South Carolina Highway 59
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| 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 | |||
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| Counties: | Oconee | |||
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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.
| Location | mi[1] | km | Destinations | Notes | |
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| 0.0 | 0.0 | I-85 – Greenville, Atlanta | Southern terminus | ||
| Fair Play | 1.1 | 1.8 | SC 182 west / SC 243 north – Westminster, Anderson | Eastern terminus of SC 182; western terminus of SC 243 | |
| 7.1 | 11.4 | SC 24 west (West Oak Highway) – Westminster | Southern end of SC 24 concurrency | ||
| 7.3 | 11.7 | SC 24 east (West Oak Highway) – Anderson | Northern end of SC 24 concurrency | ||
| Seneca | 14.1 | 22.7 | SC 130 north (West North 1st Street) – Clemson | Southern terminus of SC 130 | |
| 15.6 | 25.1 | US 76 / US 123 / SC 28 – Westminster, Walhalla, Clemson | Northern terminus | ||
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi
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See also
- South Carolina portal
- U.S. Roads portal
References
- 1 2 3 Google (February 4, 2013). "Route of SC 59" (Map). Google Maps. Google. Retrieved February 4, 2013.
External links
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Media related to South Carolina Highway 59 at Wikimedia Commons - Mapmikey's South Carolina Highways Page: SC50-59