North Carolina Highway 80

NC 80
Route information
Maintained by NCDOT
Length:	40.1 mi (64.5 km)
Existed:	1940 – present
Major junctions
South end:	US 70 in Pleasant Gardens Blue Ridge Parkway US 19E near Micaville
North end:	NC 226 near Bakersville
Location
Counties:	McDowell, Yancey, Mitchell
Highway system
North Carolina Highway System ← NC 79 NC 81 →

North Carolina route 80 goes from U.S. Route 70, just west of Marion, at 1300' above sea level, to NC Route 226, a bit west of Bakersville, 2360'. It passes by Lake Tahoma at about 1500'. It crosses the Blue Ridge Parkway and the Eastern Continental Divide at about 3320', and U.S Route 19E at about 2520'. It crosses the South Toe River twice, once at 2700' and once at 2520'. It crosses the North Toe River at 2400'. It crosses Buck Creek five times.

Major intersections

County	Location	Mile	Destinations	Notes
McDowell	Pleasant Gardens	0.0	US 70 – Old Fort, Marion	Southern terminus
		12.0	Blue Ridge Parkway	Interchange and county line
Yancey	Micaville	26.1	US 19E south – Burnsville	South end of concurrency with US 19E
	New Dale	27.3	US 19E north – Spruce Pine	North end of concurrency with US 19E
Mitchell	Bakersville	40.1	NC 226 – Spruce Pine, Marion	Northern terminus
Concurrency terminus       Closed/former       HOV only       Incomplete access       Tolled/ETC       Unopened