SC 57
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From: Fork (Dillon County)
To: North Carolina State Line above the Little Pee Dee River (Dillon County)
The route does not continue as a NC primary highway.
Total Length: 26.5 miles  
ROUTE LOG
SC 41, SC 41 ALT: 0 - 0
SC 9 EB: 10.8 - 10.8
US 301 SB, US 501 SB, SC 34: 1.0 - 11.8
US 301 NB, US 501 NB: 1.0 - 12.8
I-95 (exit 193): 1.1 - 13.9
SC 9 WB: 3.3 - 17.2
NC STATE LINE: 9.3 - 26.5
 Creation: SC 57 appeared about 1929 as new primary routing, running from SC 175 (now SC 41 ALT) Centenary north to Mullins then northwest to end at SC 9 Dillon. This is the only SC 57.
Adjustments: In 1952, SC 57 south was truncated to Fork, with the road to Centenary becoming SC 41.

1930 Official
SC 57 original routing
1930 Official
1952 Official
SC 57 renumbered as SC 41
1952 Official

Also in 1952, SC 57 was extended with SC 9 through Dillon to Little Rock, then replaced SC 95 to North Carolina.

1940 Official
SC 95 extended to North Carolina
1940 Official
1952 Official
SC 57 extended over SC 95
1952 Official

Between 1974-76, SC 57 was rerouted in Dillon to use US 301-501 and Radford Blvd. County maps show that SC 9 moved to this alignment a few years prior. The old route became a bit of SC 34 plus S-17-96 Martin Luther King Jr Blvd.

1968 Dillon County
SC 57 original Dillon routing
1968 Dillon County
1971 Dillon County
SC 9 rerouted only
1971 Dillon County
1976 Dillon County
SC 57 follows suit later
1976 Dillon County

Improvements: The first piece of SC 57 to be paved was from US 501 to Mullins, in 1933.
In 1937, SC 57 was paved from Floyd Dale to Dillon.
The remainder of SC 57 was paved in 1938.
SC 57 is multilane from Dillon to I-95, by 1974.
Comment: SC 57 is the only current SC Primary route remaining that becomes a secondary route at the North Carolina border.

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