South Carolina Highway 215
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Route information | ||||
Maintained by SCDOT | ||||
Length | 96.330 mi[1][2][3][4][5] (155.028 km) | |||
Existed | 1928[citation needed]–present | |||
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Location | ||||
Country | United States | |||
State | South Carolina | |||
Counties | Richland, Fairfield, Chester, Union, Spartanburg | |||
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South Carolina Highway 215 (SC 215) is a 96.330-mile (155.028 km) 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
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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.[6]
History
[edit]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 and 1977, 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.
Major intersections
[edit]County | Location | mi[1][2][3][4][5] | km | Destinations | Notes |
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Richland | Columbia | 0.000 | 0.000 | ![]() ![]() | Southern terminus |
1.800 | 2.897 | ![]() | I-20 exit 68 | ||
Cedar Creek | 12.360 | 19.891 | ![]() ![]() | Southern terminus of SC 269 | |
Fairfield | Jenkinsville | 23.770 | 38.254 | ![]() ![]() | Southern end of SC 213 concurrency |
| 26.470 | 42.599 | ![]() ![]() | Northern end of SC 213 concurrency | |
| 34.760 | 55.941 | ![]() | ||
Chester | | 49.210 | 79.196 | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() | Southern end of SC 72/SC 121 concurrency |
Union | Carlisle | 53.140 | 85.521 | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() | Northern end of SC 72/SC 121 concurrency |
| 62.170 | 100.053 | Monarch Highway (SC 49 Conn. north) | Southern terminus of SC 49 Conn. | |
| 65.270 | 105.042 | South Pinckney Street north (SC 215 Conn. north) – Union | No access from SC 215 Conn. south to SC 215; southern terminus of SC 215 Conn. | |
Union | 65.320 | 105.122 | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() | Southern end of US 176 concurrency; southern terminus of SC 18 | |
66.650 | 107.263 | ![]() ![]() ![]() | Southern end of SC 49 Truck concurrency | ||
66.930 | 107.713 | ![]() ![]() ![]() | Southern end of SC 49 concurrency; provides access to Union Medical Center | ||
67.680 | 108.920 | ![]() ![]() | Northern end of SC 49 concurrency | ||
68.460 | 110.176 | ![]() ![]() | Northern end of US 176 concurrency | ||
Spartanburg | Glenn Springs | 83.560 | 134.477 | ![]() | |
Pauline | 85.700 | 137.921 | ![]() ![]() | Southern end of SC 56 concurrency | |
| 86.770 | 139.643 | ![]() ![]() | Northern end of SC 56 concurrency | |
Roebuck | 92.340 | 148.607 | ![]() | ||
Spartanburg | 96.330 | 155.028 | ![]() ![]() | Northern terminus | |
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi
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Union connector route
[edit]Location | Union, South Carolina |
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Length | 0.120 mi[7] (193 m) |
South Carolina Highway 215 Connector (SC 215 Conn.) is a brief 0.120-mile (0.193 km) stub of Pinckney Street, between the SC 215 mainline and SC 18. It serves as a turn-off onto SC 18, from SC 215, without taking the right turn at the intersection immediately afterwards; as a hidden designation, signage only identifies it as SC 18 north (no south).[8]
The entire route is in Union County.
Location | mi[7] | km | Destinations | Notes | |
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| 0.000 | 0.000 | Beltline Road (SC 215) | No access from SC 18 Conn. south to SC 215; southern terminus | |
Union | 0.120 | 0.193 | South Pinckney Street (SC 18) | Northern terminus | |
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi |
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ a b "Highway Logmile Report". South Carolina Department of Transportation. Retrieved December 2, 2020.
- ^ a b "Highway Logmile Report". South Carolina Department of Transportation. Retrieved December 2, 2020.
- ^ a b "Highway Logmile Report". South Carolina Department of Transportation. Retrieved December 2, 2020.
- ^ a b "Highway Logmile Report". South Carolina Department of Transportation. Retrieved December 2, 2020.
- ^ a b "Highway Logmile Report". South Carolina Department of Transportation. Retrieved December 2, 2020.
- ^ "South Carolina Highway 215" (Map). Google Maps. Google. September 1, 2013. Retrieved September 1, 2013.
- ^ a b "Highway Logmile Report". South Carolina Department of Transportation. Retrieved December 2, 2020.
- ^ General Highway System, City of Union, Union County (PDF) (Map). South Carolina Department of Transportation. October 2010. Retrieved August 22, 2015.
External links
[edit]Media related to South Carolina Highway 215 at Wikimedia Commons
- Mapmikey's South Carolina Highways Page: SC 215
- Mapmikey's South Carolina Highways Page: Former SC 215 Alternate
- State highways in South Carolina
- Transportation in Richland County, South Carolina
- Transportation in Fairfield County, South Carolina
- Transportation in Chester County, South Carolina
- Transportation in Union County, South Carolina
- Transportation in Spartanburg County, South Carolina
- Transportation in Columbia, South Carolina