South Carolina Highway 126

SC Highway 126 marker

SC Highway 126
Belvedere-Clearwater Road
Route information
Maintained by SCDOT
Length: 4.20 mi[1] (6.76 km)
Existed: 1939 – present
Major junctions
West end: US 25 / SC 121 in Belvedere
  I-520 in North Augusta
US 1 / US 78 in Clearwater
East end: SC 421 in Clearwater
Location
Counties: Aiken
Highway system
I-126SC 127

South Carolina Highway 126 (SC 126) is a primary state highway in the U.S. state of South Carolina. It directly links Belvedere with Clearwater.

Route description

SC 126 is a suburban highway that travels 4.2 miles (6.8 km) from US 25/SC 121, in Belvedere, to SC 421, in Clearwater. In both Belvedere and North Augusta, SC 126 is a four-lanes with median; in Clearwater it only has two-lanes. The entire route has few commercial entities, mainly functioning to connect neighborhoods in the area.[2]

History

SC 126 was established in 1939 as a new primary route and has remained unchanged since. The entire highway was paved by 1948 and widened in Belvedere and North Augusta by 2010.

Future

The remaining two-lane section of SC 126, in Clearwater, is planned to be widened to four-lanes, but however, no time-table has been set.[3]

Junction list

The entire route is in Aiken County.

Locationmi[1]kmDestinationsNotes
Belvedere0.000.00 US 25 / SC 121 (Edgefield Road) Edgefield, North Augusta
North Augusta1.282.06 I-520 Augusta, Columbia, AtlantaExit 21 (I-520)
Clearwater3.555.71 US 1 / US 78 Augusta, Aiken
4.206.76 SC 421 (Augusta Road) Augusta, Aiken
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi

See also

References

  1. 1 2 South Carolina Department of Transportation: Statewide Highways 2012. Specifics: . Files: .
  2. Google (September 7, 2013). "South Carolina Highway 126" (Map). Google Maps. Google. Retrieved September 7, 2013.
  3. "Augusta Regional Transportation Study" (PDF). City of Augusta. March 7, 2013. p. 7. Retrieved September 7, 2013.

External links

Route map: Bing / Google

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