South Carolina Highway 27
{{short description|State highway in South Carolina, United States}}
{{For|the submarine chaser of the United States Navy and United States Coast Guard|USS SC-27}}
{{Use American English|date=May 2025}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=January 2025}}
{{Infobox road
|state=SC
|type=SC
|route=27
|map=SC 27 map.svg
|length_mi=19.511
|length_round=3
|length_ref={{cite web |url=https://ris.scdot.org/LogMileReport.aspx?county=18&type=4&number=27&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=8&type=4&number=27&auxiliary=0&map=y |title=Highway Logmile Report |publisher=South Carolina Department of Transportation |access-date=November 25, 2020 }}
|established=1931{{citation needed|date=November 2020}}
|direction_a=South
|terminus_a={{Jct|state=SC|SC|61}} in Givhans
|junction={{plainlist|
- {{Jct|state=SC|US|78}} near Ridgeville
- {{Jct|state=SC|I|26}} near Ridgeville
}}
|direction_b=North
|terminus_b={{Jct|state=SC|US|176}} near Holly Hill
|counties=Dorchester, Berkeley
|previous_type=I
|previous_route=26
|next_type=SC
|next_route=28
}}
South Carolina Highway 27 (SC 27) is a {{convert|19.511|mi|km|adj=on}} primary state highway in the U.S. state of South Carolina. It serves to connect the town of Ridgeville with nearby highways.
Route description
SC 27 is a two-lane rural highway that connect the town of Ridgeville south to the unincorporated community of Givhans to its south and highways U.S. Route 78 (US 78), Interstate 26 (I-26), and US 176 to its north. The predominant features along the route are farmland mixed with forest and swamps.{{google maps|url=https://maps.google.com/maps?saddr=SC-27+N%2FGivhans+Rd&daddr=SC-27+N%2FOld+Gilliard+Rd&hl=en&ll=33.118575,-80.236588&spn=0.479051,0.891953&sll=33.263397,-80.331795&sspn=0.014874,0.027874&geocode=FZq49wEd6iQ2-w%3BFSaW-wEdFik2-w&mra=dme&mrsp=1&sz=16&t=p&z=11|title=South Carolina Highway 27|accessdate=September 8, 2013}}
History
Established as the second SC 27 around 1931, it traversed from SC 65 (current SC 61) in Givhans, to US 78 east of Ridgeville. In 1940, it was rerouted north from Ridgeville to US 78 and then spur up to the Berkeley County line. In 1941 or 1942, SC 27 was extended north into Berkeley County to SC 31 (current US 176).{{cite map |publisher= South Carolina Department of Transportation |url= http://digital.tcl.sc.edu/cdm/singleitem/collection/scrm/id/450/rec/1 |format= PDF |title= General Highway Map, Dorchester County, South Carolina |cartography= SCDOT |year= 1945 |accessdate= September 8, 2013}}{{cite map |publisher= South Carolina Department of Transportation |url= http://digital.tcl.sc.edu/cdm/singleitem/collection/scrm/id/107/rec/1 |format= PDF |title= General Highway Map, Berkeley County, South Carolina |cartography= SCDOT |year= 1943 |accessdate= September 8, 2013}}
The first SC 27 was an original state highway; established in 1922, it traversed from SC 21 in Trenton, south to Aiken, then east through Williston, Blackville, Denmark, Bamberg, and St. George before ending at SC 2. In 1927, US 78 was assigned on all of SC 27 east of Aiken. In 1928, all of SC 27 was decommissioned, SC 19 replaced the section between Aiken and Trenton.
Junction list
{{jcttop|state=SC|length_ref=}}
{{SCint
|county=Dorchester
|cspan=4
|location=Givhans
|mile=0.000
|road={{jct|state=SC|SC|61|name1=Givhans Road|city1=Bamberg|city2=Charleston}}
|notes=Southern terminus; to Givhans Ferry State Park
}}
{{SCint
|location=Ridgeville
|mile=6.540
|road={{jct|state=SC|SC|173|dir1=east|name1=School Street|city1=Summerville}}
|notes=Western terminus of SC 173
}}
{{SCint
|location=none
|type=concur
|mile=7.840
|road={{jct|state=SC|US|78|dir1=east|city1=Summerville}}
|notes=Southern end of US 78 concurrency
}}
{{SCint
|location=none
|type=concur
|mile=8.328
|road={{jct|state=SC|US|78|dir1=west|city1=St. George}}
|notes=Northern end of US 78 concurrency
}}
{{SCint
|county=Berkeley
|cspan=2
|location=none
|mile=9.340
|mile2=9.341
|road={{jct|state=SC|I|26|city1=Charleston|city2=Columbia}}
|notes=I-26 exit 187
}}
{{SCint
|location=none
|mile=19.511
|road={{jct|state=SC|US|176|name1=State Road|city1=Charleston|city2=Holly Hill}}
|notes=Northern terminus
}}
{{Jctbtm|keys=concur}}
See also
- {{Portal-inline|U.S. roads}}
References
{{reflist}}
External links
{{Attached KML}}
- {{commons category-inline|South Carolina Highway 27}}
- [http://vahighways.com/scannex/route-log/sc027.htm Mapmikey's South Carolina Highways Page: SC 27]
Category:Transportation in Dorchester County, South Carolina