South Carolina Highway 51
 South Carolina Highway 51 | ||||
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| Route information | ||||
| Maintained by SCDOT | ||||
| Existed | mid-1920s–present | |||
| Georgetown–Florence | ||||
| Length | 68.9 mi[1] (110.9 km) | |||
| South end |  US 701 near Georgetown | |||
| Major intersections |   US 378 / SC 41 near Johnsonville US 301 in Florence US 52 in Florence | |||
| North end |  US 76 in Florence | |||
| Fort Mill | ||||
| Length | 1.0 mi[2] (1.6 km) | |||
| South end |  US 21 near Ft. Mill | |||
| North end |  NC 51 in Pineville, NC | |||
| Location | ||||
| Country | United States | |||
| State | South Carolina | |||
| Counties | Georgetown, Williamsburg, Florence, York | |||
| Highway system | ||||
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South Carolina Highway 51 (SC 51) is a primary state highway in the U.S. state of South Carolina. It is unique for being signed in two different locations in the state; the first section from Georgetown to Florence, the second section in Fort Mill.
Route description
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The first SC 51 begins at US 701 near Georgetown, goes northwest and ends at US 76 in Florence and concurrency with SC 41. Majority of the route is a two-lane rural road, except through Hemingway, Johnsonville, and Florence, where it has four lanes.
The second SC 51 is a short 1-mile-long (1.6 km) road that starts at US 21 and ends at the North Carolina state line, continuing on as NC 51 through Pineville. The route is only 2-lane, expanding to 4-lane at the state line.
History
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Established as a new routing in either 1925 or 1926; the original route ran from SC 40 (today as US 701) along Choppee Road to Hemmingway then onto Florence, ending at SC 41 (current US 52-301). The route was fully paved by 1939. In the early 1960s, the SC 51 was rerouted as a concurrency with SC 41 from Hemmingway to Rhems, then to US 701 near Georgetown. In 1978, SC 51 was extended in Florence to US 76.[3]
The second SC 51 was established in 1969, when US 21 was rerouted to its current alignment to I-77. The number was a result of an extension of NC 51 that replaced the old US 21 route through Pineville. SC 51 is a result of keeping the route consistent across the border.[3][4]
Junction list
| County | Location | mi[1][2] | km | Destinations | Notes | ||
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| Georgetown | Kensington | 0.0 | 0.0 | US 701 (Fraser Street) – Georgetown | |||
| Williamsburg | Rhems | 15.7 | 25.3 | SC 41 (County Line Road) – Andrews, Charleston, Kingstree | Southern end of SC 41 concurrency | ||
| | 18.0 | 29.0 |   SC 513 north (County Line Road) | Southern terminus of SC 513 | |||
| | 19.2 | 30.9 |  SC 512 (Henry Road) – Kingstree | ||||
| Hemingway | 26.8 | 43.1 |  SC 261 (Broad Street) – Stuckey, Kingstree, Conway | ||||
| Florence | Johnsonville | 31.4 | 50.5 |   SC 341 west (Broadway Street) – Lake City | Eastern terminus of SC 341 | ||
| | 35.8 | 57.6 |  US 378 east / SC 41 north – Conway, Marion, Mullins, Myrtle Beach | Northern end of SC 41 concurrency; southern end of US 378 concurrency | |||
| | 39.1 | 62.9 |  US 378 west – Lake City, Sumter | Northern end of US 378 concurrency | |||
| Evergreen | 56.6 | 91.1 |  SC 327 north (Planer Road) | Southern end of SC 327 concurrency | |||
| 56.7 | 91.2 |  SC 327 south (Effingham Highway) – Effingham | Northern end of SC 327 concurrency | ||||
| Florence | 64.6 | 104.0 | US 301 (Freedom Boulevard) – Lake City, Kingstree, Charleston | ||||
| 65.3 | 105.1 | US 52 (Irby Street) – Lake City | |||||
| 68.8 | 110.7 | US 76 (Palmetto Street) – Sumter | |||||
| Gap in route | |||||||
| York | Fort Mill | 0.0 | 0.0 |   US 21 to I-77 – Rock Hill, Carowinds, Charlotte, NC | |||
| 1.0 | 1.6 |  NC 51 north – Pineville, NC | North Carolina state line | ||||
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi
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References
- ^ a b "SC 51 - Georgetown to Florence" (Map). Google Maps. Retrieved August 29, 2014.
- ^ a b "SC 51 - Fort Mill" (Map). Google Maps. Retrieved February 1, 2011.
- ^ a b "Mapmikey's South Carolina Highways Page". Retrieved February 2, 2011.[self-published source]
- ^ "NCRoads.com: N.C. 51". Retrieved February 2, 2011.[self-published source]