South Carolina Highway 24 (SC 24) is a
state highway
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in the
U.S. state
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of
South Carolina
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, anthem = " Carolina";" South Carolina On My Mind"
, Former = Province of South Carolina
, seat = Columbia
, LargestCity = Charleston
, LargestMetro = ...
. The highway connects
Westminster
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The area, which extends from the River Thames to Oxford Street, has many visitor attractions and historic landmarks, including the Palace of Westminster, Bu ...
and
Anderson
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Companies
* Anderson (Carriage), a company that manufactured automobiles from 1907 to 1910
* Anderson Electric, an early 20th-century electric car
* Anderson Greenwood, an industrial manufacturer
* Anderson Ra ...
.
Route description
SC 24 begins at an
intersection
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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) and
US 123 (East Main Street) in Westminster, within
Oconee County, where the roadway continues as Oak Street. It travels to the southwest and immediately curves to the southeast before leaving the
city limits
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. The highway passes by Pleasant Hill Cemetery and travels through
rural area
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s of the county. Then, it has an intersection with
SC 11. The highway continues traveling through rural areas of the county and has an intersection with
SC 182 in
Oakway. During a short east-northeast section, there is a very brief
concurrency
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* Concurring opinion (also called a "concurrence"), a ...
with
SC 59. The highway passes by Hays Cemetery. SC 24 enters
Anderson County and almost immediately has an
interchange with
Interstate 85
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(I-85) which includes an intersection with
SC 243 at its northern terminus. It crosses over part of
Lake Hartwell
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on an unnamed bridge. A short distance later, it begins a concurrency with
SC 187 at the Portman Shoals Intersection. The two highways cross over another part of the lake on the Calvin Wesley Belcher Bridge. It then enters
West Gate, where SC 187 leaves the concurrency. SC 24 travels along the southern city limits of
Centerville and passes just north of
Anderson Regional Airport
Anderson Regional Airport is a public airport southwest of Anderson, in Anderson County, South Carolina, United States. It is one of the busiest airports in upstate South Carolina. It receives over 14,000 visitors each year and generates over ...
. In
West Anderson, the highway passes Lakeside Middle School and intersects
SC 28. About later, it enters the city limits of Anderson. Just under later, it meets its eastern terminus, an intersection with
US 29 Business (US 29 Bus.)/
US 76/
US 178/
SC 28 Bus./
SC 81 (Murray Avenue).
History
The first SC 24 was an original state highway, which operated as a spur from
SC 12 in
Hibernia
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, to
Ninety Six. By 1926, SC 24 was extended southeast on new primary routing through
Pelion
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to
SC 6 in
North
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Etymology
T ...
. In 1928, SC 24 was extended south, from North, to
SC 64 in
Olar
Olar is a town in Bamberg County, South Carolina, United States. The population was 257 at the 2010 census.
History
The Mizpah Methodist Church was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2000.
Geography
Olar is located in western ...
. In 1929, SC 24 was extended west, in concurrency with
US 25 to
Hodges, then replacing
SC 25 to
Donalds, and
SC 15 to
SC 2 in
Clemson. That same year, SC 24 was rerouted to avoid Ninety Six, with its former route becoming
SC 246. By 1930, SC 24 was rerouted at North, replacing SC 6 to Orangeburg then in concurrency with SC 2, through
Bowman and
Rosinville, to
US 78. In 1931, SC 24 was extended west along SC 2, through
Seneca
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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 ...
and
Walhalla, then solo through
Mountain Rest to the Georgia state line; SC 24 reached its longest at approximately . In 1933, US 178 replaced SC 24 between Anderson and US 78; SC 24 remained west of Anderson to Georgia. In 1938, SC 24 was renumbered as part of
SC 28.
The second and current SC 24 was established in 1938 as a renumbering of
SC 18, between Westminster and Anderson. By 1964, SC 24 eastern terminus changed from Market and Main Streets to Whitier and Main Streets, coinciding with the elimination of
SC 80.
Major intersections
See also
*
*
References
External links
* {{commons category-inline, South Carolina Highway 24
Mapmikey's South Carolina Highways Page: SC 24
024
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Transportation in Oconee County, South Carolina
Transportation in Anderson County, South Carolina