U.S. Route 301 in South Carolina

U.S. Route 301
Route information
Maintained by SCDOT
Length:	190.3 mi (306.3 km)
Existed:	1970 – present
Major junctions
North end:	US 301 / US 501 / I-95 at the NC state line near Hamer
	US 76 from Sellers to Mars Bluff US 52 in Effingham US 378 in Turbeville US 521 in Manning US 15 / I-95 from Summerton to Santee US 176 near Elloree I-26 near Orangeburg US 21 / US 601 in Orangeburg US 321 in Ulmer US 278 in Allendale
South end:	US 301 at the GA state line southwest of Allendale
Location
Counties:	Dillon, Marion, Florence, Clarendon, Orangeburg, Bamberg, Allendale
Highway system
United States Numbered Highways List • Bannered • Divided • Replaced South Carolina highways ← SC 300 SC 302 →

U.S. Route 301 runs north–south from the Savannah River southwest of Allendale to Hamer approaching the South of the Border roadside attraction complex.

Contents 1 Route description 2 History 3 Junction list 4 See also 5 References 6 External Links

Route description

US 301 enters South Carolina over the Savannah River southwest of Allendale. Concurrencies include U.S. 321 in and around Ulmer, U.S. 601 between Bamberg and Orangeburg, then I-95/U.S. 15 Santee, at Exit 97 before all three move across Lake Marion. The U.S. 15-301 multiplex leaves I-95 at Exit 102, running in close proximity to I-95, but U.S. 15 breaks away at Summerton. Other concurrencies include U.S. 521 in Manning, U.S. 52 between Effingham and just south of Florence, U.S. 76 eastbound from east of Florence until Pee Dee, and finally joins U.S. 501 in Latta, where they both approach the South of the Border roadside attraction complex at the interchange with I-95 on the north–South Carolina border.

History

US 301 was established in 1932 as a replacement of the piece of US 17-1 north of Wilson and the whole of US 217. Thus US 301 initially ran from US 17 (now US 76) at Pee Dee northeast through Dillon, South Carolina, into North Carolina, and Virginia, ending at U.S. Route 1 in Petersburg, Virginia.^[1] This entire route is now paralleled by Interstate 95.

In 1935, US 301 was extended southwest to U.S. Route 15 at Summerton, South Carolina. This extension took it west on U.S. Route 76 (formerly U.S. Route 17) to Florence, South Carolina and south on U.S. Route 52 (also formerly US 17) to Effingham, South Carolina. There it split to the southwest, running along what had been S.C. Highway 4 via Manning, South Carolina to Summerton.^[2] This again runs parallel to Interstate 95.

In the late 1940s, US 301 was extended again, south all the way towards Tampa, Florida. On the way there from South Carolina it ran along U.S. Route 15 southwest to Santee, South Carolina and replaced S.C. Highway 4 west to Orangeburg, South Carolina. From Orangeburg, US 301 ran southwest with U.S. Route 601 to Bamberg, South Carolina, replaced S.C. Highway 33 to Ulmer, South Carolina, replaced S.C. Highway 508 to Allendale, South Carolina, and replaced S.C. Highway 73 to the Georgia state line.^[2] When Interstate 95 was built across Lake Marion in 1968^[3], US 301 and 15 ran parallel to it until they were relocated in a triple concurrency in 1987.^[4]

Junction list

County	Location	Mile	Destinations	Notes
Allendale		0.00	US 301 south / SR 73 south	Georgia state line
			SC 3 – Appleton, Estill
	Allendale		US 278 south / SC 125 north, Fairfax	Southern end of US 278 concurrency; southern terminus of SC 125
			US 278 west – Seigling	Northern end of US 278 concurrency
			SC 641 east – Sycamore	Western terminus of SC 641
	Ulmer		SC 300 north – Barnwell	Southern terminus of SC 300
			US 321 south – Sycamore	Southern end of US 321 concurrency
Bamberg	Olar		US 321 north – Olar	Northern end of US 321 concurrency
			SC 64 south – Ehrhardt	Southern end of SC 64 concurrency
			SC 64 north – Olar	Northern end of SC 64 concurrency
	Bamberg		US 601 south – Ehrhardt	Southern end of US 601 concurrency
			US 78 – Denmark, Midway
Orangeburg			SC 322 west – Cope	Eastern terminus of SC 322
			SC 70 west	Eastern terminus of SC 70
	Edisto		SC 4 west – Neeses	Western end of SC 4 concurrency
	Orangeburg		SC 33 north – Cameron	Southern terminus of SC 33
			SC 4 east – Orangeburg	Eastern end of SC 4 concurrency
			US 178 Bus.
			US 601 north / US 21 – Jamison	Northern end of US 601 concurrency
			US 21 / US 178 – Rowesville, Bowman, North, Dixiana
			I-26 – Summerville, Columbia	I-26 Exits 154 A–B
			US 176 – Providence, Cameron
			SC 47 north – Elloree
			SC 267 north – Lone Star
			US 15
			I-95 south	Southern end of I-95 concurrency; I-95 exit 97
			SC 6	I-95 exit 98
Clarendon			I-95 north	Northern end of I-95 concurrency; I-95 exit 102
			US 15 south	Southern end of US 15 concurrency
	Summerton		US 15 north	Northern end of US 15 concurrency
			I-95 – Florence, Santee	I-95 exit 115
	Manning		SC 260 – Jordan
			SC 261 – Paxville
			US 521 south – Foreston	Southern end of US 521 concurrency
			US 521 north – Alcolu	Northern end of US 521 concurrency
	Sardinia		SC 527 – Elliott, Kingstree
	Turbeville		US 378 west	Southern end of US 378 concurrency
			SC 58 north	Southern terminus of SC 58
			US 378 east	Northern end of US 378 concurrency
Florence	Olanta		SC 341 – Sardis, Lake City
			SC 403
	Florence		US 52 south / SC 327 north – Coward, Evergreen	Southern end of US 52 concurrency
			US 52 north – Florence	Northern end of US 52 concurrency
			SC 51 – Florence, Evergreen
			US 76 west / SC 327 north – Florence, Darlington	Western end of US 76 concurrency; western end of SC 327 concurrency
	Mars Bluff		SC 327 south – Claussen	Eastern end of SC 327 concurrency
Marion			US 76 east – Marion	Eastern end of US 76 concurrency
Dillon	Latta		SC 38 – Latta, Brownsville
			US 501 south – Marion	Southern end of US 501 concurrency
			SC 917
	Dillon		SC 9 east / SC 57 south / SC 34 west – Floydale, Lake View, Bingham	Southern end of SC 9/SC 57 concurrency
			SC 9 west / SC 57 north	Northern end of SC 9/SC 57 concurrency
			I-95 / US 301 north / US 501 north	North Carolina state line
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi      Concurrency terminus •      Closed/Former •      Incomplete access •      Unopened

See also

Bannered routes of U.S. Route 301

References

External Links

• U.S. Route 301 in South Carolina (Mapmikey's South Carolina Highways Page)

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