South Carolina Highway 59 (SC 59) is a
state highway
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in the northwestern part of the
U.S. state
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of
South Carolina
)''Animis opibusque parati'' ( for, , Latin, Prepared in mind and resources, links=no)
, anthem = " Carolina";" South Carolina On My Mind"
, Former = Province of South Carolina
, seat = Columbia
, LargestCity = Charleston
, LargestMetro = ...
. The highway travels in a south-north orientation from just southwest of
Fair Play
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* ''Fair Play'' (1925 film), an American silent film
* ''Fair Play'', a 1972 TV movie starring Paul Ford
* ''Fair Play'' (2014 film), a Czech ...
north and then northeast to
Seneca
Seneca may refer to:
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* Seneca (name), a list of people with either the given name or surname
* Seneca people, one of the six Iroquois tribes of North America
** Seneca language, the language of the Seneca people
Places Extrat ...
, completely within
Oconee County.
Route description
SC 59 begins at an
interchange with
Interstate 85
Interstate 85 (I-85) is a major Interstate Highway in the Southeastern United States. Its southern terminus is at an interchange with I-65 in Montgomery, Alabama; its northern terminus is an interchange with I-95 in Petersburg, Virginia, n ...
(I-85) just southwest of Fair Play. The route heads northeast into town, and intersects
SC 182/
SC 243. After leaving town, SC 59 heads northwest and turns to the northwest to intersect
SC 24. The road heads on its northeast trajectory until it meets its northern terminus, an intersection with
U.S. Route 76
U.S. Route 76 (US 76) is an east–west U.S. highway that travels for approximately from Chattanooga, Tennessee, to Wrightsville Beach, North Carolina.
Route description
, -
, TN
, 8.9
, 14.3
, -
, GA
, 150.7
, 242.5
, -
, SC
, 297.9
, 479.4 ...
(US 76),
US 123,
SC 28 in Seneca.
History
Established in 1942 as a renumbering of
SC 181 and part of SC 182, SC 59 traversed from the
Georgia
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* Georgia (country), a country in the Caucasus region of Eurasia
* Georgia (U.S. state), a state in the Southeast United States
Georgia may also refer to:
Places
Historical states and entities
* Related to the ...
state line to Fair Play, then north to Seneca ending at US 76/
SC 13/SC 28. By 1963, SC 59 was truncated at I-85 due to
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 b ...
submerging the route to Georgia. The portion south of I-85 that was not submerged were downgraded to secondary road Lakeshore Drive (S-37-11). In 2000, SC 59 was extended northwest along West North 1st Street in Seneca, to its current northern terminus with US 76/US 123/SC 28.
Historically, there was one previous SC 59 between 1930-1942; it ran from
SC 55 near
Clover
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to
SC 58/
SC 163 near
Lake Wylie
Lake Wylie is a reservoir or man-made lake in the U.S. states of South Carolina and North Carolina. The lake has a surface area of 13,400 acres (54.2 km2) (20.9 mi2) (5420 ha) and features of shoreline.
History
The man-made lake was first form ...
. In 1942, the highway was renumbered as
SC 557.
Before the construction of
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 b ...
, SC 59 continued into
Georgia as
Georgia State Route 59
State Route 59 (SR 59) is a state highway that travels southwest-to-northeast through portions of Jackson, Banks, Franklin, and Hart counties in the northeastern part of the U.S. state of Georgia. The highway connects Commerce with ...
(SR 59). With the I-85 bridge less than away from the old crossing, the states had no need to directly reconnect the roads. SC 59 is not concurrent with I-85 on either side of the lake and the two highways do not officially connect. The section of SR 59 between SR 77 and the shoreline of Lake Hartwell was transferred to county maintenance between 1990 and 1993.
Junction list
See also
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References
External links
* {{Commons category-inline
Mapmikey's South Carolina Highways Page: SC 59
059
Transportation in Oconee County, South Carolina