South Carolina Highway 116 (SC 116) is a
state highway
A state highway, state road, or state route (and the equivalent provincial highway, provincial road, or provincial route) is usually a road that is either ''numbered'' or ''maintained'' by a sub-national state or province. A road numbered by a ...
located entirely within
Beaufort County, South Carolina, in the southern part of the U.S. state of
South Carolina. Also known locally as Laurel Bay Road, SC 116 connects the
Laurel Bay military housing development with the
Marine Corps Air Station Beaufort (MCAS Beaufort) facility.
Route description
SC 116 runs in a west-to-east direction and is primarily a two-lane road. Beginning from the guardhouse of the Laurel Bay military housing complex, the road is a four-lane
divided highway. After it intersects Joe Frazier Road it narrows to a two-lane undivided road. SC 116 passes a couple of businesses whilst the rest of the surroundings is mostly woods. The west half of the highway is in the
census designated place (CDP) of Laurel Bay, much of the east half's eastbound lane is in the CDP of
Burton, and a small portion of the road briefly passes within the city limits of
Beaufort Beaufort may refer to:
People and titles
* Beaufort (surname)
* House of Beaufort, English nobility
* Duke of Beaufort (England), a title in the peerage of England
* Duke of Beaufort (France), a title in the French nobility
Places Polar regions ...
. Just before reaching MCAS Beaufort, SC 116 widens to a four-lane divided highway again and ends at an intersection with
U.S. Route 21
U.S. Route 21 or U.S. Highway 21 (US 21) is a major north–south United States Numbered Highway in the Southeastern United States that travels . The southern terminus is in Hunting Island State Park, South Carolina, south of the ...
(US 21) on the border of the Beaufort.
Major Intersections
See also
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References
External links
*{{commonscat inline, South Carolina Highway 116
SC 116 at Virginia Highways' South Carolina Highways Annex
116 116 (''one hundred and sixteen'') may refer to:
*116 (number)
*AD 116
* 116 BC
* 116 (Devon and Cornwall) Engineer Regiment, Royal Engineers, a military unit
* 116 (MBTA bus)
* 116 (New Jersey bus)
* 116 (hip hop group), a Christian hip hop collect ...
Transportation in Beaufort County, South Carolina