South Carolina Highway 48

South Carolina Highway 48
Route information
	Maintained by SCDOT
Length	29.0 mi[1] (46.7 km)
Existed	1930 – present
Major junctions
West end	US 21 / US 76 / US 176 / US 321 in Columbia
	US 1 / US 378 in Columbia; I-77 in Columbia;
East end	US 601 in Wateree
Location
Counties	Richland
Highway system

South Carolina Highway 48 (SC 48) is a primary state highway in the U.S. state of South Carolina. It serves southern Richland County and access to the Congaree National Park.

Route description

SC 48 west towards Columbia

SC 48 begins in downtown Columbia along Assembly Street. It traverses west, passing alongside the South Carolina State House and the University of South Carolina, before turning onto Rosewood Drive and then onto Bluff Road. After leaving the Columbia city limits, it continues through southeastern Richland County as a two-lane rural highway to U.S. Route 601 (US 601).

History

Established in 1930 as a new primary routing, it originally traversed from Gervais Street, going east along Assembly Street, to US 601 in Wateree. Various adjustments in its downtown routing have been made between 1937-46. In 1950, SC 48 was straightened out between Gadsden and Wateree, leaving behind Old Bluff Road. In 1978, SC 48 was extended west to its current western terminus at Elmwood Avenue.^[2]

Junction list

The entire route is in Richland County.

Location	mi^[1]	km	Destinations	Notes
Columbia	0.0	0.0	US 21 / US 76 / US 176 / US 321 (Elmwood Avenue) – Spartanburg, Greenville, Chester, Rock Hill
	0.5	0.80	SC 12 (Taylor Street) – Lexington	To Fort Jackson
	1.0	1.6	US 1 / US 378 (Gervais Street)
	1.5	2.4	To US 21 south to US 176 west to US 321 south (West Blossom Street) – Cayce To US 76 east to US 378 east (East Blossom Street) – Sumter	To Columbia Metropolitan Airport To Fort Jackson
	2.5	4.0	SC 16 (Rosewood Drive)
	5.4	8.7	SC 768 east (Beltline Boulevard)
	5.6	9.0	I-77 – Charleston, Charlotte	I-77 exit 5.
	17.7	28.5	Mountain View Road	To Congaree National Park
Gadsden	21.2	34.1	SC 769 (Congaree Road) – Congaree
Wateree	29.0	46.7	US 601 (McCords Ferry Road) – St. Matthews, Orangeburg, Camden
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi

References

1 2 Google (November 23, 2012). "South Carolina Highway 48" (Map). Google Maps. Google. Retrieved November 23, 2012.
↑ "Mapmikey's South Carolina Highways Page (SC 40-49)". Retrieved November 23, 2012.

External links

Media related to South Carolina Highway 48 at Wikimedia Commons
SC 48 - South Carolina Hwy Index

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[google-1] 1 2 Google (November 23, 2012). "South Carolina Highway 48" (Map). Google Maps. Google. Retrieved November 23, 2012.

[2] "Mapmikey's South Carolina Highways Page (SC 40-49)". Retrieved November 23, 2012.