352!3s0x86e75a3460ad40b3:0x4d711e32d1d4c143!3m4!1m2!1d-106.4107919!2d31.786926!3s0x86e75a4f497cefe9:0xbf4ee0ad3aeadfc3!3m4!1m2!1d-104.830875!2d31.8393684!3s0x86e43d44c68b5c6b:0xeb4f71eecd2e48ce!3m4!1m2!1d-100.0502962!2d32.7637205!3s0x8655d733361bcf45:0xa340f3246cf6470e!3m4!1m2!1d-98.7569352!2d32.7329473!3s0x86516183583ec3eb:0x2cc2c22a1ee31037!3m4!1m2!1d-97.7783994!2d32.7587308!3s0x864e01e4b36bb84f:0xca984c5aeb2da19a!1m0!3e0?entry=ttu}}</ref>
| established = 1943
| direction_a = West
| terminus_a = {{Jct|state=AZ|AZ|64}} at [[Valle, Arizona|Valle, AZ]]
| junction = {{plainlist|
*{{Jct|state=AZ|US|89}} at [[Flagstaff, Arizona|Flagstaff, AZ]]
*{{Jct|state=AZ|I|40}} from [[Flagstaff, Arizona|Flagstaff]] to [[Holbrook, Arizona|Holbrook, AZ]]
*{{Jct|state=AZ|US|191}} from [[Saint Johns, Arizona|St. Johns]] to [[Alpine, Arizona|Alpine, AZ]]
*{{Jct|state=AZ|US|60}} in [[Springerville, Arizona|Springerville, AZ]]
*{{Jct|state=NM|US|70}} at [[Las Cruces, New Mexico|Las Cruces, NM]]
*{{Jct|state=NM|I|25|US|85}} at Las Cruces
*{{Jct|state=TX|I|10}} at [[El Paso, Texas|El Paso, TX]]
*{{Jct|state=NM|US|285}} at [[Carlsbad, New Mexico|Carlsbad, NM]]
*{{Jct|state=TX|US|62}} at [[Seminole, Texas|Seminole, TX]]
*{{Jct|state=TX|US|281}} at [[Mineral Wells, Texas|Mineral Wells, TX]]
}}
| direction_b = East
| terminus_b = {{Jct|state=TX|I|20}} at [[Hudson Oaks, TX]]
| states = [[Arizona]], [[New Mexico]], [[Texas]]
}}
'''U.S. Route 180''' is an east&ndash;west [[United States highway]].  Like many three-digit routes, US 180 no longer meets its "parent", [[U.S. Route 80|US 80]]. US 80 was decommissioned west of [[Mesquite, Texas]], and was replaced in [[Texas]] by [[Interstate 20]] and [[Interstate 10]] resulting in U.S. 180 being 57 miles longer than U.S. 80. The highway's eastern terminus is in [[Hudson Oaks, Texas]] (west of [[Fort Worth, Texas|Fort Worth]], near [[Weatherford, Texas|Weatherford]]), at an intersection with [[Interstate 20]].  Its western terminus is unclear. Signage at an intersection with [[Arizona State Route 64|State Route 64]] in [[Valle, Arizona]] 40 miles (64&nbsp;km) northwest of [[Flagstaff, Arizona|Flagstaff]] indicates that the route starts 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 [[Grand Canyon]] at [[Grand Canyon Village, Arizona|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 [[U.S. Route 89|US 89]].

==Route description==
{{Unreferenced section|date=May 2024}}
Four National Parks can be accessed on the highway, [[Grand Canyon National Park]], [[Petrified Forest National Park]], [[Guadalupe Mountains National Park]], and [[Carlsbad Caverns National Park]]. It also passes through the [[San Francisco Peaks]], the highest mountains in Arizona.
{{lengths table|length_ref=<ref name="AASHTO lengths">{{cite web|publisher=[[American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials]]|title=U.S. Route Number Database|url=http://nchrp20-7-228.com/USRoute.aspx|edition=Dec 2009|access-date=2011-04-08}}</ref>}}
|-
|[[U.S. Route 180 in Arizona|AZ]]
|292
|470
|-
|[[U.S. Route 180 in New Mexico|NM]] (Southwest)
|248
|399
|-
|[[U.S. Route 180 in Texas|TX]] (Trans-Pecos)
|146
|235
|-
|[[U.S. Route 180 in New Mexico|NM]] (Southeast)
|110
|180
|-
|[[U.S. Route 180 in Texas|TX]] (Northwest)
|339
|546
|-
|'''Total'''
|1135
|1827
|}

