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GA STATE LINE: 0 - 0 SC 28 SB: 1.3 - 1.3 SC 23: 4.7 - 6.0 SC 283: 9.5 - 15.5 US 378 WB, SC 28 NB: 4.8 - 20.3 US 378 EB: 0.6 - 20.9 Greenwood-McCormick Line: 7.3 - 28.2 SC 10 SB: 1.1 - 29.3 SC 10 NB: 2.3 - 31.6 SC 225: 8.6 - 40.2 US 25 SB, US 25 Bus, US 178 EB, US 178 Bus: 0.9 - 41.1 SC 34: 1.3 - 42.4 US 25 NB, US 178 WB, SC 72 WB, SC 72 Bus: 3.5 - 45.9 SC 246: 5.0 - 50.9 Laurens-Greenwood Line: 2.5 - 53.4 SC 72 EB: 0.8 - 54.2 SC 39: 9.8 - 64.0 SC 127: 3.8 - 67.8 US 76 Bus: 2.3 - 70.1 US 76: 0.4 - 70.5 SC 49: 1.6 - 72.1 I-385 (exit 9): 2.0 - 74.1 SC 308: 2.3 - 76.4 SC 92 WB: 4.2 - 80.6 Spartanburg-Laurens Line: 1.2 - 81.8 SC 92 EB: 0.2 - 82.0 SC 146 EB: 6.7 - 88.7 SC 101 SB: 0.5 - 89.2 SC 101 NB, SC 146 WB: 0.9 - 90.1 SC 290: 6.8 - 96.9 I-26 (exit 28): 1.3 - 98.2 SC 215: 2.3 - 100.5 SC 295: 2.3 - 102.8 SC 56 SB: 3.2 - 106.0 US 29: 0.5 - 106.5 SC 56 NB: 0.7 - 107.2 I-585 (exit 25), US 176, SC 9: 1.0 - 108.2 I-85 (exit 78): 3.9 - 112.1 US 221 ALT, SC 11: 10.2 - 122.3 Cherokee-Spartanburg Line: 0.4 - 122.7 NC STATE LINE: 2.4 - 125.1
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Creation: Appeared nationally in 1930 but did not come to South Carolina until 1932 when it was extended south, replacing SC 10 from North Carolina to Waterloo, replaced SC 72, then attached to SC 7 (now SC 72) to end at US 25 (now US 25-178 Bus) Greenwood.
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Adjustments: In 1933, US 221 was removed from S-30-749 Cedar Grove Ch Rd/S-30-6 Cold PointRd north of Waterloo. In 1942, US 221 north was rerouted at Chesnee replacing SC 110 into North Carolina. The previous route to NC via Cowpens Battlefield became US 221 ALT.
In 1948 (bridge date), US 221 was removed from Old Whitney Rd, S-42-243 Cherokee Cir, and Old Chesnee Hwy north of Spartanburg. In 1949 (bridge date), US 221 was shifted onto the current Enoree River bridge, leaving behind River Hill Rd south of the river, abandoned routing north of the river, and a bit of SC 92. In 1950 (bridge date), US 221 was removed from Christian Rd loop at Coronaca Creek east of Greenwood. In 1954, US 221 was extended south, replacing SC 10 towards Troy, then replacing SC 670 to McCormick, then following SC 28 south before heading west as an upgrade to S-33-75 and new construction over the Savannah River into Georgia. Between 1953-63, US 221 was removed from Parsonage Rd in Lankford. In 1963, US 221 was given its Roebuck Bypass as new construction, leaving behind S-42-425, an extended SC 215, and S-42-400. In 1969, US 221 was rerouted at Bradley to replace SC 670 towards the Greenwood Bypass instead of downtown Greenwood, which went back to being SC 10. US 221 was then routed onto the US 25-178 Bypass. The old route coming out of Greenwood became US 221 Bus (now just SC 72 Business).
Improvements: Fully paved upon designation, except from Laurens to Waterloo, which was paved in 1933. The first multilane sections of US 221 were in place by 1963: parts of Church St north of US 29, and from the Fairforest Creek Bridge south to I-26. The next sections to be upgraded were to make all of Church St in Spartanburg 4-lane, and a short segment at the Greenwood bypass on the SC 72 multiplex, both between 1968-69. In 1973, US 221 was 4-laned from Spartanburg north to I-85. In 1980, US 221 was 4-laned from I-85 north to Chesnee, Between 1983-85, US 221 was multilaned along the entire SC 72 multiplex. In 1999, US 221 was 4-laned from I-26 south to Woodruff. Comment: US 221 in South Carolina is not so exciting compared to its routing in North Carolina, where it is the poor man's Blue Ridge Parkway. US 221 is especially quiet south of Greenwood. There is a posted US 221 TRUCK for Laurens using US 76 Bypass and all of SC 127. I have a 1980's Gousha atlas that misidentifies this as US 122. | |||||||||
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