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South Carolina Highway 555 (SC 555) is a primary
SC 555 traverses from SC 12 in downtown Columbia to U.S. Route 21 (US 21) near Blythewood. Before
SC 555 at Virginia Highways' South Carolina Highways Annex
555 Transportation in Richland County, South Carolina Transportation in Columbia, South Carolina
state highway
A state highway, state road, or state route (and the equivalent provincial highway, provincial road, or provincial route) is usually a road that is either ''numbered'' or ''maintained'' by a sub-national state or province. A road numbered by a ...
in the U.S. state of South Carolina
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, anthem = " Carolina";" South Carolina On My Mind"
, Former = Province of South Carolina
, seat = Columbia
, LargestCity = Charleston
, LargestMetro = ...
. It serves as an alternate route from downtown Columbia to Blythewood.
Route description
SC 555 traverses from SC 12 in downtown Columbia to U.S. Route 21 (US 21) near Blythewood. Before Interstate 77
Interstate 77 (I-77) is a north–south Interstate Highway in the eastern United States. It traverses diverse terrain, from the mountainous state of West Virginia to the rolling farmlands of North Carolina and Ohio. It largely supplants the ...
(I-77) was completed in the area, SC 555 served as a major thoroughfare; today it is an alternate route. The highway is four lanes south of I-77 and two lanes north of it.
History
The highway was established in 1941 or 1942 as a new primary routing traveling from SC 12 to US 21. Between 1948 and 1952, the highway was downgraded to secondary status until entire length was paved. SC 555 was widened to four lanes in phases: SC 12 to SC 16 by 1964, toI-20
Interstate 20 (I‑20) is a major east–west Interstate Highway in the Southern United States. I-20 runs beginning at an interchange with I-10 in Scroggins Draw, Texas, and ending at an interchange with I-95 in Florence, South Carolina. Between ...
by 1970, and finally to I-77
Interstate 77 (I-77) is a north–south Interstate Highway in the eastern United States. It traverses diverse terrain, from the mountainous state of West Virginia to the rolling farmlands of North Carolina and Ohio. It largely supplants the ...
by 1982.
Major junctions
See also
*References
External links
{{commonscatSC 555 at Virginia Highways' South Carolina Highways Annex
555 Transportation in Richland County, South Carolina Transportation in Columbia, South Carolina