South Carolina Highway 253 (SC 253) is a primary
state highway
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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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. It runs in
Greenville and is the gateway to
Paris Mountain State Park
Paris Mountain State Park is a state park in the U.S. state of South Carolina, located five miles (8 km) north of Greenville. Activities available in the park include hiking, biking, swimming and picnicking. The Lake Placid offers swimmin ...
and runs from
Parker Parker may refer to:
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to
Tigerville.
Route description
The highway begins at
SC 124 near Parker and travels northeast to
SC 183 as West Blue Ridge Drive. It then moves up to Sulphur Springs Road where the road changes to East Blue Ridge Drive before intersecting at Poinsett Highway on
U.S. Highway 276
U.S. Route 276 (US 276) is a United States highway that runs for from Mauldin, South Carolina to Cove Creek, North Carolina. It is known both as a busy urban highway in Greenville, South Carolina and a scenic back-road in Western North Caroli ...
(US 276) before running
concurrently on
SC 291 as North Pleasantburg Drive for before turning left at Paris Mountain Road. After traveling and passing Greenvista Drive, SC 253 becomes East Mountain Creek Road and traveling and additional before intersecting with
SC 290. SC 253 then turns left and goes before terminating at
SC 414 in Tigerville.
Greenville County
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History
SC 253 started in 1939 at the intersection of
US 25 and US 276 to form an highway around Paris Mountain State Park, ending around
Travelers Rest. Nine years later, SC 253 was reduced to secondary status with part of the road becoming county roads S-23-22. The road was resurrected in 1950 as a north-south road to Tigerville. In 1965, SC 253 was extended to
SC 250 which is now part of US 25 and then extended southwest again between 1968 and 1970 to its current terminus at SC 124.
Improvements to the road include the road being fully paved in 1941 or 1942, being four-laned with SC 291 between 1968 and 1970, and four-laned again for a distance south of US 276 in 1977.
Major intersections
See also
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References
External links
{{Commons category
The Highways of South Carolina: SC 253
253
Transportation in Greenville County, South Carolina