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South Carolina ( / ˌkærəˈlaɪnə / ⓘ KARR-ə-LY-nə) is a state in the coastal Southeastern region of the United States. It borders North Carolina to the north, the Atlantic Ocean to the southeast, and Georgia to the southwest across the Savannah River. Along with North Carolina, it makes up the Carolinas region of the East Coast.
History. US 301 at the SC 260 intersection in Manning. 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 ...
The U.S. state of South Carolina is made up of 46 counties, the maximum allowable by state law. [1] [2] They range in size from 392 square miles (1,015 square kilometers) in the case of Calhoun County to 1,358 square miles (3,517 square kilometers) in the case of Charleston County. The least populous county is Allendale County, with only 7,369 ...
1938–1947. South Carolina Highway 28 Alternate ( SC 28 Alt.) was an alternate route that existed entirely along the northeastern edge of Antreville. In 1938, it was established as a renumbering of SC 18 Alt. from SC 184 to SC 28/ SC 284. In 1947, it was decommissioned and downgraded to a secondary road, Wall Street.
Daufuskie Island, located between Hilton Head Island and Savannah, is the southernmost inhabited sea island in South Carolina. It is 5 miles (8 km) long by almost 2.5 miles (4.0 km) wide – approximate surface area of 8 square miles (21 km 2) [2] (5,000 acres). With over 3 miles (5 km) of beachfront, Daufuskie is surrounded by the waters of ...
South Carolina. US 321 provides direct access between Savannah and Columbia, serving as an alternate to Interstate 95 and Interstate 26.Starting in Hardeeville, US 321 as a mostly 2 lane highway goes through sparsely populated areas and small towns including Estill, Fairfax, and Denmark, heading in a rather straight and northward direction into the Columbia area, widening to a 5 lane highway ...
0.3 mi [15] (480 m) South Carolina Highway 34 Truck ( SC 34 Truck) is a 0.3-mile (0.48 km) truck route in the town of Ridgeway. It utilizes Thomas Street and part of U.S. Route 21 (US 21) to bypass part of the town. It begins at an intersection with the SC 34 mainline (Dogwood Drive in the northwestern part of the town.
Congaree National Park is a 26,692.6-acre (41.7 sq mi; 108.0 km 2) American national park in central South Carolina, 18 miles southeast of the state capital, Columbia. The park preserves the largest tract of old growth bottomland hardwood forest left in the United States. The lush trees growing in its floodplain forest are some of the tallest ...