South Carolina Highway 49
Route information | ||||
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Maintained by SCDOT | ||||
Length | 79.49 mi[1] (127.93 km) | |||
Existed | 1937–present | |||
Tourist routes | Western York Scenic Byway | |||
Major junctions | ||||
South end | US 221 in Watts Mills | |||
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North end | NC 49 in Lake Wylie | |||
Location | ||||
Country | United States | |||
State | South Carolina | |||
Counties | Laurens, Spartanburg, Union, Chester, York | |||
Highway system | ||||
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South Carolina Highway 49 (SC 49) is a primary state highway in the U.S. state of South Carolina. It is signed as a north–south highway, though it travels in a southwesterly-northeasterly direction, from Watts Mills to the North Carolina state line in Lake Wylie.
Route description
SC 49 is part of a three-state highway 49 (including North Carolina Highway 49 and Virginia State Route 49) that totals 325 miles (523 km) from Watts Mills, South Carolina to Crewe, Virginia.[2]
The portion in South Carolina runs 79+1⁄2 miles (127.9 km) from Watts Mills to Lake Wylie.[3]
History
Established in 1937 as a renumbering of SC 163, it ran from U.S. Route 321 (US 321) in York to the North Carolina state line in Lake Wylie. In 1956, SC 49 was extended southwest to its current southern terminus at US 221 in Watts Mills replacing SC 91 from York to Monarch, SC 92 from Monarch to Cross Anchor, and SC 30 from Cross Anchor to Watts Mills.[4]
In 1960 or 1961, SC 49 was rerouted from Lockhart to Mount Tabor. At an unknown date, SC 49 was rerouted north around downtown Union.[4]
One previous SC 49 existed from around 1927-1935, from Myrtle Beach to the North Carolina state line in Little River. In 1932, most of SC 49 north of Myrtle Beach was replaced by US 117; by 1935, the rest of SC 49 (and US 117) was replaced by US 17.[4]
Junction list
County | Location | mi[1] | km | Destinations | Notes |
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Laurens | Watts Mills | 0.00 | 0.00 | US 221 (Lucas Avenue) – Laurens, Woodruff | |
| 2.48– 2.59 | 3.99– 4.17 | I-385 – Columbia, Greenville | I-385 exit 5 | |
| 4.84 | 7.79 | SC 308 – Clinton | ||
Spartanburg | | 9.30– 9.41 | 14.97– 15.14 | I-26 – Columbia, Spartanburg | I-26 exit 44 |
| 10.40 | 16.74 | SC 92 west – Enoree | Eastern terminus of SC 92 | |
Cross Anchor | 12.59 | 20.26 | SC 56 – Woodruff, Clinton | ||
Union | Union | 27.75 | 44.66 | SC 49 Truck north / SC 496 east (Industrial Park Road) | Southern terminus of SC 49 Truck; western terminus of SC 496 |
28.43 | 45.75 | US 176 east / SC 215 south (Duncan Bypass) – Whitmire | Southern end of US 176 and SC 215 overlap; northern terminus of SC 49 Truck | ||
29.18 | 46.96 | US 176 west / SC 215 north (Duncan Bypass) – Spartanburg | Northern end of US 176 and SC 215 overlap | ||
29.97 | 48.23 | SC 18 (Thompson Boulevard) – Jonesville, Union | |||
| 39.01 | 62.78 | SC 105 north (Mount Tabor Church Road) | Southern terminus of SC 105 | |
Lockhart | 41.54 | 66.85 | SC 9 north (Jonesville-Lockhart Highway) – Jonesville | Southern end of SC 9 overlap | |
Chester | | 42.25 | 67.99 | SC 9 south (Pinckney Road) | Northern end of SC 9 overlap |
York | Bullock Creek | 47.48 | 76.41 | SC 322 east (McConnells Highway) – McConnells | Western terminus of SC 322 |
| 50.55 | 81.35 | SC 97 – Hopewell | ||
Sharon | 55.94 | 90.03 | SC 211 north (Hickory Grove Road) – Hickory Grove | Southern terminus of SC 211 | |
York | 61.94 | 99.68 | US 321 – Gastonia | ||
62.31 | 100.28 | US 321 Bus. south (Congress Street) – Chester | Southern end of US 321 Bus. overlap | ||
62.83 | 101.12 | SC 5 Bus. / SC 161 Bus. (Liberty Street) | |||
63.21 | 101.73 | US 321 Bus. north (Kings Mountain Street) – Gastonia | Northern end of US 321 Bus. overlap | ||
64.80 | 104.29 | SC 5 / SC 161 – Rock Hill, Blacksburg | |||
| 74.12 | 119.28 | SC 274 east (Hands Mill Highway) – Rock Hill | Southern end of SC 274 overlap | |
| 74.32 | 119.61 | SC 55 west – Clover | Eastern terminus of SC 55 | |
Lake Wylie | 76.37 | 122.91 | SC 274 west / SC 557 south – Clover, Gastonia | Northern end of SC 274 overlap; eastern terminus of SC 557 | |
79.49 | 127.93 | NC 49 north (York Road) – Charlotte | North Carolina state line | ||
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi
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Special routes
Union truck route
Location | Union, South Carolina |
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Length | 1.04 mi[1] (1.67 km) |
SC 49 Truck is a one-mile-long (1.6 km) truck route that bypasses a portion of West Main Street (SC 49) in western portions of Union. The first 3⁄4 mile (1.2 km) of the route runs along the two-lane Industrial Park Road, concurrent with the unsigned SC 496. It then turns to the north along US 176/SC 215 for its last 1⁄4 mile (0.40 km).[5]
Monarch Mill connector route
Location | Monarch Mill, South Carolina |
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Length | 3.09 mi[1] (4.97 km) |
SC 49 Connector (SC 49 Conn.) is a 3.1-mile-long (5.0 km) unsigned connector route along Monarch Highway between SC 215 southeast of Union to SC 49 in the census-designated place of Monarch Mill.[6]
References
- ^ a b c d "Statewide Highways (shapefile)" (zip). South Carolina Department of Transportation. September 29, 2017. Retrieved December 8, 2017.
- ^ Google (2011-07-04). "SC,NC,VA 49" (Map). Google Maps. Google. Retrieved 2011-07-04.
- ^ Google (2011-07-04). "SC 49" (Map). Google Maps. Google. Retrieved 2011-07-04.
- ^ a b c "Mapmikey's South Carolina Highways Page". Retrieved 2011-07-04.[self-published source]
- ^ Google (April 15, 2018). "SC 49 Truck" (Map). Google Maps. Google. Retrieved April 15, 2018.
- ^ Google (April 15, 2018). "SC 49 Connector" (Map). Google Maps. Google. Retrieved April 15, 2018.
External links
- Media related to South Carolina Highway 49 at Wikimedia Commons