South Carolina Highway 33 (SC 33) is a
state highway in the
U.S. state
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of
South Carolina
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, Former = Province of South Carolina
, seat = Columbia
, LargestCity = Charleston
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. The highway connects
Orangeburg with the
Lone Star area, via
Cameron.
Route description
SC 33 begins at an
intersection with
US 301/
US 601/
SC 4 (John C. Calhoun Drive) in
Orangeburg within
Orangeburg. Here, the highway continues as Andrew Dibble Street. It travels to the northeast and immediately passes Veterans Memorial Park. A few blocks later, it intersects
US 178 Bus. (Broughton Street). It cuts through Memorial Park. On the southwestern corner of
South Carolina State University
South Carolina State University (SCSU or SC State) is a public, historically black, land-grant university in Orangeburg, South Carolina, United States. It is the only public, historically black land-grant institution in South Carolina, is a memb ...
is an intersection with
US 21 Bus./
US 601 (Magnolia Street). The highway travels along the southeastern edge of the university. It begins traveling along the
Wilkinson Heights–
Brookdale line. The highway then intersects
US 21/
US 178 (Chestnut Street/Whittaker Parkway). After leaving the city area, SC 33 travels through
rural area
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s of the county, has an
interchange with
Interstate 26 (I-26), and passes the Bull Swamp Cemetery. Just before entering
Cameron, it enters
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* Calhoun County, Alabama
* Calhoun County, Arkansas
* Calhoun County, Florida
* Calhoun County, Georgia
* Calhoun Cou ...
. In town, it intersects
US 176 (Old State Road). The highway resumes a rural routing, including an intersection with
SC 6, until it meets its northern terminus, an intersection with
SC 267, near
Lone Star.
Major intersections
History
South Carolina Highway 69
South Carolina Highway 69 (SC 69) was a
state highway that was established in either 1934 or 1935 on a path from what then was
SC 4 in
Orangeburg to a point to the east-northeast for about . In July 1936, it was extended to
SC 31 (now
US 176) in
Cameron. In 1938, it was
decommissioned and redesignated as part of SC 33.
See also
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References
External links
*{{commons category inline, South Carolina Highway 33
SC 33 - South Carolina Hwy Index
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Transportation in Orangeburg County, South Carolina
Transportation in Calhoun County, South Carolina