South Carolina Highway 23 (SC 23) is a primary

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in the U.S. state of

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. It serves to connect Edgefield and

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with Columbia via

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(US 1).

Route description

SC 23 is a two-lane rural highway that travels from Modoc, within the

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and near

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, to Batesburg-Leesville. The highway travels through mostly either forest or farmland, while connecting with the city and towns of Edgefield, Johnston,

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, Ridge Spring and Monetta. Between Monetta and Batesburg-Leesville, SC 23 parallels to the north of US 1.

History

The first SC 23 was an original state highway that traveled from SC 3 in

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, through Latta and

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, becoming NC 22 at the

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state line near Rowland. In 1927, US 217 was assigned on the entire route; after a year, SC 23 was decommissioned. The second, and current, SC 23 was established around 1929, traveling from SC 39 in Monetta to US 1 in Leesville. In 1936, SC 23 was extended west to its current western terminus in Modoc, replacing part of SC 39.

Major intersections

Edgefield truck route

South Carolina Highway 25 Truck (SC 25 Truck) is a

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that is partially within the western and northeastern parts of Edgefield. It has concurrencies with U.S. Route 25 Truck (US 25 Truck; actually the US 25 mainline signed as a truck route), US 25 Bus., SC 430 Conn., and SC 430. Unlike some truck routes, it is well marked along its path. The truck route begins at an

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with the SC 23 mainline. Here, the truck route travels to the north-northwest, concurrent with US 25 Truck (US 25). They curve to the north-northeast and cross over Beaverdam Creek. They curve back to the north-northwest and leave the

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of Edgefield. They curve back to the north-northeast. At an intersection with US 25 and US 25 Bus., SC 23 Truck turns right onto the

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. The two highways travel to the southeast. At an intersection with Crest Road, SC 23 Truck splits off to the southeast, concurrent with the

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SC 430 Conn., while US 25 Bus. bends to the south-southeast. Then, they re-enter Edgefield. One

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later, the two highways intersect Meeting Street, the northbound lanes of which is SC 430 north; the southbound lanes lead to US 25 Bus. south. At this intersection, SC 430 Conn. ends, and SC 23 Truck begins a concurrency with SC 430. The two highways take Crest Road to the southeast. They curve to the east-southeast and leave Edgefield again. They curve to the southeast and reach their terminus, an intersection with SC 23.

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