South Carolina Highway 215

South Carolina Highway 215
South Carolina Highway 215
	Route of SC 215 highlighted in red
Route information
	Maintained by SCDOT
Length	95.7 mi (154.0 km)
Existed	1928–present
Major junctions
South end	US 21 / US 321 in Columbia
	I-20 in Columbia; US 176 / SC 18 in Union; US 221 in Roebuck;
North end	SC 295 / SC 296 in Spartanburg
Location
Country	United States
State	South Carolina
Counties	Richland, Fairfield, Chester, Union, Spartanburg
Highway system
	South Carolina State Highway System; Interstate; US; State; Scenic;

South Carolina Highway 215 (SC 215) is a primary state highway in the U.S. state of South Carolina. It serves as an alternate route to Union from either Columbia or Spartanburg.

Route description

SC 215 is a two-lane rural highway that traverses for 95.7 miles (154.0 km) from Columbia to Spartanburg; connecting Jenkinsville, Carlisle, Union, and Roebuck.

History

It was established in 1928 as a renumbering of SC 121 and SC 161. It originally traveled from U.S. Route 78 (US 78) in Aiken, northeast through Wagener, Pelion, Edmund, and West Columbia. Through Columbia, in a concurrency with US 1/US 21/SC 2, it heads northwest through Jenkinsville, Carlisle, ending at US 176/SC 92 in Union.

In 1939, the entire route was paved. In 1948, SC 215 was rerouted to approach Union from the south, its old route through Monarch Mill being replaced by SC 92 (today SC 49-SC 215 Connector). In 1949, SC 215 was extended north to SC 56, in Pauline; a year later, it was extended north again to US 221 in Roebuck.

By 1958, SC 215 was rerouted in Columbia along Assembly Street to Blossom Street before heading west across the Saluda River in concurrency with US 21/US 176/US 321. By 1964, SC 215 was extended north from Roebuck to its current northern terminus at SC 295/SC 296 in Spartanburg; it replaced SC 295, and brought SC 215 to its longest routing.

Between 1974-77, SC 215 south of Eau Claire, in Columbia, was removed. The old alignment between Aiken to Cayce became SC 302, while in Columbia US 21/US 321 remained.

Junction list

County	Location	mi^[1]	km	Destinations	Notes
Richland	Columbia	0.0	0.0	US 21 / US 321 – Columbia, Rock Hill
	Columbia	1.8	2.9	I-20 – Florence, Augusta
	Cedar Creek	12.4	20.0	SC 269 north – Winnsboro
Fairfield	Jenkinsville	23.6	38.0	SC 213 west – Peak, Pomaria	West end of SC 213 overlap
		26.3	42.3	SC 213 east – Winnsboro	East end of SC 213 overlap
		34.2	55.0	SC 34 – Blair, Winnsboro
Chester		48.9	78.7	SC 72 east / SC 121 north (West End Road) – Chester	East end of SC 72 and north of SC 121 overlap
Union	Carlisle	52.8	85.0	SC 72 west / SC 121 south (Janie Glymph Goree Boulevard) – Whitmire	West end of SC 72 and south of SC 121 overlap
		61.8	99.5	Monarch Highway	Unmarked south end of SC 49 Connector
	Union	64.8	104.3	US 176 east / SC 18 north (Whitmire Highway) – Union, Newberry, Columbia	East end of US 176 overlap
		66.4	106.9	SC 49 south (Main Street) – Cross Anchor	South end of SC 49 overlap
		67.2	108.1	SC 49 north (Rice Avenue)	North end of SC 49 overlap
		68.0	109.4	US 176 west (Duncan Bypass) – Gaffney, Spartanburg	West end of US 176 overlap
Spartanburg	Glenn Springs	83.0	133.6	SC 150 (Glenn Springs Road) – Pacolet, Cross Anchor
	Pauline	85.1	137.0	SC 56 west – Cross Anchor, Clinton	West end of SC 56 overlap
		86.1	138.6	SC 56 east – Spartanburg	East end of SC 56 overlap
	Roebuck	91.7	147.6	US 221 (Church Street) – Spartanburg, Woodruff
	Spartanburg	95.7	154.0	SC 295 / SC 296 (John B White Sr Boulevard) – Arcadia
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi Concurrency terminus