South Carolina Highway 23

South Carolina Highway 23
South Carolina Highway 23
Route information
	Maintained by SCDOT
Length	46.4 mi (74.7 km)
Existed	1929–present
Major junctions
West end	US 221 / SC 28 in Modoc
	US 25 in Edgefield; US 178 in Batesburg-Leesville
East end	US 1 in Batesburg-Leesville
Location
Country	United States
State	South Carolina
Counties	McCormick, Edgefield, Saluda, Lexington
Highway system
	South Carolina State Highway System; Interstate; US; State; Scenic;

South Carolina Highway 23 (SC 23) is a primary state highway in the U.S. state of South Carolina. It serves to connect Edgefield and Batesburg-Leesville with Columbia (via US 1).

Route description

SC 23 is a two-lane rural highway that travels from Modoc, within the Sumter National Forest and near Lake Strom Thurmond, to Batesburg-Leesville. The highway travels through mostly either forest or farmland, while connecting with the city and towns of Edgefield, Johnston, Ward, 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 Pee Dee, through Latta and Dillon, becoming NC 23, at the North Carolina 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.

Junction list

County	Location	mi^[1]	km	Destinations	Notes
McCormick	Modoc	0.0	0.0	US 221 / SC 28 – McCormick, Clarks Hill, Augusta
Edgefield	West Store Crossroads	9.4	15.1	SC 230 south (Martintown Road) – North Augusta
	Edgefield	16.9	27.2	Bauskett Street – Augusta, Greenwood
		17.8	28.6	US 25 north (Buncombe Street) – Greenwood	North end of US 25 overlap
		18.2	29.3	US 25 south (Augusta Road) – Aiken, Augusta	South end of US 25 overlap
		19.9	32.0	SC 430 north (Crest Road) – Greenwood
	Johnston	26.0	41.8	SC 121 (Lee Street) – Aiken, Augusta, Saluda
Saluda	Ward	30.4	48.9	SC 193 north (Ward Avenue) – Saluda
	Ridge Spring	33.7	54.2	SC 39 north (Ridge Spring Highway) – Saluda	North end of SC 39 overlap
	Ridge Spring	34.6	55.7	SC 392 south (Green Street) – Aiken
	Monetta	37.5	60.4	SC 39 south (Main Street) – Monetta	South end of SC 39 overlap
Lexington	Batesburg-Leesville	43.0	69.2	US 178 west (Saluda Avenue) – Saluda	West end of US 178 overlap
		43.1	69.4	US 178 east / SC 391 (Pine Street / Line Street) – Orangeburg, Newberry	East end of US 178 overlap
		45.1	72.6	SC 245 (Lee Street) – Orangeburg, Newberry
		46.4	74.7	US 1 (Augusta Road) – Aiken, Lexington, Columbia
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi Concurrency terminus