Missouri Route 181
{{Short description|State highway in southern Missouri}}
{{Use American English|date=April 2025}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=January 2025}}
{{Infobox road
|state=MO
|type=Route
|route = 181
|length_mi = 56.718
|direction_b = North
|direction_a = South
|terminus_b = {{jct|state=MO|US-Bus|60|dab1=Cabool}} in Cabool
|junction = {{jct|state=MO|US|60}} in Cabool
|terminus_a = {{jct|state=MO|US|160}} in Gainesville
|previous_type = MO
|previous_route= 180
|next_type = MO
|next_route = 185
| map={{maplink-road|from=Missouri Route 181.map}}
|map_custom=yes
|map_notes=MO 181 highlighted in red
}}
Route 181 is a highway in southern Missouri. Its southern terminus is at US 160 in Gainesville in Ozark County. It passes through eastern Douglas County and reaches its northern terminus at Business U.S. Route 60 in Cabool in Texas County.Mountain Grove, Missouri, 30x60 Minute Topographic Quadrangle, USGS, 1983
Route description
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 {{convert|4.8|mi|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.Ava, Missouri, 30x60 Minute Topographic Quadrangle, USGS, 1985 Then, the route continues north until meeting up with Route 76 and runs concurrent with it for about {{convert|3.5|mi|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.
Major intersections
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{{MOint
|county=Ozark
|location=Gainesville
|mile=0.000
|road={{Jct|state=MO|US|160|city1=Gainesville|city2=Tecumseh}}
|notes=Southern terminus
}}
{{MOint
|county=Douglas
|cspan=4
|township=Brush Creek
|ctdab=Douglas
|type=concur
|mile=25.118
|road={{Jct|state=MO|MO|14|dir1=west|city1=Ava}}
|notes=Southern end of Route 14 overlap
}}
{{MOint
|township=Richland
|ctdab=Douglas
|type=concur
|mile=29.883
|road={{Jct|state=MO|MO|14|dir1=east|to2=y|US|63|noshield2=y}}
|notes=Northern end of Route 14 overlap
}}
{{MOint
|township1=McKinley
|township2=Clinton
|ctdab=Douglas
|type=concur
|mile=42.525
|road={{Jct|state=MO|MO|76|dir1=east|city1=Willow Springs}}
|notes=Southern end of Route 76 overlap
}}
{{MOint
|township=Clinton
|ctdab=Douglas
|type=concur
|mile=46.047
|road={{Jct|state=MO|MO|76|dir1=west|to2=y|MO|95|noshield2=y}}
|notes=Northern end of Route 76 overlap
}}
{{MOint
|county=Texas
|cspan=2
|location=Cabool
|lspan=2
|mile=56.159
|road={{Jct|state=MO|US|60|city1=Willow Springs|city2=Mountain Grove}}
}}
{{MOint
|mile=56.718
|road={{Jct|state=MO|US-Bus|60|dab1=Cabool|name1=Ozark Street}}
|notes=Northern terminus
}}
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References
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Category:Transportation in Texas County, Missouri