SC 79
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From: near Naked Creek bridge (Marlboro County)
To: North Carolina State Line at Gibson NC (Marlboro County)
Total Length: 9.3 miles  
The route continues 8 more miles to US 15-74 Bus-401-501 Laurinburg NC.
ROUTE LOG
SC 9: 0 - 0
SC 38: 4.0 - 4.0
SC 385: 3.7 - 7.7
NC STATE LINE: 1.6 - 9.3
Creation: Appeared in 1938 as a renumbering of part of SC 38, running from US 15 (now Main St) Bennettsville north to the North Carolina Line. This is the 2nd SC 79.
Adjustments: In 1970, SC 79 was rerouted to its current routing, replacing SC 383 west to SC 9. The route south to Bennettsville became SC 385.
Improvements: Fully paved and multilaned upon designation.
Comment: SC 80 serves as a bypass of Greer connecting US 29 to I-85 near the GSP Airport. According to the Greenville News, SC 80 was first proposed by the City of Greer in 1999 to be numbered as part of SC 357. Evidently this did not get approved by SCDOT.
Although open since 2002, the 2005 Official Map is the first to show SC 80. All issues since 2005 either show SC 80 running to the wrong location or following SC 14 south to I-85. The 2005 Spartanburg County map shows the portion between SC 290 and US 29 as S-42-220 so SC 80 may have briefly only run SC 101 to SC 290 first.

1937 Official
SC 38 Bennettsville to Gibson NC
1937 Official
1938 Official
SC 38 Bennettsville to Gibson NC
1938 Official
1970 Official
SC 79 rerouted west to SC 9
1970 Official

Previous SC 79's:

1937 ROUTE LOG
SC 6, SC 70: 0 - 0
END SC 79: 1.7 - 1.7
SC 79 #1: Appeared in 1934 or 1935 as new primary routing, running from SC 6 (now US 321) Denmark east then south to Voorhees College.
In 1938, SC 79 became SC 68. Today it is S-5-283 and S-5-551 Hagood St; S-5-180 Frederick St; S-5-53 Church St; S-5-12 Voorhees Rd

1935 Official
SC 79 at Denmark
1935 Official
1938 Official
SC 79 becomes SC 68
1938 Official


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