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Originally, both Carolinas selected a route running south from Rockingham, North Carolina. However, North Carolina had more money to spend on roads, [6] and, on May 10, 1995, the US Senate Environment and Public Works Committee approved North Carolina's plan for I-73 to run eastward to the coast and enter South Carolina at North Myrtle Beach. [7]
There are 11 Interstate Highways—5 primary and 6 auxiliary—that exist entirely or partially in the U.S. state of South Carolina.As of December 31, 2013, the state had a total of 850.80 miles (1,369.23 km) of interstate and 11.80 miles (18.99 km) of interstate business, all maintained by the South Carolina Department of Transportation (SCDOT).
South Carolina utilizes a numbering system to keep track of all non-interstate and primary highways that are maintained by SCDOT. First appearing in 1947 [citation needed] (when a huge amount of highways were cancelled or truncated), the "state highway secondary system" [4] carries the number of the county followed by a unique number for the particular road.
First, in 1922, federal highways were first constructed in the state (the first federal interstate highway in South Carolina, I-85, would not be completed until 1965). Then, in 1924, Governor Thomas G. McLeod signed the Pay-As-You-Go Highway Act, which created the state highway system.
In 2006, the Virginia General Assembly directed the Secretary of Transportation to initiate a study to determine the interest of affected states in the construction of a new Interstate highway (I-99). [23] [24] [25] I-99 would allow long-distance travelers to bypass the I-95 bottleneck in the Baltimore–Washington metropolitan area.
US 1 / US 25 / US 78 / US 278 / SR 10 / SR 121 at the Georgia state line south of North Augusta: US 21 / SC 322 in Rock Hill: 1964: current Third form; northern part of a multi-state highway that also exists in Florida and Georgia SC 122 — — SC 2 in Cayce: US 1 / US 21 / SC 2 / SC 5 / SC 43 / SC 215 in West Columbia: 1942
Portions of I-26, I-126 and I-20 will be under construction for the next eight years, as the state’s Department of Transportation begins work on a $2.08 billion project to overhaul the roadways.
Interstate 20 (I-20) is the main east–west Interstate Highway in the state of South Carolina, linking the state with important transportation and business hubs to the north, west, and south, including Atlanta, Georgia; Charlotte, North Carolina (via I-77); Savannah, Georgia (via I-95); and Washington, D.C. (via I-95).