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South Carolina Highway 763
South Carolina Highway 763 (SC 763) is a state highway in the U.S. state of South Carolina. The highway connects Wedgefield and Sumter, via Cane Savannah and Millwood. It is signed north-south, but it travels east-west. Route description SC 763 begins at an intersection with SC 261 (South Kings Highway) in Wedgefield, Sumter County. It travels to the east-northeast, paralleling railroad tracks along its way. At the intersection with Tillman Nursery Road, it begins traveling along the northern edge of the Manchester State Forest. It skirts along the edge of the forest for approximately . At the intersection with Bullett Road, SC 763 leaves Wedgefield proper and begins skirting along the northern edge of the town. At Burnt Gin Road, it begins to travel along another section of the state forest. The highway stays along the edge of the forest for just under . When the highway crosses Cane Savannah Creek, it leaves Wedgefield and begins to travel along t ...
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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, ...
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Railroad
Rail transport (also known as train transport) is a means of transport that transfers passengers and goods on wheeled vehicles running on rails, which are incorporated in tracks. In contrast to road transport, where the vehicles run on a prepared flat surface, rail vehicles (rolling stock) are directionally guided by the tracks on which they run. Tracks usually consist of steel rails, installed on sleepers (ties) set in ballast, on which the rolling stock, usually fitted with metal wheels, moves. Other variations are also possible, such as "slab track", in which the rails are fastened to a concrete foundation resting on a prepared subsurface. Rolling stock in a rail transport system generally encounters lower frictional resistance than rubber-tyred road vehicles, so passenger and freight cars (carriages and wagons) can be coupled into longer trains. The operation is carried out by a railway company, providing transport between train stations or freight customer facili ...
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Sumter Airport
Sumter Airport is a public use airport located four nautical miles (7 km) north of the central business district of Sumter, a city in Sumter County, South Carolina, United States. The airport is owned and operated by the Sumter County under an Airport Commission structure and has a county appointed airport manager, Jeff Knauer. Although most U.S. airports use the same three-letter location identifier for the FAA and IATA, this airport is assigned SMS by the FAA and SUM by the IATA (which assigned SMS to Sainte Marie Airport in Sainte-Marie, Madagascar). Facilities and aircraft Sumter Airport covers an area of at an elevation of 182 feet (55 m) above mean sea level. It has two runways: 5/23 is 5,501 by 100 feet (1,677 x 30 m) with an asphalt surface; 14/32 is 3,081 by 120 feet (939 x 37 m) with a turf surface. For the 12-month period ending August 15, 2008, the airport had 48,300 aircraft operations, an average of 132 per day: 97% general aviation, 2% air taxi and 1% m ...
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Interchange (road)
In the field of road transport, an interchange (American English) or a grade-separated junction (British English) is a road junction that uses grade separations to allow for the movement of traffic between two or more roadways or highways, using a system of interconnecting roadways to permit traffic on at least one of the routes to pass through the junction without interruption from crossing traffic streams. It differs from a standard intersection, where roads cross at grade. Interchanges are almost always used when at least one road is a controlled-access highway (freeway or motorway) or a limited-access divided highway (expressway), though they are sometimes used at junctions between surface streets. Terminology ''Note:'' The descriptions of interchanges apply to countries where vehicles drive on the right side of the road. For left-side driving, the layout of junctions is mirrored. Both North American (NA) and British (UK) terminology is included. ; Freeway juncti ...
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Swan Lake Iris Gardens
Swan Lake Iris Gardens is a public park located in Sumter, South Carolina. It is currently the only public park in the United States to have all eight species of swans—including Royal white mutes, Black Necks, Coscorobas, Whoopers, Black Australians, Whistlers, Bewicks, and Trumpeters. History Beginning in 1927 as a private fishing lake for wealthy businessman Hamilton Carr Bland, who also began landscaping his garden with Japanese Iris flowers. The Irises failed and he ordered his gardener to dig them all up and throw them in the lake. However, the Irises bloomed the following spring and attracted attention from locals. In 1938, A.T. Heath, Sr. deeded 30 acres on the North Side of West Liberty Street to Bland with the stipulations that it would be developed into part of the gardens. The gardens were deeded to the City of Sumter, South Carolina in 1949. Shortly after in 1950, Development started on the Braille garden and Butterfly Garden. In 1994, The McDuffie overpass ...
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Concurrency (road)
A concurrency in a road network is an instance of one physical roadway bearing two or more different route numbers. When two roadways share the same right-of-way, it is sometimes called a common section or commons. Other terminology for a concurrency includes overlap, coincidence, duplex (two concurrent routes), triplex (three concurrent routes), multiplex (any number of concurrent routes), dual routing or triple routing. Concurrent numbering can become very common in jurisdictions that allow it. Where multiple routes must pass between a single mountain crossing or over a bridge, or through a major city, it is often economically and practically advantageous for them all to be accommodated on a single physical roadway. In some jurisdictions, however, concurrent numbering is avoided by posting only one route number on highway signs; these routes disappear at the start of the concurrency and reappear when it ends. However, any route that becomes unsigned in the middle of the concurren ...
