South Carolina Highway 59

SC 59 marker

SC 59
Route information
Maintained by SCDOT
Length: 15.6 mi[1] (25.1 km)
Existed: 1942 – present
Major junctions
South end: I‑85 southwest of Fair Play
  SC 182 / SC 243 in Fair Play
SC 24 in rural Oconee County
SC 130 in Seneca
North end: US 76 / US 123 / SC 28 in Seneca
Location
Counties: Oconee
Highway system
← SC 58SC 60 →

South Carolina Highway 59 (SC 59) is a 15.6-mile (25.1 km) long state highway in the northwestern part of the U.S. state of South Carolina. The highway travels in a south-north orientation from just southwest of Fair Play north and then northeast to Seneca, completely within Oconee County.

Route description

SC 59 begins at an interchange with Interstate 85 (I-85) just southwest of Fair Play. The route heads northeast into town, and intersects SC 182/SC 243. After leaving town, SC 59 heads northwest and turns to the northwest to intersect SC 24. The road heads on its northeast trajectory until it meets its northern terminus, an intersection with US 76/US 123 in Seneca.[1]

History

Established in 1942 as a renumbering of SC 181 and part of SC 182, SC 59 traversed from the Georgia state line to Fair Play, then north to Seneca, ending at US 76/SC 13/SC 28. By 1963, SC 59 was truncated at I-85, thanks to Lake Hartwell submerging the route to Georgia; south of I-85 that was not submerged were downgraded to secondary road Lakeshore Drive (S-37-11). In 2000, SC 59 was extended northwest along West North 1st Street in Seneca, to its current northern terminus with US 76/US 123/SC 28.

Historically, there was one previous SC 59 between 1930-1942; it ran from SC 55, near Clover, to SC 58/SC 163, near Lake Wylie. In 1942, the highway was renumbered as SC 557.

Junction list

The entire route is in Oconee County.

Locationmi[1]kmDestinationsNotes
 0.00.0 I‑85 – Greenville, AtlantaSouthern terminus
Fair Play1.11.8 SC 182 west / SC 243 north – Westminster, AndersonEastern terminus of SC 182; western terminus of SC 243
 7.111.4 SC 24 west (West Oak Highway) – WestminsterSouthern end of SC 24 concurrency
 7.311.7 SC 24 east (West Oak Highway) – AndersonNorthern end of SC 24 concurrency
Seneca14.122.7 SC 130 north (West North 1st Street) – ClemsonSouthern terminus of SC 130
15.625.1 US 76 / US 123 / SC 28 – Westminster, Walhalla, ClemsonNorthern terminus
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi

See also

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Google (February 4, 2013). "Route of SC 59" (Map). Google Maps. Google. Retrieved February 4, 2013.

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