===Arizona===
[[File:US180.JPG|thumb|The western terminus of the [[Business routes of Interstate 40#Flagstaff|I-40 Bus.]]/US 180 concurrency in [[Flagstaff, Arizona]]]]
In [[Flagstaff, Arizona|Flagstaff]], US 180 is [[concurrency (road)|concurrent]] with [[Interstate 40 Business (Flagstaff, Arizona)|Interstate 40 Business]] and historic [[U.S. Route 66 (Arizona)|U.S. Route 66]] 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 (Arizona)|Interstate 40]] east of the city. From the western terminus of the overlap, the intersection with eastbound [[Interstate 40 (Arizona)|Interstate 40]] is two miles (3&nbsp;km) to the east, and the intersection with westbound [[Interstate 40 (Arizona)|Interstate 40]] and with [[Interstate 17 (Arizona)|Interstate 17]] is three miles (5&nbsp;km) to the southwest.

[[File:U.S. Routes 60,180 &, 191.jpg|thumb|right|The northern side of the triple concurrency of US 60/180/191]]
US 180 shares numbering with [[Interstate 40 (Arizona)|Interstate 40]] from [[Flagstaff, Arizona]], to [[Holbrook, Arizona]]. At [[Holbrook, Arizona|Holbrook]], US 180 follows [[Interstate 40 Business (Holbrook, Arizona)|Interstate 40 Business]] along South Navajo Boulevard.  Shortly after following South Navajo Boulevard, however, US 180 follows a south-southeast route, running by the [[Petrified Forest National Park]] and continuing South-Southeast to and through a small branch of the [[Zuni Indian Reservation]], to [[St. Johns, Apache County, Arizona]] where it meets [[U.S. Route 191 (Arizona)|U.S. Route 191]].  After meeting up with US 191, US 180 continues south to the town of [[Springerville, Arizona]], where the routes meet [[U.S. Route 60 (Arizona)|U.S. Route 60]] the 3 routes begin a triple concurrency through Springerville. On the east side of Springerville US 60 leaves the concurrency and US 180 and US 191 head south through [[Eagar, Arizona]] where the two routes enter the [[Apache National Forest]] and finally split at the town of [[Alpine, Arizona]], roughly 6 miles from the Arizona-New Mexico border.

===New Mexico/West Texas (El Paso area)===
{{See also|U.S. Route 62 in New Mexico}}
[[File:Mogollon Mountains viewed from Aldo Leopold Vista.jpg|thumb|View of the Mogollon Mountains from Leopold Vista between Alpine and Silver City.]]
After entering [[New Mexico]] from just east of [[Alpine, Arizona]], US 180 continues south until [[Silver City, New Mexico]]. From Silver City, US 180 travels just east for roughly 7 miles, meeting up with [[New Mexico State Road 90]], [[New Mexico State Road 15]], and [[New Mexico State Road 152]]. US 180 now travels southeast for roughly {{convert|50|mi|km}} to [[Deming, New Mexico]], where it meets up with [[Interstate 10]]. From Deming, US 180 follows [[Interstate 10]] through [[Las Cruces, New Mexico]], and enters [[Texas]] at [[Anthony, New Mexico]]. The route is concurrent with Interstate 10 through the west and central portions of [[El Paso, Texas]], and separates from I-10 at Paisano Drive, joining [[U.S. Route 62]]. 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 [[Ranch to Market Road 2775|RM 2775]] (which goes north to [[Hueco Tanks]]) through the southern end of the [[Guadalupe Mountains National Park]] (90 miles east of El Paso), and past the southern face of [[Guadalupe Peak]] (the highest point in Texas) towards [[New Mexico]] and [[Carlsbad Caverns National Park]]. Continuing though [[Carlsbad, New Mexico]], US 180 and US 62 travels toward [[Texas]] running through [[Hobbs, New Mexico]], and exiting New Mexico just east of Hobbs.
US 180 used to be a two-lane highway until around 2008 but is now a divided highway in the entire state with a speed limit of 70&nbsp;mph for most of the length.

