page_title: North Carolina Highway 180
section_title: Route description
hierarchical_section_title: North Carolina Highway 180 / Route description
caption_attribution_description: English: NC 180, heading north towards Patterson Springs, North Carolina from NC 18.
context_page_description: North Carolina Highway 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.
context_section_description: NC 180 is a two-lane rural highway that traverses 12 miles (19 km) 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.
caption: NC 180, heading north towards Patterson Springs
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