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South Carolina Highway 80
South Carolina Highway 80 (SC 80) is a primary state highway in the state of South Carolina. The highway serves as a bypass, connecting SC 14 to U.S. Route 29 (US 29) in Greer. Route description SC 80 is a four-lane expressway, which begins at SC 14, on the backside of the Greenville-Spartanburg International Airport. Going in a northeasterly direction, the first include a narrow median before splitting into a divided highway. Top speed limit along the highway is with several at-grade intersections and one grade-separated intersection. The highway ends at US 29 (Wade Hampton Boulevard). The highway is shared with truck routes of SC 101 and SC 290. History The second incarnation of SC 80 was established in July 2002 as a new primary route running from SC 101 to US 29. In April 2005 it was extended to SC 14. The first SC 80 existed from 1937 to 1962 as a new primary route from SC 181 in Fair Play to SC ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
South Carolina Department Of Transportation
The South Carolina Department of Transportation (SCDOT) is a government agency in the US state of South Carolina. Its mission is to build and maintain roads and bridges and administer mass transit services. By state law, the SCDOT's function and purpose is the systematic planning, construction, maintenance, and operation of the state highway system and the development of a statewide mass transit system that is consistent with the needs and desires of the public. The SCDOT also coordinates all state and federal programs relating to highways. The goal of the SCDOT is to provide adequate, safe, and efficient transportation services for the movement of people and goods. History The South Carolina Department of Transportation is still familiarly known as the Highway Department, which is what the agency was called until May 13, 1977 when an act of the South Carolina General Assembly reformed the agency as the Department of Highways and Public Transportation (SCDHPT). The current name, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
South Carolina Highway 181
South Carolina Highway 181 (SC 181) is a state highway in the U.S. state of South Carolina. The highway connects the Georgia state line with Starr. Route description SC 181 begins at the Georgia state line at a point southwest of Starr, within Anderson County, where the roadway crosses over the Savannah River and continues as Georgia State Route 181 (Smith–McGee Highway). It travels to the northeast and has a brief concurrency with SC 187. The highway continues to the northeast and enters Starr. There, it meets its northern terminus, an intersection with SC 412 (Rainey Road/Stones Throw Avenue). Here, the roadway continues as Smith–McGee Road. History Major intersections See also * * References External links * {{commons category-inline, South Carolina Highway 181SC 181 at Virginia Highways' South Carolina Highways Annex 181 Year 181 ( CLXXXI) was a common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar) of t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Transportation In Greenville County, South Carolina
Transport (in British English), or transportation (in American English), is the intentional movement of humans, animals, and goods from one location to another. Modes of transport include air, land (rail and road), water, cable, pipeline, and space. The field can be divided into infrastructure, vehicles, and operations. Transport enables human trade, which is essential for the development of civilizations. Transport infrastructure consists of both fixed installations, including roads, railways, airways, waterways, canals, and pipelines, and terminals such as airports, railway stations, bus stations, warehouses, trucking terminals, refueling depots (including fueling docks and fuel stations), and seaports. Terminals may be used both for interchange of passengers and cargo and for maintenance. Means of transport are any of the different kinds of transport facilities used to carry people or cargo. They may include vehicles, riding animals, and pack animals. Vehicles may inclu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
State Highways In South Carolina
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South Carolina Highway 101 Truck (Greer)
South Carolina Highway 101 (SC 101) is a state highway in Laurens, Spartanburg, and Greenville counties in the U.S. state of South Carolina. Its southern terminus is at an intersection with U.S. Route 76 (US 76) in Hickory Tavern, and its northern terminus is at an intersection with SC 11 near Landrum. Route description SC 101 begins in Hickory Tavern at US 76 and heads northwest. At the intersection of State Road S-30-20, the highway then turns to the northeast and heads toward Gray Court. It intersects SC 14 in downtown and then interchanges with I-385 at exit 16 while it continues northeast. The route then enters Woodruff and runs concurrently with US 221 and SC 146 for about . Northwest of Woodruff, the highway then heads west, remaining concurrent with SC 146. It intersects with SC 418 as it exits town. Outside the city limits of Woodruff, SC 101 splits from SC 146 and heads northwest, intersecting SC 417 and SC 296.''DeLorme South Caro ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
South Carolina Highway 243
South Carolina Highway 243 (SC 243) is a state highway in the U.S. state of South Carolina. The highway travels on an east–west direction (though signed as north–south) from SC 59 and SC 182 in Fair Play to Interstate 85 (I-85) exit 11 and SC 24. The highway closely parallels I-85 to the north. Route description SC 243 begins at an intersection with SC 59 and SC 182 in the census designated place of Fair Play, Oconee County. Numerous businesses surround the intersection which also is the southern terminus of SC 182. SC 243 travels east along East Fair Play Boulevard past houses, a store, churches, a cemetery, and a post office. Whitfield Road splits off from the road and travels south to I-85's exit 4. SC 243 continues east-northeast into Anderson County through a mix of farmland and woods. At the highway's end, it intersects SC 24 in front of a cafe. On the opposite side of SC 24, I-85's exit 11 sout ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lake Hartwell