===Texas===
{{Main|U.S. Route 180 in Texas}}
[[File:Us 180 west of weatherford.JPG|thumb|US 180 west of [[Weatherford, Texas]]]]
[[File:Mineral Wells-Weatherford brick road opening.jpeg|thumb|left|Dedication ceremony of brick-paved roadway between Mineral Wells, Texas, and Weatherford, Texas, in 1936. This stretch was designated as part of US 80 at the time.]]
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, Texas|Lamesa]], [[Gail, Texas|Gail]], [[Snyder, Texas|Snyder]], [[Roby, Texas|Roby]], [[Anson, Texas|Anson]], [[Albany, Texas|Albany]], and [[Breckenridge, Texas|Breckenridge]]. For the last portion of its length, the road runs through the scenic [[Palo Pinto Mountains]], exiting them at [[Metcalf Gap]].<ref name=handbook>{{cite web|url=https://tshaonline.org/handbook/online/articles/hrm37|title=Handbook of Texas Online - Metcalf Gap|access-date=2008-08-29}}</ref>  Towns in this final portion include [[Palo Pinto, Texas|Palo Pinto]], [[Mineral Wells, Texas|Mineral Wells]] and [[Cool, Texas|Cool]].

US 180 comes into contact with [[Interstate 20 (Texas)|Interstate 20]] just east of [[Weatherford, Texas]], and ends in [[Hudson Oaks, Texas]].

In Texas, US 180 intersects [[U.S. Highway 385 (Texas)|U.S. Highway 385]], [[U.S. Highway 87 (Texas)|U.S. Highway 87]], [[U.S. Highway 84 (Texas)|U.S. Highway 84]], [[U.S. Highway 83 (Texas)|U.S. Highway 83]], [[U.S. Highway 277 (Texas)|U.S. Highway 277]], [[U.S. Highway 283 (Texas)|U.S. Highway 283]], [[U.S. Highway 183 (Texas)|U.S. Highway 183]], [[U.S. Highway 281 (Texas)|U.S. Highway 281]], and [[Interstate 20 (Texas)|Interstate 20]].

The speed limit is 75&nbsp;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==
{{Expand section|date=April 2015}}
{{Infobox road small
|header_type=former
|country=USA
|type=US 1961
|route=260
|location=[[Holbrook, Arizona|Holbrook, AZ]]–[[Deming, New Mexico|Deming, NM]]
|formed=1930
|deleted=1961
}}
'''U.S. Route&nbsp;260''' ('''US&nbsp;260''') was a spur of [[U.S. Route 60]], established on May 26, 1930. It connected [[Springerville, Arizona]], and [[Holbrook, Arizona]], replacing the former western end of [[U.S. Route 70 in Arizona|US&nbsp;70]]. US&nbsp;60. On January 19, 1935, US&nbsp;260 was extended eastward to [[U.S. Route 80 in New Mexico|US&nbsp;80]] near [[Deming, New Mexico]], establishing a concurrency with [[U.S. Route 666 in Arizona|US&nbsp;666]] from Springerville to [[Alpine, Arizona|Alpine]] in Arizona.<ref>{{AASHTO minutes|year=1935A|page=38|v-link=yes|access-date=June 25, 2023|quote='''U.S. 260, Arizona, New Mexico.''' U.S. 260 is extended from Springerville, Arizona, via Alpine. New Mexico: Irma, San Francisco, Glenwood, Cliff, Silver City, Hurley, to Deming.}}</ref>

