South Carolina Highway 34

SC Highway 34
Route information
Maintained by SCDOT
Length:	186.8 mi (300.6 km)
Existed:	1922 – present
Major junctions
West end:	US 25 Bus. / US 178 Bus. / SC 10 in Greenwood
	US 76 in Newberry I-26 in Newberry I-77 near Ridgeway US 21 in Ridgeway US 1 / US 601 in Lugoff US 15 in Bishopville I-95 near Dillon
East end:	US 301 / US 501 / SC 9 / SC 57 in Dillon
Location
Counties:	Greenwood, Newberry, Fairfield, Kershaw, Lee, Darlington, Marlboro, Dillon
Highway system
South Carolina Highways Interstate U.S. State Scenic ← SC 33 SC 35 →

South Carolina Highway 34 (SC 34) is a primary state highway in the U.S. state of South Carolina. As one of the longer state highways, it traverses the state east-west from Greenwood to Dillon, connecting the cities of Newberry, Winnsboro, Camden, Bishopville and Darlington.

Route description

SC 34 begins as a hidden highway in downtown Greenwood, at the intersection of Main Street and Maxwell Avenue. On city and state official maps, SC 34 is on an east parallel to US 25 Bus./US 178 Bus. along Main Street with some sections being in concurrency; however, no signage identifies this unique relationship, thus the hidden status for 1.6 miles (2.6 km). At the intersection of Main Street and Ninety Six Highway, the first signage of SC 34 appears, heading east to Ninety Six.

SC 34 travels through the town of Ninety Six and near the Ninety Six National Historic Site. Near Newberry, it takes a bypass route along Dixie Drive and Wilson Road, before continuing east to Winnsboro. Now going southeast, it goes through Ridgeway, to Lugoff, where it overlaps with US 1/US 601 to Camden. Continuing east and parallel to I-20, SC 34 joins with US 15 at Bishopville and skirts north of Lee State Park. East of Lydia, SC 34 separates from US 15 and goes directly to Darlington. Heading in a northeasterly direction now, it goes through Brownsville then east into downtown Dillon, where it ends at the intersection of Main Street and Second Avenue.

History

An original part of the South Carolina state route system, in 1922 the road ran from Darlington to Ridgeway. In 1933 the road was extended to Dillon and about 1943 a bridge over the Pee Dee river was opened. In the early 1950s the road was extended to Greenwood, creating the current configuration. SC 34 was bypassed south around Newberry in 1976 and the original route through the town remained as SC 34 Business. The first part of the road to be paved was the section though Camden in 1929. Over the next several years other parts were paved until the road was fully paved by the early 1940s. During the past several decades, much of the route has been widened to four lanes.

Junction list

File:Ninety Six SC Highways.jpg

SC 34, SC 246 and SC 248 in Ninety Six

County	Location	mi	km	Destinations	Notes
Greenwood	Greenwood	0.0	0.0	US 25 Bus. north / US 178 Bus. west (Main Street) / SC 10 south (Maxwell Avenue)	North end of US 25 Bus. and west end of US 178 Bus. overlap
		1.6	2.6	US 25 Bus. south / US 178 Bus. east (Main Street) – Edgefield, Saluda	South end of US 25 Bus. and east end of US 178 Bus. overlap
		2.8	4.5	US 25 / US 178 / US 221 – McCormick, Saluda, Anderson, Greenville
	Ninety Six	9.0	14.5	SC 246 north / SC 248 south – Coronaca, Epworth	North end of SC 246 overlap; to Ninety Six National Historic Site
		9.1	14.6	SC 246 south – Saluda	South end of SC 246 overlap
	​	14.6	23.5	SC 702 – Saluda	To Greenwood State Park
Newberry	Chappells	19.0	30.6	SC 39 – Laurens, Saluda
	Silverstreet	30.2	48.6	SC 121 south – Saluda	South end of SC 121 overlap
	​	34.8	56.0	SC 121 north (Kendall Road) – Whitmire	North end of SC 121 overlap
	Newberry	35.6	57.3	Boundary Street – Newberry
		36.6	58.9	SC 395 (Nance Street) to SC 194 – Newberry
		38.2	61.5	US 76 east (Wilson Road) – Prosperity	East end of US 76 overlap
		39.0	62.8	SC 219 east (Main Street) – Pomaria
		39.2	63.1	US 76 west (Wilson Road) – Clinton	West end of US 76 overlap
		41.5	66.8	I-26 – Columbia, Spartanburg	I-26 exit 74.
	​	45.9	73.9	US 176 – Pomaria, Whitmire
Fairfield	​	60.4	97.2	SC 215 – Monticello, Carlisle
	Winnsboro	72.9	117.3	US 321 north / SC 200 north – Chester, Great Falls	North end of US 321 overlap
	Winnsboro Mills	76.3	122.8	US 321 Bus. north / SC 213 west – Jenkinsville
		76.6	123.3	US 321 south – Columbia	South end of US 321 overlap
	​	82.8	133.3	I-77 – Columbia, Charlotte	I-77 exit 34.
	Ridgeway	85.2	137.1	US 21 north (Palmer Road) / Longtown Road – Great Falls, Longtown	North end of US 21 overlap
		85.5	137.6	US 21 south (Means Street) – Columbia	South end of US 21 overlap
Kershaw	Lugoff	103.0	165.8	US 1 south / US 601 south – Columbia, St. Matthews	South end of US 1/US 601 overlap
	Camden	105.5	169.8	Springdale Drive
		107.8	173.5	US 521 / US 601 north (Broad Street) – Sumter, Kershaw	North end of US 601 overlap
		109.2	175.7	US 1 north – Bethune, Cheraw	North end of US 1 overlap; to Woodward Field
Lee	​	119.1	191.7	To I-20 / S-31-31
	Bishopville	129.7	208.7	US 15 south (Main Street) / SC 341 south (Church Street) – Sumter, Columbia, Lynchburg	South end of US 15/SC 341 overlap
		131.1	211.0	SC 341 north (Bethune Highway) – Bethune	North end of SC 341 overlap
Darlington	Lees Crossroads	141.0	226.9	US 15 north (Fifth Street) / SC 403 (Oates Highway) – Hartsville, Timmonsville	North end of US 15 overlap
	Earlys Crossroads	147.1	236.7	SC 151 north (Bobo Newsom Highway) – Hartsville	North end of SC 151 overlap
	Darlington	152.4	245.3	US 52 / US 401 (Governor Williams Highway) – Cheraw, Florence
		152.7	245.7	SC 151 to US 401 (34-401 Connector) – Sumter	South end of SC 151 overlap
		153.1	246.4	SC 340 south (Washington Street) – Timmonsville
		153.7	247.4	US 52 Bus. (Main Street) – Cheraw, Bennettsville, Florence
Marlboro	Brownsville	171.3	275.7	SC 38 – Bennettsville, Marion
Dillon	​	184.3	296.6	I-95 – Florence, Fayetteville	I-95 exit 190.
	Dillon	186.8	300.6	US 301 / US 501 / SC 9 / SC 57 – Florence, Lake View, Fayetteville, Bennettsville
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi       Concurrency terminus

Bannered routes

Newberry business loop

40px SC Highway 34 Business
Location:	Newberry, South Carolina
Length:	2.6 mi (4.2 km)
Existed:	1976–2010

SC 34 Business was established in 1976, following the old mainline route through downtown Newberry, via Boundary Street, Caldwell Street and Main Street. Sometime between 2006-2010 the route was decommissioned.

External links

• Media related to at Wikimedia Commons
• Mapmikey's South Carolina Highways Page: SC 30-39