South Carolina Highway 61
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| SC 61 |
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| Maintained by SCDOT | |||||||||
| Length: | 67.3 mi[1] (108.3 km) | ||||||||
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| Formed: | 1923 | ||||||||
| West end: |  US 78 near Branchville |
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| Major junctions: |
 US 21 near Branchville I-95 near Walterboro I-526 in Charleston US 17 in Charleston |
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| East end: |  SC 30 in Charleston |
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South Carolina Highway 61 is a 67.3 mile long highway in the U.S. state of South Carolina. The highway is designated on an east-west direction, from U.S. Route 78 near Branchville to South Carolina Highway 30 in Charleston. The portion of Highway 61 from Church Creek Bridge and ten miles north is designated a National Scenic Byway. [2]
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[edit] Route description
[edit] St. Andrew's Boulevard
The east-most section of Highway 61 is named St. Andrew's Boulevard. This section runs from Highway 17 to Highway 171. It is mostly residential buildings that have been rezoned commercial.
[edit] Ashley River Road
Ashley River Road is the portion of Highway 61 that runs through Charleston near the Ashley River from Highway 171 to Highway 165. It is four lanes near Sam Rittenberg Blvd., but becomes two lanes through the scenic stretch. Along the two-lane stretch, there are many large oaks and historic plantations.
Because Ashley River Road merges seamlessly into St. Andrew's Boulevard, the latter is often incorrectly called Ashley River Road.[citation needed]
The Highway 61/Ashley River Road exit from I-526 actually exists onto Paul Cantrel Boulevard.
Points of interest along Ashley River Road:
- Magnolia Plantation and Gardens (Charleston, South Carolina) and the Audubon Swamp Garden
- Middleton Place Plantation
- Shadowmoss Plantation
[edit] Beech Hill Road
Beech Hill Road is the section of Highway 61 that runs from Highway 165 to Highway 17A. The Legend Oaks Plantation is south of this section of highway.
[edit] Augusta Highway
Augusta Highway is the longest section of Highway 61 from Highway 17A to the west-most end of Highway 61 where it merges into Highway 78.
[edit] Future Developments
Developers continue to build more homes further and further down Ashley River Rd. It is obvious that more houses equates to more traffic on the already congested two-lane road. The people living in the homes want the road widened for them. Developers want it widened to justify building more homes. However, expanding the road will require the removal of many of the oak trees. Because the oaks are the reason that the highway was granted National Scenic Byway status, removal of the oaks will cause it to lose the status and lose National Scenic Byway Federal funding for maintenance.[citation needed]
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