U.S. Route 180 (US&nbsp;180) was originally proposed in 1943 as an extension of [[U.S. Route 80 Alternate (Abilene–Weatherford, Texas)|US&nbsp;80 Alternate]]. At the time, US&nbsp;80 Alt. ran entirely within [[Texas]], from [[Abilene, Texas|Abilene]] to [[Weatherford, Texas|Weatherford]]. The proposed re-routing and extension would remove US&nbsp;80 Alt. between Abilene and [[Albany, Texas|Albany]] and extend the designation through [[New Mexico]] via [[Hobbs, New Mexico|Hobbs]] and [[Carlsbad, New Mexico|Carlsbad]], to [[U.S. Route 80|US&nbsp;80]] in [[El Paso, Texas|El Paso]]. The proposed route would be concurrent with [[U.S. Route 62|US&nbsp;62]] between El Paso and [[Seminole, Texas|Seminole]]. The [[American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials|American Association of State Highway Officials]] (AASHO) was willing to approve the request but recommended the route be re-designated with a different number. As a result, the highway was approved and commissioned at the 1943 AASHO Annual Meeting as US&nbsp;180.<ref>{{AASHTO minutes|year=1943A|page=67|v-link=yes|access-date=June 25, 2023}}</ref> On October 7, 1961, the entire route of US&nbsp;260 became part of a western extension of US 180.<ref>{{AASHTO minutes|year=1961A|v-link=yes|access-date=June 25, 2023|page=7}}</ref>

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==Major intersections==
;Arizona
: {{jct|state=AZ|AZ|64}} in [[Valle, Arizona|Valle]]<!--there is a possibility US&nbsp;180 actually begins farther north-->
: {{jct|country=USA|US|89}} in [[Flagstaff, Arizona|Flagstaff]]
: {{jct|country=USA|I|40}} in Flagstaff. The highways travel concurrently to [[Holbrook, Arizona|Holbrook]].
: {{jct|country=USA|US|191}} in [[St. Johns, Arizona|St. Johns]]. The highways travel concurrently to [[Alpine, Arizona|Alpine]].
: {{jct|country=USA|US|60}} in [[Springerville, Arizona|Springerville]]. The highways travel concurrently through Springerville.
;New Mexico
: {{jct|country=USA|I|10|US|70}} in [[Deming, New Mexico|Deming]]. I-10/US&nbsp;180 travels concurrently to [[El Paso, Texas]]. US&nbsp;70/US&nbsp;180 travels concurrently to [[Las Cruces, New Mexico|Las Cruces]].
: {{jct|country=USA|I|25|US|85}} on the Las Cruces–[[University Park, New Mexico|University Park]] line. US&nbsp;85/US&nbsp;180 travels concurrently to El Paso, Texas.
;Texas
: {{jct|country=USA|US|54}} in El Paso
: {{jct|country=USA|I|10|US|62}} in El Paso. US&nbsp;62/US&nbsp;180 travels concurrently to [[Seminole, Texas|Seminole]], with a section in [[New Mexico]] in between.
;New Mexico
: {{jct|country=USA|US|285}} in [[Carlsbad, New Mexico|Carlsbad]]. The highways travel concurrently through Carlsbad.
;Texas
: {{jct|country=USA|US|62|US|385}} in Seminole
: {{jct|country=USA|US|87}} in [[Lamesa, Texas|Lamesa]]. The highways travel concurrently to south of [[Los Ybanez, Texas|Los Ybanez]].
: {{jct|country=USA|US|84}} in [[Snyder, Texas|Snyder]]
: {{jct|country=USA|US|83|US|277}} in [[Anson, Texas|Anson]]
: {{jct|country=USA|US|283}} in [[Albany, Texas|Albany]]. The highways travel concurrently through Albany.
: {{jct|country=USA|US|183}} in [[Breckenridge, Texas|Breckenridge]]
: {{jct|country=USA|US|281}} in [[Mineral Wells, Texas|Mineral Wells]]
: {{jct|country=USA|I|20}} in [[Hudson Oaks, Texas|Hudson Oaks]]
<ref name=randmcnally>{{cite book |author = Rand McNally |year = 2014 |title = The Road Atlas |edition = Walmart |location = Chicago |publisher = Rand McNally |pages = 8, 68, 98–100 |isbn = 978-0-528-00771-2}}</ref>

==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]] are sibling routes of US 180.

[[Arizona State Route 180A]] serves as an alternate spur of US 180 in eastern Arizona.

==See also==
{{Portal-inline|U.S. Roads}}

==References==
{{reflist}}

==External links==
{{Attached KML|display=title,inline}}
* [http://www.usends.com/180.html Endpoints of US highway 180]

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