U.S. Route 180 in Texas
Route information | ||||
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Maintained by TxDOT | ||||
Length | 473.2 mi[1][2] (761.5 km) | |||
Existed | 1943[3]–present | |||
Trans-Pecos section | ||||
Length | 148.4 mi[4] (238.8 km) | |||
West end | I-10 / US 85 / US 180 at New Mexico state line near Anthony | |||
Major intersections | Loop 375 in El Paso | |||
East end | US 62 / US 180 at New Mexico state line northwest of Pine Springs | |||
Northwest Texas | ||||
Length | 324.8 mi[5] (522.7 km) | |||
West end | US 62 / US 180 at New Mexico state line west of Seminole | |||
Major intersections | ||||
East end | I-20 in Hudson Oaks | |||
Location | ||||
Country | United States | |||
State | Texas | |||
Counties | El Paso, Hudspeth, Culberson; Gaines, Dawson, Borden, Scurry, Fisher, Jones, Shackelford, Stephens, Palo Pinto, Parker | |||
Highway system | ||||
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U.S. Highway 180 (US 180) is a US highway that runs from Valle, Arizona, to Hudson Oaks, Texas. A child route of U.S. Route 80, the Texas portion of U.S. 180 consists of two distinct segments. Separated by an approximately 105 mile stretch of roadway travelling through southeast New Mexico, the first segment travels through far west Texas from the New Mexico border near El Paso to the New Mexico border approximately 25 miles west of Carlsbad, New Mexico. The second segment begins on the Texas state line between Hobbs, New Mexico, and Seminole and travels east across the lower Panhandle and Cross Timbers regions, passing through the towns of Lamesa, Snyder, Albany, and Breckenridge. The terminus of the second segment, which is also the highway's eastern terminus, is at an interchange with Interstate 20 (I-20) in Hudson Oaks, between Weatherford and Fort Worth.
Route description
[edit]Trans-Pecos
[edit]The entire section of US 180 through the Trans-Pecos region is concurrent with other highways.
US 180 enters into Texas from New Mexico concurrent with Interstate 10 and US 85 in Anthony. The three highways enter El Paso with US 85 leaving near Sunland Park Mall. I-10/US 180 run along the northern edge of downtown El Paso together, with US 180 leaving and joining U.S. Route 62 at Paisano Drive. The two highways run along east El Paso on Montana Avenue, a major thoroughfare. The highways run along the southern border of El Paso International Airport and Fort Bliss, before intersecting with Loop 375, leaving the city shortly thereafter. After leaving the city, US 62/180 travel through or near several rural suburbs and subdivisions such as Homestead Meadows North, Homestead Meadows South, and Butterfield. The two highways briefly travel through the Guadalupe Mountains National Park near Pine Springs. US 62/180 enters New Mexico approximately 25 miles northwest of Pine Springs.
Northwest Texas
[edit]US 180, still in concurrence with US 62, reenters Texas between Hobbs, New Mexico and Seminole. In Seminole, the highways split, with US 62 joining U.S. Route 385 and travelling north to Seagraves and Brownfield. US 180 continues east, sharing a short overlap with U.S. Route 87 in Lamesa, before continuing east through the towns of Gail and Snyder. US 180 continues to run in a predominantly east–west direction through northwest Texas, passing through towns such as Breckenridge and Mineral Wells. US 180 ends at an interchange with Interstate 20 in Hudson Oaks, about 30 miles west of Fort Worth.
Future
[edit]A section of US 62/US 180 in eastern El Paso, known locally as Montana Avenue, is currently being upgraded to a six-lane freeway. The project will be built in two phases; phase one will be from Global Reach Drive/Yarbrough Drive to Tierra Este Road (just east of Loop 375) and was originally scheduled to open in summer 2022.[6] The current eastbound lanes of Montana Avenue will serve as the eastbound frontage road of the future freeway while the old westbound lanes will be converted into the freeway's eastbound lanes.[7] Construction of phase 2, from Tierra Este Road to Zaragoza Road, has not started as funding for that section has not been secured yet.[6]
