South Carolina Highway 253

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South Carolina Highway 253
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Route information
Maintained by SCDOT
Length19.4 mi [1] (31.2 km)
Existed1939–present
Major junctions
South endSouth Carolina 124.svg SC 124 in Parker
 
North endSouth Carolina 414.svg SC 414 in Tigerville
Location
Counties Greenville
Highway system
← South Carolina 252.svg SC 252 SC 254 South Carolina 254.svg →

South Carolina Highway 253 (SC 253) is a primary state highway in the U.S. state of South Carolina. It runs in Greenville and is the gateway to Paris Mountain State Park and runs from Parker to Tigerville.

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South Carolina State of the United States of America

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Route description

The highway begins at SC 124 near Parker and travels 1⁄2 mi (0.80 km) northeast to SC 183 as West Blue Ridge Drive. It then moves up to Sulphur Springs Road where the road changes to East Blue Ridge Drive before intersecting at Poinsett Highway on U.S. Highway 276 (US 276) before running concurrently on SC 291 as North Pleasantburg Drive for 0.16 mi (0.26 km) before turning left at Paris Mountain Road. After traveling 2.53 mi (4.07 km) and passing Greenvista Drive, SC 253 becomes East Mountain Creek Road and traveling and additional 6.71 mi (10.80 km) before intersecting with SC 290. SC 253 then turns left and goes 7.22 mi (11.62 km) before terminating at SC 414 in Tigerville. [1] [2]

South Carolina Highway 124

South Carolina Highway 124 (SC 124) is a 5.63-mile-long (9.06 km) state highway in the U.S. state of South Carolina. The highway connects Parker and Greenville.

South Carolina Highway 183 highway in South Carolina

South Carolina Highway 183 is a South Carolina State Highway that runs from Westminster to Greenville.

South Carolina Highway 291 highway in South Carolina

South Carolina Highway 291, locally known as Pleasantburg Drive, is a South Carolina state highway that runs as a major commercial artery for the eastern sections of Greenville, South Carolina in Greenville County, South Carolina. This highway runs by Greenville Technical College, the Greenville Downtown Airport, and Bob Jones University. The road south of U.S. Highway 276 (US 276), Laurens Road, is called South Pleasantburg Drive, while the road north of Laurens Road is called North Pleasantburg Drive.

History

SC 253 started in 1939 at the intersection of US 25 and US 276 to form an 11 mi (18 km) highway around Paris Mountain State Park, ending around Travelers Rest. Nine years later, SC 253 was reduced to secondary status with part of the road becoming county roads S-23-22. The road was resurrected in 1950 as a north-south road to Tigerville. In 1965, SC 253 was extended to SC 250 which is now part of US 25 and then extended southwest again between 1968 and 1970 to its current terminus at SC 124.

U.S. Route 25 in South Carolina highway in South Carolina

U.S. Route 25 (US 25) is a U.S. Highway that travels from Brunswick, Georgia to the Kentucky-Ohio state line, where Covington, Kentucky meets Cincinnati, Ohio at the Ohio River. In the U.S. state of South Carolina, it begins as a 140.4-mile-long (226.0 km) highway that travels south to north in the western part of the state, serving the northern part of the Augusta metropolitan area, Greenwood, and Greenville on its path from North Augusta to North Carolina in the Saluda Mountains, near Travelers Rest.

Travelers Rest, South Carolina City in South Carolina, United States

Travelers Rest is a city in Greenville County, South Carolina, United States. The population was 4,576 at the 2010 census, up from 4,099 in 2000. The population was an estimated 4,994 in 2015. It is part of the Greenville–Mauldin–Easley Metropolitan Statistical Area. Travelers Rest is located between the Blue Ridge Mountains and Greenville, the primary city of the Upstate region of South Carolina. The campus of Furman University is located just south of the city limits of Travelers Rest, but the university retains a Greenville address based on its ZIP code.

Improvements to the road include the road being fully paved in 1941 or 1942, being four-laned with SC 291 between 1968 and 1970, and four-laned again for a distance south of US 276 in 1977.

Major intersections

The entire route is in Greenville County.

Locationmi [1] kmDestinationsNotes
Parker 0.00.0South Carolina 124.svg SC 124 (Old Easley Highway) – Greenville, Easley
0.50.80US 25.svgI-85.svg US 25 (White Horse Road) to I-85  – Greenwood, Travelers Rest
2.33.7South Carolina 183.svg SC 183 (Cedar Lane Road) – Greenville, Pickens
Sans Souci 4.57.2US 276.svg US 276 (Poinsett Highway) – Greenville, Travelers Rest
4.77.6South Carolina 291.svg SC 291 east (Pleasantburg Drive) – Wade Hampton
​13.621.9South Carolina 290.svg SC 290 east (Locust Hill Road) – Greer South end of concurrency with SC 290
​13.822.2South Carolina 290.svg SC 290 west (Locust Hill Road) – Slater-Marietta North end of concurrency with SC 290
Tigerville 19.431.2South Carolina 414.svg SC 414  – Campobello, Slater-Marietta
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi

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U.S. Route 178 highway in the United States

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U.S. Route 29 in South Carolina highway in South Carolina

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South Carolina Highway 14 highway in South Carolina

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South Carolina Highway 101 highway in South Carolina

South Carolina Highway 101 is a state route in Laurens, Spartanburg, and Greenville counties. Its southern terminus is at a junction with U.S. Route 76 in Hickory Tavern, and its northern terminus is at a junction with SC 11 near Landrum.

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South Carolina Highway 86

South Carolina Highway 86 (SC 86) is a 11.9-mile-long (19.2 km) state highway in the U.S. state of South Carolina. The highway connects the Easley and Piedmont areas.

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South Carolina Highway 185 (SC 185) is a 26.7-mile-long (43.0 km) state highway in the U.S. state of South Carolina. The highway connects Hodges and Due West with the Homeland Park area.

South Carolina Highway 254

South Carolina Highway 254 (SC 254) is a 8.2-mile-long (13.2 km) state highway in the U.S. state of South Carolina. The highway connects Greenwood and Cokesbury.

South Carolina Highway 267 (SC 267) is a 23.4-mile-long (37.7 km) state highway in the U.S. state of South Carolina. The highway connects the Santee area with rural areas of Orangeburg and Calhoun counties, via Elloree.

South Carolina Highway 288 (SC 288) is a 15.3-mile-long (24.6 km) state highway in the U.S. state of South Carolina. The highway connects Pumpkintown and Slater-Marietta.

South Carolina Highway 414 (SC 414) is a 17-mile-long (27 km) state highway in the U.S. state of South Carolina. The highway travels through mostly rural areas of Greenville County.

References

  1. 1 2 3 Google (2014-01-21). "South Carolina Highway 253" (Map). Google Maps . Google. Retrieved 2014-01-21.
  2. ↑ "General County Highway Maps". South Carolina Department of Transportation. Retrieved 2014-01-21.
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