Route description U.S. Route 180

1 route description

1.1 arizona
1.2 new mexico/west texas (el paso area)
1.3 texas

route description

four national parks can accessed on highway, grand canyon national park, petrified forest national park, guadalupe mountains national park, , carlsbad caverns national park. passes through san francisco peaks, highest mountains in arizona.

arizona

the western terminus of i-40 bus./us 180 concurrency in flagstaff, arizona

in flagstaff, 180 concurrent interstate 40 business , historic u.s. route 66 short distance through city. 180 joins former routing of route 66 in center of flagstaff , follows roadway merges interstate 40 east of city. western terminus of overlap, intersection eastbound interstate 40 2 miles (3 km) east, , intersection westbound interstate 40 , interstate 17 3 miles (5 km) southwest.

us 180 shares numbering interstate 40 flagstaff, arizona, holbrook, arizona. @ holbrook, 180 follows interstate 40 business along south navajo boulevard. shortly after following south navajo boulevard, however, 180 follows south-southeast route, running petrified forest national park , continuing south-southeast , through small branch of zuni indian reservation, st. johns, apache county, arizona meets u.s. route 191. after meeting 191, 180 continues south town of eagar, arizona 2 routes enter apache national forest , split @ town of alpine, arizona, 4–6 miles arizona-new mexico border.

new mexico/west texas (el paso area)

after entering new mexico east of alpine, arizona, 180 continues south until silver city, new mexico. silver city, 180 travels east 4–6 miles, meeting new mexico state road 90, new mexico state road 15, , new mexico state road 152. 180 travels southeast 50 miles (80 km) deming, new mexico, 180 meets interstate 10. deming, 180 follows interstate 10 through las cruces, new mexico, , enters texas @ anthony, new mexico. route concurrent interstate 10 through west , central portions of el paso, texas, , separates i-10 @ paisano drive, joining u.s. route 62. 62/180 concurrent montana avenue in east central el paso (after intersection paisano drive), , continues called montana avenue until reaches rm 2775 (hueco tanks road). 62/180 travels east, going past spur rm 2775 (which goes north hueco tanks) through southern end of guadalupe mountains national park (90 miles east of el paso), , past southern face of guadalupe peak (the highest point in texas) towards new mexico , carlsbad caverns national park. continuing though carlsbad, new mexico, 180 , 62 travels toward texas running through hobbs, new mexico, , exiting new mexico east of hobbs. 180 divided highway west of carlsbad used two-lane highway until around 2008. 180 divided highway in entire state whereas before divided east of carlsbad. speed limit 65, 70 west , 70 east of carlsbad 15 miles west of hobbs.

texas


us 180 west of weatherford, texas



dedication ceremony of brick-paved roadway between mineral wells, texas, , weatherford, texas, in 1936. stretch designated part of 80 @ time.

after re-entering texas east of hobbs, new mexico, 180 splits 62 @ seminole, texas. 180 continues eastward running through towns of: lamesa, gail, snyder, roby, anson, albany, , breckenridge. last portion of length, road runs through scenic palo pinto mountains, exiting them @ metcalf gap. towns in final portion include palo pinto, mineral wells , cool.

us 180 comes contact interstate 20 east of weatherford, texas, , ends in hudson oaks, texas.

in texas, 180 intersects u.s. highway 385, u.s. highway 87, u.s. highway 84, u.s. highway 83, u.s. highway 277, u.s. highway 283, u.s. highway 183, u.s. highway 281, , interstate 20.

the speed limit 75 mph in hudspeth , culberson counties except through guadalupe pass. beginning on 1/2 mile east of mile marker 52 state line @ fm 652.