Lake Hartwell is a man-made reservoir bordering Georgia and South Carolina and encompassing parts of the Savannah, Tugaloo, and Seneca rivers. Lake Hartwell is one of the Southeastern United States' largest recreation lakes. The lake was created by the construction of the Hartwell Dam, completed in 1962 and located on the Savannah River seven miles (11 km) below the point at which the Tugaloo and Seneca Rivers join to form the Savannah. Extending up the Tugaloo and up the Seneca at normal pool elevation, the lake comprises nearly 56,000 acres (230 km2) of water with a shoreline of . The entire Hartwell "Project" contains 76,450 acres (309 km2) of land and water. I-85 bisects Hartwell Lake and makes the area easily accessible to visitors. Background The Flood Control Act of 17 May 1950 authorized the Hartwell Dam and Reservoir as the second unit in the comprehensive development of the Savannah River Basin. The estimated cost was $68.4 million based on 1948 price lev ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Decommissioned Highway
A decommissioned highway is a highway that has been removed from service by being shut down, or has had its authorization as a national, provincial or state highway removed, the latter also referred to as downloading. Decommissioning can include the complete or partial demolition or abandonment of an old highway structure because the old roadway has lost its utility, but such is not always the norm. Where the old highway has continuing value, it likely remains as a local road offering access to properties denied access to the new road or for use by slow vehicles such as farm equipment and horse-drawn vehicles denied use of the newer highway. Decommissioning can also include the removal of one or more of the multiple designations of a single segment of highway. As an example, what remains as U.S. Route 60 in Arizona, U.S. Route 60 (US 60) between Wickenburg, Arizona, and Phoenix, Arizona, carried the routes of three US Highways (US 60, U.S. Route 70 in Arizona, US 70 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Anderson, South Carolina
Anderson is a city in and the county seat of Anderson County, South Carolina, United States. The population was 28,106 at the 2020 United States census, 2020 census, and the city was the center of an urbanized area of 75,702. It is one of the principal cities in the Greenville, South Carolina, Greenville-Anderson-Mauldin, South Carolina, Mauldin metropolitan statistical area, which had a population of 824,112 at the 2010 United States Census, 2010 census. It is further included in the larger Greenville, South Carolina, Greenville-Spartanburg, South Carolina, Spartanburg-Anderson, South Carolina combined statistical area, with a total population of 1,266,995, at the 2010 census. It is just off Interstate 85 and is from Atlanta and from Charlotte, North Carolina, Charlotte. Anderson is the smallest of the three primary cities that make up the Upstate South Carolina, Upstate region, and is nicknamed the "Electric City" and the "Friendliest City in South Carolina". Anderson is the ho ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
South Carolina Highway 18 (1922-1938)
South Carolina Highway 18 (SC 18) is a primary state highway in the U.S. state of South Carolina. It serves to connect the cities of Union, Gaffney and Shelby, North Carolina. Route description SC 18 is a two-lane rural highway. In Gaffney, it goes through the downtown area along Fredrick Street and overlaps with the Overmountain Victory National Historic Trail. History SC 18 was established in 1938 as a renumbering of SC 111, from U.S. Route 29 (US 29) in Gaffney, to the North Carolina state line. In 1940, SC 18 was extended south along new primary routing to SC 9 in Pacolet. In 1942, it was extended again along new primary routing to SC 56 south of Glenn Springs. In 1960-1961, SC 18 was rerouted at Gaffney to US 176/SC 9 in Jonesville, replacing part of SC 11; its old alignment became part of SC 150. In 1989, SC 18 was extended to its current western terminus at US 176/ SC 215, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fair Play, South Carolina
Fair Play is a census-designated place located in Oconee County in the U.S. state of South Carolina. A small portion of the CDP extends into Anderson County. As of the 2020 census, the population of Fair Play was 704. According to tradition, the name stems from an incident in which a bystander implored two brawling pioneers to "play fair". Geography Fair Play is located in the southern corner of Oconee County, which occupies the northwestern corner of South Carolina. The CDP extends from the town center south to Lake Hartwell, a large reservoir on the South Carolina–Georgia line. Interstate 85 passes through the CDP, with access via exits 2 and 4. Greenville, South Carolina, is to the northeast, and Atlanta Atlanta ( ) is the capital and most populous city of the U.S. state of Georgia. It is the seat of Fulton County, the most populous county in Georgia, but its territory falls in both Fulton and DeKalb counties. With a population of 498,715 ..., Georgia, is to ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
South Carolina Highway 290
South Carolina Highway 290 (SC 290) is a state highway in the northwestern part of the U.S. state of South Carolina. It courses through central Greenville and Spartanburg Counties. Route description The west terminus of South Carolina Highway 290 is with its junction with US Highway 25 (US 25) approximately halfway between Travelers Rest and Tigerville. It generally follows a southeast route through the small villages of Locust Hill and Sandy Flat before entering Greer. Within Greer, its course changes to an easterly direction and it continues over the county border into Spartanburg County. SC 290's course changes back to a southeasterly direction as it passes through Duncan. It then crosses Interstate 85 (I-85) at exit 63 and continues on until it reaches its east terminus, the junction with US 221, in Moore.South Carolina DeLorme Atlas & Gazetteer, 1998. Pages 18–19. Major intersections Greer truck route South Carolina Highway 290 Truck ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
