South Carolina Highway 49

SC 49 marker

SC 49
Route information
Maintained by SCDOT
Length: 78.7 mi[1] (126.7 km)
Existed: 1937 – present
Major junctions
South end: US 221 in Watts Mill
  I‑385 near Watts Mill
I‑26 near Cross Anchor
US 321 in York
North end: NC 49 in Lake Wylie
Location
Counties: Laurens, Spartanburg, Union, Chester, York
Highway system
← SC 48SC 51 →

South Carolina Highway 49 is a primary state highway in the U.S. state of South Carolina. It traverses north–south from Watts Mill to the North Carolina state line, in Lake Wylie.

Route description

SC 49 is part of a three-state highway 49, that totals 325 miles (523 km), from Watts Mill, South Carolina to Crewe, Virginia.[2]

History

Established in 1937 as a renumbering of SC 163; it ran from U.S. Route 321, in York, to the North Carolina state line, in Lake Wylie. In 1956, SC 49 was extended southwest to its current southern terminus at US 221, in Watts Mill; replacing SC 91 from York to Monarch, SC 92 from Monarch to Cross Anchor, and SC 30 from Cross Anchor to Watts Mill.[3]

In 1960 or 1961, SC 49 was rerouted from Lockhart to Mount Tabor. At an unknown date, SC 49 was rerouted north around downtown Union.[3]

One previous SC 49 existed from around 1927-1935, from Myrtle Beach to the North Carolina state line in Little River. In 1932, most of SC 49 north of Myrtle Beach was replaced by US 117; by 1935, the rest of SC 49 (and US 117) was replaced by US 17.[3]

Junction list

SC 49/55/274 in Lake Wylie.
County Location Mile[1] Destinations Notes
Laurens Watts Mill 0 US 221 (Lucas Avenue) – Laurens, Woodruff SC 49 begins
2.5 I‑385 – Columbia, Greenville
5 SC 308 – Clinton
Spartanburg 9 I‑26 – Columbia, Spartanburg
10 SC 92 – Enoree
Cross Anchor 12.5 SC 56 – Woodruff, Clinton
Union Union 28 US 176 east / SC 215 south (Duncan Bypass) – Whitmire East end of US 176 and south end of SC 215 overlap
29 US 176 west / SC 215 north (Duncan Bypass) – Spartanburg West end of US 176 and north end of SC 215 overlap
30 SC 18 (Thompson Boulevard) – Jonesville, Union
39 SC 105 north (Mount Tabor Church Road)
Lockhart 41 SC 9 north (Jonesville-Lockhart Highway) – Jonesville North end of SC 9 overlap
Chester 42 SC 9 south (Pinckney Road) South end of SC 9 overlap
York Bullock Creek 47 SC 322 east (McConnells Highway) – McConnells
50 SC 97 – Hopewell
Sharon 55.5 SC 211 north (Hickory Grove Road) – Hickory Grove
York 61.5 US 321 – Gastonia
60
US 321 Bus. south (Congress Street) – Chester		 South end of US 321 Business overlap
62.5
SC 5 Bus. / SC 161 Bus. (Liberty Street)
63
US 321 Bus. north (Kings Mountain Street) – Gastonia		 North end of US 321 Business overlap
64 SC 5 / SC 161 – Rock Hill, Blacksburg
73.5 SC 274 east (Hands Mill Highway) – Rock Hill East end of SC 274 overlap
73.7 SC 55 west – Clover
Lake Wylie 76 SC 274 west / SC 557 south – Clover, Gastonia West end of SC 274 overlap
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi

See also

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Google (2011-07-04). "SC 49" (Map). Google Maps. Google. Retrieved 2011-07-04.
  2. ↑ Google (2011-07-04). "SC,NC,VA 49" (Map). Google Maps. Google. Retrieved 2011-07-04.
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 "Mapmikey's South Carolina Highways Page". Retrieved 2011-07-04.

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