Junction list
[edit]County | Location | mi[4][5] | km | Exit | Destinations | Notes | |
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El Paso | Anthony | 0.00 | 0.00 | I-10 west (US 85 north / US 180 west) – Las Cruces | Continuation into New Mexico | ||
see I-10 | |||||||
El Paso | 23.8 | 38.3 | I-10 east (Gateway Boulevard) / US 62 west (Paisano Drive) – Van Horn, San Antonio | East end of I-10 overlap; west end of US 62 overlap; I-10 exit 23B | |||
28.0 | 45.1 | FM 2316 south (McRae Boulevard) | |||||
28 | Global Reach Drive / Yarbrough Drive | Future west end of Montana Avenue Expressway | |||||
29 | Lee Trevino Drive | Interchange under construction | |||||
30 | George Dieter Drive | Interchange under construction | |||||
31 | Lee Boulevard | Interchange under construction | |||||
32 | Saul Klenfield Drive | Interchange under construction | |||||
33.2 | 53.4 | 33 | Loop 375 (Purple Heart Memorial Highway, Joe Battle Boulevard) | Loop 375 exit 35; planned future stack interchange | |||
34 | Tierra Este Road | Planned future interchange | |||||
35 | Rich Beem Boulevard | Planned future interchange | |||||
36.3 | 58.4 | 36 | FM 659 (Zaragoza Road) | Interchange; future east end of Montana Avenue Expressway | |||
| 45.4 | 73.1 | RM 2775 north – Hueco Tanks State Historic Site | ||||
Hudspeth | Cornudas | 81.5 | 131.2 | RM 2317 south | |||
| 88.3 | 142.1 | RM 1111 south – Sierra Blanca | ||||
| 98.3 | 158.2 | FM 1437 north – Dell City | ||||
Salt Flat | 106.4 | 171.2 | FM 1576 north – Dell City | ||||
Culberson | | 120.5 | 193.9 | SH 54 south – Van Horn | |||
| 148.3 | 238.7 | RM 652 east – Orla | ||||
| 148.4 | 238.8 | US 62 / US 180 east – Carlsbad | New Mexico state line | |||
US 180 crosses through New Mexico | |||||||
Gaines | | 0.00 | 0.00 | US 62 / US 180 west – Hobbs | New Mexico state line | ||
| 3.0 | 4.8 | FM 3306 north | ||||
| 15.7 | 25.3 | FM 1757 north | ||||
Seminole | 24.1 | 38.8 | SH 214 north – Denver City, Plains | ||||
24.5 | 39.4 | US 62 east / US 385 – Brownfield, Andrews | East end of US 62 overlap | ||||
| 31.0 | 49.9 | FM 1429 – Seagraves | ||||
| 37.9 | 61.0 | FM 303 north – Loop | ||||
Dawson | | 58.1 | 93.5 | FM 829 north | West end of FM 829 overlap | ||
| 58.8 | 94.6 | FM 829 south | East end of FM 829 overlap | |||
Lamesa | 64.7 | 104.1 | SH 137 to SH 349 | Access to Medical Arts Hospital | |||
65.3 | 105.1 | Bus. US 87 (Dallas Avenue) | |||||
65.4 | 105.3 | US 87 north | West end of US 87 overlap | ||||
see US 87 | |||||||
| 68.5 | 110.2 | US 87 south / FM 2052 west – Midland | Interchange; east end of US 87 overlap | |||
Key | 75.7 | 121.8 | FM 178 – Midway | ||||
Borden | | 84.9 | 136.6 | FM 1054 south – Vealmoor | West end of FM 1054 overlap | ||
| 89.3 | 143.7 | FM 1054 north – O'Donnell | East end of FM 1054 overlap | |||
Gail | 97.0 | 156.1 | FM 669 – Post, Big Spring | ||||
| 106.6 | 171.6 | FM 612 north – Fluvanna | ||||
| 111.4 | 179.3 | FM 1610 south – Lake J.B. Thomas | ||||
Scurry | | 115.8 | 186.4 | FM 1269 north – Fluvanna | |||
| 120.6 | 194.1 | FM 1606 south – Ira | ||||
| 123.8 | 199.2 | FM 1609 south – Ira | ||||
| 125.5 | 202.0 | FM 1611 | ||||
Snyder | 128.7 | 207.1 | Bus. US 84 west (College Avenue) / SH 208 north / SH 350 west | West end of Bus. US 84/SH 208 overlap | |||
130.9 | 210.7 | FM 1605 west (37th Street) | Access to Cogdell Memorial Hospital | ||||
131.2 | 211.1 | Bus. US 84 east / SH 208 south – Colorado City | East end of Bus. 84/SH 208 overlap | ||||
131.7 | 212.0 | US 84 – Lubbock, Post, Roscoe | Interchange | ||||
| 134.9 | 217.1 | FM 1673 – Price Daniel Unit | ||||
| 136.8 | 220.2 | FM 644 south – Hermleigh | ||||
| 142.7 | 229.7 | FM 1614 east – Camp Springs | ||||
Fisher | | 149.2 | 240.1 | FM 611 – Hobbs, Rotan | |||
| 154.3 | 248.3 | FM 1657 north – Sardis, Crossroads | ||||
| 157.4 | 253.3 | FM 2832 north – Rotan | ||||
Roby | 160.0 | 257.5 | FM 419 south | ||||
160.5 | 258.3 | SH 70 – Rotan, Sweetwater | |||||
| 164.5 | 264.7 | FM 1085 south – Sylvester | ||||
| 165.3 | 266.0 | FM 1224 north – Royston | ||||
