South Carolina Highway 10

{{Short description|Highway in South Carolina}}

{{Use mdy dates|date=January 2025}}

{{Infobox road

|state=SC

|type=SC

|route=10

|map=SC 10 map.svg

|length_mi=22.790

|length_ref={{cite web |url=https://ris.scdot.org/LogMileReport.aspx?county=33&type=4&number=10&auxiliary=0&map=y |title=Highway Logmile Report |publisher=South Carolina Department of Transportation |access-date=November 25, 2020 }}{{cite web |url=https://ris.scdot.org/LogMileReport.aspx?county=24&type=4&number=10&auxiliary=0&map=y |title=Highway Logmile Report |publisher=South Carolina Department of Transportation |access-date=November 25, 2020 }}

|established=1922{{citation needed|date=November 2020}}

|direction_a=South

|terminus_a={{jct|state=SC|SC|28}} near McCormick

|junction={{jct|state=SC|US|221}} near Bradley

|direction_b=North

|terminus_b={{jct|state=SC|US-Bus|25|US-Bus|178|SC|34|dab1=Greenwood|dab2=Greenwood}} in Greenwood

|counties=McCormick, Greenwood

|previous_type=SC

|previous_route=9

|next_type=SC

|next_route=11

}}

South Carolina Highway 10 (SC 10) is a {{convert|22.790|mi|km|adj=on}} state highway in the U.S. state of South Carolina that travels from SC 28 near McCormick to the U.S. Route 25 Business (US 25 Bus.), US 178 Bus., and SC 34 in Greenwood. The highway is a two-lane highway that serves as a connector between McCormick and Greenwood. The first {{convert|21.2|mi|km}} is known as McCormick Highway, while the remaining {{convert|1.5|mi|km}} is known as Maxwell Avenue.

Route description

SC 10 is a {{convert|22.7|mi|km}} two-lane, minor state highway in the southwest portion of the Upstate of South Carolina. The route runs generally south to north. Most of the route (particularly the southern portion) runs through or alongside the Sumter National Forest. The route begins just northwest of McCormick heading north to where is it begins a brief concurrency with US 221. The route continues on northward to Greenwood, where it enters the city's southwest side, ending at the US 25 Bus./US 178 Bus./SC 34 concurrency.{{google maps|url=https://www.google.com/maps?saddr=S+Carolina+28+%26+S+Carolina+10,+Sumter+National+Forest,+McCormick,+South+Carolina+29835&daddr=34.185902,-82.173848+to:S+Carolina+10+%26+S+Carolina+25&hl=en&sll=34.185376,-82.169838&sspn=0.009638,0.021136&geocode=FY-sBQIdX_AX-ym5OgrDRfP3iDGKT0Wn5Ku_Qw;Fa6iCQIdaCAa-yk9nEbMnQH4iDGoQ6cS5__NXQ;Fcm2CQId8lMa-ynLXsCpcgH4iDEjzK6NYJa7qg&mra=prv&t=m&z=11&via=1|title=South Carolina Highway 10|access-date=May 1, 2013}}

History

{{Unreferenced section|date=November 2020}}

SC 10 is one of the original state highways, being created in 1922. The original route began in McCormick and ran north to Greenwood, Laurens, Woodruff, Spartanburg, and Chesnee before exiting the state into North Carolina where US 221 Alt. does today. From the 1920s to the 1950s, the route was slowly shortened to the {{convert|22.7|mi|km}} route. The route now serves as a minor state highway.

Junction list

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{{SCint

|county=McCormick

|location=none

|mile=0.000

|road={{jct|state=SC|SC|28|city1=McCormick|city2=Abbeville}}

|notes=Southern terminus

}}

{{SCint

|county=Greenwood

|cspan=4

|location=none

|mile=8.230

|type=concur

|road={{jct|state=SC|US|221|dir1=south|name1=Bedford Road|city1=McCormick}}

|notes=Southern end of US 221 concurrency

}}

{{SCint

|location=Bradley

|mile=10.480

|type=concur

|road={{jct|state=SC|US|221|dir1=north|city1=Greenwood}}

|notes=Northern end of US 221 concurrency

}}

{{SCint

|location=Greenwood

|lspan=2

|mile=21.290

|road={{jct|state=SC|SC|225|location1=Piedmont Technical College|location2=Emerald High School|to2=y|US|221|dir2=south|noshield2=y|SC|72|dir3=west|noshield3=y|extra=hospital}}

|notes=Provides access to Self Regional Healthcare Self Medical Tower – Tower Pointe

}}

{{SCint

|mile=22.790

|road={{jct|state=SC|US-Bus|25|US-Bus|178|SC|34|dab1=Greenwood|dab2=Greenwood|name3=Main Street}}

|notes=Northern terminus

}}

{{Jctbtm}}

See also

  • {{Portal-inline|U.S. roads}}

References

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