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South Carolina Highway 120
South Carolina Highway 120 (SC 120) is a state highway in the U.S. state of South Carolina. The highway connects Pinewood and Sumter. Route description SC 120 begins at an intersection with SC 261 (West Fulton Street) in Pinewood within Sumter County, where the roadway continues as West Avenue South. It travels to the north-northeast and travels along the eastern edge of Manchester State Forest and the Poinsett Electronic Combat Range and occasionally cuts through small segments of the forest. Just south of Tuomey Wildlife Management Area, it curves to the northeast. It passes through parts of Sumter before entering the census designated place of Millwood. Upon leaving Millwood, the highway re-enters Sumter and immediately intersects SC 763 (Wedgefield Road), next to Millwood Elementary School. The two highways travel concurrently to the northeast. At Alice Drive, SC 120 splits off to the north-northwest. It passes Alice Drive Elementary Sc ...
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South Carolina Highway 441
South Carolina Highway 441 (SC 441) is a state highway in the U.S. state of South Carolina. The highway connects the Sumter area in Sumter County with rural areas of Lee County. Route description SC 441 begins at an intersection with SC 763 (Wedgefield Road) in Millwood, Sumter County, where the roadway continues as Lynam Road. This intersection is northwest of Millwood Elementary School. It travels to the north and immediately curves to the northwest before leaving the Millwood vicinity. The highway immediately travels through Sumter for approximately before re-entering Millwood. When it crosses over Green Swamp, it leaves Millwood a second time. It immediately travels along the southwestern edge of the city limits of Sumter before entering Sumter proper. The highway turns left onto Patriot Parkway, which is northeast of Patriot Park. The highway travels to the west and leaves Sumter. SC 441 curves to the west-northwest and crosses some railroad trac ...
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City Limits
City limits or city boundaries refer to the defined boundary or border of a city. The area within the city limit can be called the city proper. Town limit/boundary and village limit/boundary apply to towns and villages. Similarly, corporate limit is a legal name that refers to the boundary of municipal corporations. In some countries, the limit of a municipality may be expanded through annexation. United Kingdom In the UK, city boundaries are more difficult to define, since British cities are defined as any town or local authority area, regardless of area or population size, that has been granted letters patent as a royal prerogative. In smaller cities, such as Wells (pop. approx. 10,000) or Gloucester (pop. approx. 100,000), the boundary will be that governed by the city council, though in certain cases such as Carlisle, this may include large rural and even uninhabited areas which are largely distinct from the main settlement. In the case of larger cities, such as Birmingham ...
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South Carolina Highway 261
South Carolina Highway 261 (SC 261) is a state highway in the U.S. state of South Carolina. It travels between Yauhannah in Georgetown County to Kershaw County. Although the highway covers more east–west distance, it is signed north–south. Route description SC 261 begins at U.S. Route 701 (US 701) at Yauhannah in Georgetown County. It travels westerly and then turns northward to end at US 521 north of Boykin in Kershaw County. Three U.S. National Historic Landmarks—the Millford Plantation, Borough House Plantation and Church of the Holy Cross—are located on the highway in the High Hills of Santee The High Hills of Santee, sometimes known as the High Hills of the Santee, is a long, narrow hilly region in the western part of Sumter County, South Carolina. It has been called "one of the state's most famous areas".
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Wedgefield, South Carolina
Wedgefield is an unincorporated community in the High Hills of Santee area in western Sumter County, South Carolina, United States. Wedgefield is also a Census Designated Place (CDP). Wedgefield was so named because its location was likened to a "wedge" into the High Hills of Santee. In the 18th and 19th centuries it was the location of many plantations, notably those of the Singleton family, which produced First Lady of the United States, Angelica Singleton Van Buren. Today the plantations are gone except for their cemeteries and Wedgefield is today noted as the location of a state park, a state forest and other recreational places. When the railroad came through in the 19th century, the commercial center of Wedgefield developed at the intersection of the railroad, Kings Highway (South Carolina Highway 261) and Wedgefield Road (South Carolina Highway 763). It has its own post office with the Zip Code of 29168. Wedgefield had a population of 3,376 in 2000 on a Zip Code-based estima ...
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Intersection (road)
An intersection or an at-grade junction is a junction where two or more roads converge, diverge, meet or cross at the same height, as opposed to an interchange, which uses bridges or tunnels to separate different roads. Major intersections are often delineated by gores and may be classified by road segments, traffic controls and lane design. Types Road segments One way to classify intersections is by the number of road segments (arms) that are involved. * A three-way intersection is a junction between three road segments (arms): a T junction when two arms form one road, or a Y junction, the latter also known as a fork if approached from the stem of the Y. * A four-way intersection, or crossroads, usually involves a crossing over of two streets or roads. In areas where there are blocks and in some other cases, the crossing streets or roads are perpendicular to each other. However, two roads may cross at a different angle. In a few cases, the junction of two road segments ...
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