| 170.2 | 273.9 | FM 57 – McCaulley, Sylvester | Interchange | |||
| 171.3 | 275.7 | FM 1812 south – McCaulley Cemetery | Access to McCaulley Cemetery via County Road 283 north | |||
Jones | | 178.3 | 286.9 | FM 126 – Hamlin, Merkel | |||
| 185.6 | 298.7 | FM 3116 south | ||||
Anson | 189.5 | 305.0 | US 83 / US 277 – Stamford, Abilene | ||||
Funston | 195.0 | 313.8 | FM 1226 – Stamford, Hawley | ||||
| 200.0 | 321.9 | FM 600 – Avoca, Nugent, Lake Fort Phantom | ||||
Shackelford | | 207.4 | 333.8 | SH 6 north – Lueders, Big Country Baptist Assembly | West end of SH 6 overlap | ||
| 218.0 | 350.8 | SH 351 west – Abilene | Interchange | |||
Albany | 225.6 | 363.1 | US 283 south – Baird | West end of US 283 overlap | |||
225.9 | 363.6 | SH 6 south / FM 1084 north – Cisco | East end of SH 6 overlap | ||||
226.8 | 365.0 | US 283 north – Throckmorton | East end of US 283 overlap | ||||
| 232.2 | 373.7 | FM 2482 west – Fort Griffin State Historic Site | ||||
Stephens | | 242.7 | 390.6 | FM 3201 south | |||
| 245.5 | 395.1 | FM 2231 east | ||||
Breckenridge | 247.3 | 398.0 | FM 3099 north | ||||
247.4 | 398.2 | FM 3099 south | |||||
249.7 | 401.9 | US 183 (Breckenridge Avenue) – Woodson, Cisco | |||||
250.7 | 403.5 | FM 287 north (Graham Avenue) | |||||
252.4 | 406.2 | SH 67 north – Graham | |||||
| 253.6 | 408.1 | FM 207 south | ||||
| 262.9 | 423.1 | FM 717 north | West end of FM 717 overlap | |||
| 263.2 | 423.6 | Loop 252 east – Caddo | ||||
| 264.1 | 425.0 | PR 33 north / FM 717 south – Caddo, Ranger, Possum Kingdom Lake | East end of FM 717 overlap | |||
| 264.6 | 425.8 | Loop 252 west – Caddo | ||||
Palo Pinto | Brad | 274.2 | 441.3 | SH 16 north – Possum Kingdom Lake | West end of SH 16 overlap | ||
Metcalf Gap | 279.0 | 449.0 | SH 16 south – Strawn | East end of SH 16 overlap | |||
| 283.3 | 455.9 | FM 919 south – Gordon | ||||
Palo Pinto | 288.0 | 463.5 | FM 4 south – Santo, Lake Palo Pinto | West end of FM 4 overlap | |||
288.5 | 464.3 | FM 4 north – Worth Ranch, Graford | East end of FM 4 overlap | ||||
Mineral Wells | 297.3 | 478.5 | SH 337 north to SH 254 – Graham, Possum Kingdom Lake | ||||
299.8 | 482.5 | US 281 (Oak Avenue) | |||||
301.5 | 485.2 | FM 1821 (Garret Morris Parkway) – Jacksboro, Municipal Airport | |||||
302.6 | 487.0 | FM 1195 south – Municipal Airport | |||||
Parker | 303.8 | 488.9 | PR 71 north – Lake Mineral Wells State Park | ||||
Cool | 306.7 | 493.6 | FM 113 south – Millsap | West end of FM 113 overlap | |||
| 307.3 | 494.6 | FM 113 north – Garner | East end of FM 113 overlap | |||
Weatherford | 317.9 | 511.6 | Spur 312 west (Ranger Highway) – Abilene | No left turn from Spur 312 to US 180; Spur 312 is former US 80 | |||
319.0 | 513.4 | SH 171 south / FM 51 (Main Street) | Traffic circle | ||||
319.3 | 513.9 | Business access | Interchange; westbound entrance only | ||||
319.5 | 514.2 | Mill Street | Interchange; westbound exit and eastbound entrance | ||||
319.7 | 514.5 | Jack Borden Drive (FM 2552 south) | |||||
322.4 | 518.9 | FM 730 north – Azle | |||||
Hudson Oaks | 324.8 | 522.7 | I-20 east – Fort Worth | Interchange; no access to I-20 WB; I-20 west exit 414 | |||
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi
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References
[edit]- ^ "Interstate 10, Anthony, TX 79821 to U.S. 180, Carlsbad, TX 88220 - Google Maps". Retrieved June 20, 2016.
- ^ "5599 E Seminole Hwy, Hobbs, NM - Google Maps". Retrieved June 20, 2016.
- ^ Transportation Planning and Programming Division (n.d.). "U.S. Highway No. 180". Highway Designation Files. Texas Department of Transportation. Retrieved April 8, 2015.
- ^ a b "Highway Overview Map of US 180 West". Google Maps. Retrieved March 19, 2016.
- ^ a b "Highway Overview Map of US 180 East". Google Maps. Retrieved March 20, 2016.
- ^ a b Kolenc, Vic (January 3, 2019). "TxDOT's El Paso Montana Avenue freeway project will cost $370 million". El Paso Times. Retrieved October 15, 2021.
- ^ Ross, Mark (August 21, 2020). "El Paso' newest freeway under construction on the eastside". KCIA-TV. Retrieved October 15, 2021.
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