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Maintained by MoDOT | ||||
Length | 56.718 mi [1] (91.279 km) | |||
Major junctions | ||||
South end | US 160 in Gainesville | |||
US 60 in Cabool | ||||
North end | US 60 Bus. in Cabool | |||
Location | ||||
Country | United States | |||
State | Missouri | |||
Highway system | ||||
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Route 181 is a highway in southern Missouri. Its southern terminus is at US 160 in Gainesville in Ozark County. [2] It passes through eastern Douglas County and reaches its northern terminus at Business U.S. Route 60 in Cabool in Texas County. [3]
Route 181 begins at an intersection with US 160 near Gainesville and heads northeast, intersecting Route 80. The route passes by Caney Mountain Conservation Area before passing through Zanoni and crossing over Pine Creek. It then passes through Sycamore, past the Hodgson Mill and continues northeast. It then heads due north through Dora in Ozark County and meets Route 14. The route then runs concurrent with Route 14 for 4.8 miles (7.7 km) until meeting the twin bridges at the North Fork River and Spring Creek.The two bridges on Route 14 are separated by an 880-foot-wide (270 m) low point in a north–south trending ridge between the North Fork River and its tributary Spring Creek to the east. [2] Then, the route continues north until meeting up with Route 76 and runs concurrent with it for about 3.5 miles (5.6 km). It then continues north until it approaches Cabool. It interchanges with US 60 before crossing over the Big Piney River and reaching its northern terminus at US 60 Business. [2]
County | Location | mi [1] | km | Destinations | Notes |
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Ozark | Gainesville | 0.000 | 0.000 | US 160 – Gainesville, Tecumseh | Southern terminus |
Douglas | Brush Creek Township | 25.118 | 40.424 | Route 14 west – Ava | Southern end of Route 14 overlap |
Richland Township | 29.883 | 48.092 | Route 14 east to US 63 | Northern end of Route 14 overlap | |
McKinley–Clinton township line | 42.525 | 68.437 | Route 76 east – Willow Springs | Southern end of Route 76 overlap | |
Clinton Township | 46.047 | 74.105 | Route 76 west to Route 95 | Northern end of Route 76 overlap | |
Texas | Cabool | 56.159 | 90.379 | US 60 – Willow Springs, Mountain Grove | |
56.718 | 91.279 | US 60 Bus. (Ozark Street) | Northern terminus | ||
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi
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Zanoni is an unincorporated community located in Ozark County, Missouri, United States on Route 181, approximately ten miles northeast of Gainesville. A watermill and a post office are all that remain of the community. The community was founded in 1898 and was named for the novel Zanoni by Edward Bulwer-Lytton. The mill was built in 1905 as an overshot wheel mill by "Doc" Morrison and restored by his grandson.
Thornfield is an unincorporated community in Ozark County, Missouri, United States. It is located 15 miles (24 km) northwest of Gainesville, on Route 95 at the Little North Fork of the White River on the edge of the Mark Twain National Forest between Wasola to the northeast and Longrun to the southwest. Hammond, the site of the historic Hammond Mill, lies on the Little North Fork 2.5 miles (4.0 km) southeast of Thornfield. Thornfield has a post office with ZIP code 65762.
Sycamore is an unincorporated community in eastern Ozark County in the Ozarks of southern Missouri, United States. It is located on Route 181, approximately fourteen miles northeast of Gainesville. The old townsite is located on a ridge on the west side of Bryant Creek, a major tributary of the North Fork River. The old Hodgson Mill and spring lie on Bryant Creek 0.8 mi (1.3 km) to the northeast. The mill was nominated to the National Register of Historic Places as Aid-Hodgson Mill in 2001.
Hammond is an unincorporated community in Ozark County, Missouri, United States. It is located at the intersection of two county roads on the Little North Fork of the White River, approximately twelve miles northwest of Gainesville and 2.5 miles (4.0 km) southeast of Thornfield.
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Barren Fork is a stream in Ozark County, Missouri. It is a tributary of the Little North Fork White River. The headwaters of the stream are along the west side of the Caney Mountain Conservation Area north of Gainesville. The stream flows west past Willhoit and under Missouri Route 5 continuing into the Mark Twain National Forest south of Nottinghill to its confluence with the Little North Fork White River north of Isabella. The confluence is within the waters of Bull Shoals Lake and the normal lake level is at 695 feet.
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Spring Creek is a stream in Douglas and Howell counties in the Ozarks of southern Missouri.
Indian Creek is a stream in northeastern Douglas County and northwestern Howell County in the Ozarks of southern Missouri. It is a tributary of the North Fork River.
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