South Carolina Highway 23

SC Highway 23 marker

SC Highway 23
Route information
Maintained by SCDOT
Length: 46.4 mi[1] (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
Counties: McCormick, Edgefield, Saluda, Lexington
Highway system
SC 22SC 24

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

CountyLocationmi[1]kmDestinationsNotes
McCormickModoc0.00.0 US 221 / SC 28 McCormick, Clarks Hill, Augusta
EdgefieldWest Store Crossroads9.415.1 SC 230 south (Martintown Road) North Augusta
Edgefield16.927.2Bauskett Street Augusta, Greenwood
17.828.6 US 25 north (Buncombe Street) GreenwoodNorth end of US 25 overlap
18.229.3 US 25 south (Augusta Road) Aiken, AugustaSouth end of US 25 overlap
 19.932.0 SC 430 north (Crest Road) Greenwood
Johnston26.041.8 SC 121 (Lee Street) Aiken, Augusta, Saluda
SaludaWard30.448.9 SC 193 north (Ward Avenue) Saluda
Ridge Spring33.754.2 SC 39 north (Ridge Spring Highway) SaludaNorth end of SC 39 overlap
34.655.7 SC 392 south (Green Street) Aiken
Monetta37.560.4 SC 39 south (Main Street) MonettaSouth end of SC 39 overlap
LexingtonBatesburg-Leesville43.069.2 US 178 west (Saluda Avenue) SaludaWest end of US 178 overlap
43.169.4 US 178 east / SC 391 (Pine Street / Line Street) Orangeburg, NewberryEast end of US 178 overlap
45.172.6 SC 245 (Lee Street) Orangeburg, Newberry
46.474.7 US 1 (Augusta Road) Aiken, Lexington, Columbia
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi

See also

References

  1. 1 2 Google (April 15, 2014). "South Carolina Highway 23" (Map). Google Maps. Google. Retrieved April 15, 2014.

External links

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