South Carolina Highway 901
South Carolina Highway 901 | ||||
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| Route information | ||||
| Maintained by SCDOT | ||||
| Length | 38.5 mi[1] (62.0 km) | |||
| Existed | 1931–present | |||
| Major junctions | ||||
| South end |  SC 200 | |||
 I-77 in Rock Hill | ||||
| North end |   SC 161 / SC 274 in Rock Hill | |||
| Location | ||||
| Country | United States | |||
| State | South Carolina | |||
| Counties | Fairfield, Chester, York | |||
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South Carolina Highway 901 (SC 901) is a primary state highway in the U.S. state of South Carolina. It serves as a slower alternate rural route to Interstate 77 (I-77) and the western bypass of Rock Hill.
Route description
SC 901 begins along SC 200 near I-77. Going north, it hovers to the west and then east of I-77 and then passes through Richburg. After entering York County, it has its own interchange with I-77, then proceeds to form the western bypass of Rock Hill. It is a two-lane rural highway in Fairfield and Chester counties, four lanes wide in York County.[1]
SC 901 in Rock Hill is called Heckle Boulevard because it is named after H.N. Heckle who served as South Carolina Department of Transportation District 4 Construction Engineer during the late 1940s through 1960s.[citation needed]
History
Established as a new primary routing in 1930 or 1931, it originally ran from SC 9 near Richburg to the York County line. In 1933, it was extended north to U.S. Route 21 (US 21). In 1940, it was extended south to its current southern terminus with SC 22 (today's SC 200). Between 1949-50, it was briefly truncated south at SC 97. Between 1974-79, it was extended north to SC 5. In 1992, it was extended again to its current northern terminus with SC 161/SC 274.[2]
In 2010, SC 901 was widened to four lanes from I-77 to SC 121 funded through the "Pennies for Progress" project fund.[citation needed]
Junction list
| County | Location | mi[1] | km | Destinations | Notes |
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| Fairfield | | 0.0 | 0.0 | SC 200 – Winnsboro, Great Falls | |
| Chester | | 7.9 | 12.7 |  SC 97 (Great Falls Road) – Chester, Great Falls | |
| Richburg | 17.4 | 28.0 |   SC 9 south (Lancaster Highway) – Lancaster | South end of SC 9 overlap | |
| 17.8 | 28.6 |  SC 223 (Wylies Mill Road) | To Landsford Canal State Park | ||
| | 19.0 | 30.6 |  SC 9 north (Lancaster Highway) – Chester | North end of SC 9 overlap | |
| York | Rock Hill | 28.5 | 45.9 | I-77 – Columbia, Charlotte | |
| 31.6 | 50.9 |   SC 72 south / SC 121 (Albright Road) – Chester | Brief SC 121 overlap for .2 miles (0.32 km) | ||
| 34.6 | 55.7 |  SC 322 (Cherry Road / McConnells Highway) – McConnells | |||
| 35.2 | 56.6 |  SC 5 (Main Street) – York | |||
| 38.5 | 62.0 | SC 161 / SC 274 (Old York Road) – York | |||
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi
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References
- ^ a b c Google (November 23, 2012). "South Carolina Highway 901" (Map). Google Maps. Google. Retrieved November 23, 2012.
- ^ "Mapmikey's South Carolina Highways Page (SC 900-909)". Retrieved November 23, 2012.[unreliable source]
External links
Media related to South Carolina Highway 901 at Wikimedia Commons- SC 901 South Carolina Hwy Index
