South Carolina Highway 246

South Carolina Highway 246
Route information
	Maintained by SCDOT
Length	28.7 mi[1] (46.2 km)
Existed	1930 – present
Major junctions
South end	US 178 in Friendship
	US 221 / SC 72 in Coronaca; US 25 near Hodges;
North end	US 178 in Hodges
Location
Counties	Greenwood
Highway system

South Carolina Highway 246 (SC 246) is a primary state highway in the U.S. state of South Carolina. It connects the communities and towns in eastern Greenwood County.

Route description

SC 34, SC 246 and SC 248 in Ninety Six

SC 246 is a two-lane rural highway that traverses for 28.7 miles (46.2 km) from Friendship to Hodges; connecting the town of Ninety Six and the communities of Coronaca and Cokesbury. The highway also provides access to Star Fort Pond, at Ninety Six National Historic Site, via Kinard Road (S-24-27).

History

Established in 1930 as a replacement for part of SC 24, SC 246 traversed from Friendship to Ninety Six. From 1932-1933, U.S. Route 178 (US 178) was routed alongside SC 246. In 1939, SC 246 was extended northwest to US 178 in Hodges. By 1942, SC 246 was extended northwest again along US 178 to Tinsley then west to SC 20/SC 185, in Due West; this marked the longest point for the highway. In 1948, SC 246 was truncated back to Hodges, leaving behind Due West Road (S-24-31), Mount Lebanon Road (S-1-38) and Ellis Road (S-1-114).

Junction list

The entire route is in Greenwood County.

Location	mi^[1]	km	Destinations	Notes
Friendship	0.0	0.0	US 178 – Greenwood, Saluda
Ninety Six	11.3	18.2	SC 34 east – Newberry	East end of SC 34 overlap
Ninety Six	11.4	18.3	SC 34 west / SC 248 south – Greenwood, Epworth	West end of SC 34 overlap; to Ninety Six National Historic Site
	14.7	23.7	SC 702 east – Saluda	To Greenwood State Park
Coronaca	18.7	30.1	US 221 / SC 72 – Greenwood, Laurens, Clinton
Cokesbury	26.5	42.6	SC 254 (Cokesbury Road) – Greenwood, Ware Shoals
	27.8	44.7	US 25 – Greenwood, Ware Shoals
Hodges	28.7	46.2	US 178 – Greenwood, Honea Path
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi Concurrency terminus

References

1 2 Google (September 2, 2013). "South Carolina Highway 246" (Map). Google Maps. Google. Retrieved September 2, 2013.

External links

Media related to South Carolina Highway 246 at Wikimedia Commons
Mapmikey's South Carolina Highways Page: SC 240-249

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[google-1] 1 2 Google (September 2, 2013). "South Carolina Highway 246" (Map). Google Maps. Google. Retrieved September 2, 2013.