South Carolina Highway 8 (SC 8) is a primary

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in the U.S. state of South Carolina. It travels from U.S. Route 276 (US 276) in northern

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to US 25 and SC 418 in Ware Place. It travels physically north and south though it is signed as a west-east highway with its western terminus at US 276 and its eastern terminus at US 25/SC 418.

Route description

SC 8 begins in Ware Place at the junction of US 25 and SC 418. From here, it travels west for about when it crosses the Saluda River and enters the town of Pelzer in Anderson County. It meets SC 20 at the town limit of Pelzer and after crossing SC 20 it enters West Pelzer. After exiting West Pelzer, it runs northwest for and has an interchange with US 29. About past US 29, the highway has an interchange with Interstate 85 (I-85) at its exit 32. Another mile past this interchange, SC 8 intersects

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, which runs concurrent with SC 8 for two miles (3 km). SC 8 turns to the west and crosses SC 88 and winds its way to the western terminus of SC 86. Here, it turns to the northwest and crosses into Pickens County and runs toward

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. Soon after entering the city limits of Easley, it meets SC 135 and overlaps it for . SC 8 then turns to the northwest and crosses

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, but has no access to the highway directly. After one mile (1.6 km), it intersects SC 93 just west of downtown Easley. From here, it is eight miles (13 km) to Pickens, and for this duration, the road is four-laned. In downtown Pickens, SC 8 meets SC 183 and overlaps it for a half-mile. SC 8 continues straight and runs toward Pumpkintown, along the way meeting the western terminus of SC 186 and the northern terminus of SC 135. In Pumpkintown, it crosses SC 288 and soon meets SC 11, which it has a concurrency with for about a half-mile. SC 8 then turns north and meets its end at US 276 in northern Greenville County.

History

The first alignment of SC 8 ran from the Georgia state line through Anderson, Greenville, Greer, Spartanburg,

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, and Blacksburg into North Carolina near Grover. This alignment connected directly to Georgia State Route 8 at the Georgia state line. In 1927, this became US 29, and SC 8 was put onto a completely different alignment, which was previously SC 13 (which was reused on former SC 17). With a few minor changes, this is today's SC 8.

Major intersections

Easley connector route

South Carolina Highway 8 Connector (SC 8 Conn.) is a connector route in the west-central part of

that connects SC 8 (South 5th Street) with SC 93 (East Main Street). The connector route is not signed along SC 8 or SC 93, but there is signage along its actual path. The entire length is known as Folger Avenue. SC 8 Conn. and Folger Avenue begin at an

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with the SC 8 mainline (South 5th Street) and travel to the northeast. They curve to the east-northeast and reach their eastern terminus, an intersection with SC 93 (East Main Street).

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