South Carolina Highway 462
{{short description|State highway in South Carolina, United States}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=January 2025}}
{{Infobox road
|state=SC
|type=SC
|route=462
|map={{maplink|frame=yes|plain=yes|frame-align=center|frame-width=290|frame-lat=32.491|frame-long=-81.041|zoom=9|type=line|raw={{Wikipedia:Map data/Wikipedia KML/South Carolina Highway 462}}}}
|map_custom=yes
|length_mi=35.920
|length_round=3
|length_ref={{cite web |url=https://ris.scdot.org/LogMileReport.aspx?county=27&type=4&number=462&auxiliary=0&map=y |title=Highway Logmile Report |publisher=South Carolina Department of Transportation |access-date=November 28, 2020 }}{{cite web |url=https://ris.scdot.org/LogMileReport.aspx?county=7&type=4&number=462&auxiliary=0&map=y |title=Highway Logmile Report |publisher=South Carolina Department of Transportation |access-date=November 28, 2020 }}
|established=1942{{citation needed|date=November 2020}}
|direction_a=West
|terminus_a={{Jct|state=SC|US|321}} in Robertville
|junction={{plainlist|
- {{Jct|state=SC|US|601}} in Pineland
- {{Jct|state=SC|US|278}} in Gillisonville
- {{Jct|state=SC|I|95|US|17}} near Coosawhatchie
}}
|direction_b=East
|terminus_b={{Jct|state=SC|SC|170}} near Chelsea
|previous_type=SC
|previous_route=460
|next_type=SC
|next_route=496
}}
South Carolina Highway 462 (SC 462) is a {{convert|35.920|mi|km|adj=on}} primary state highway in the U.S. state of South Carolina. It serves as a circuitous routing through northern and eastern Jasper County.
Route description
SC 462 is a rural two-lane highway that makes a half-circle in Jasper County, broken into five named sections of road. The first section named Gillison Branch Road begins at the intersection of U.S. Route 321 (US 321) in Robertville, goes northeast to US 601 in Pineland, then east connecting with US 278 in Gillisonville. The second section named Morgandollar Road connects Gillisonville with Coosawhatchie. The third section, named Nuna Rock Road is a former overlap with US 17 within Coosawhatchie. The fourth section named Coosaw Scenic Drive connects Coosawhatchie with SC 336 in Old House. The fifth section named Lowcountry Drive continues on from SC 336 to its eastern terminus at SC 170 in Beaufort County.{{google maps|url=https://maps.google.com/maps?saddr=SC-462+E%2FGillison+Branch+Rd&daddr=32.6227733,-81.07963+to:SC-462+E%2FLowcountry+Dr&hl=en&ll=32.432715,-80.864868&spn=0.50478,0.891953&sll=32.35167,-80.926108&sspn=0.015789,0.027874&geocode=FT068QEdCwMp-w%3BFbXI8QEdstIq-ynD6vLnYub7iDGrQ2BTEDlOyA%3BFV6k7QEdozUt-w&mra=dme&mrsp=2&sz=16&via=1&t=p&z=11|title=South Carolina Highway 462|accessdate=November 17, 2013}}
The highway connects to several historic places, including Robertville Baptist Church, Gillisonville Baptist Church and the Old House Plantation. However, it is not scenic as it is predominantly forest or swampland.
History
The highway was established in 1941 or 1942 as a new primary routing from SC 170 to SC 46 in Bluffton, existing entirely in Beaufort County.{{cite map |publisher= South Carolina Department of Transportation |url= http://digital.tcl.sc.edu/cdm/singleitem/collection/scrm/id/706/rec/1 |format= PDF |title= General Highway Map, Beaufort County, South Carolina |cartography= SCDOT |year= 1943 |accessdate= November 17, 2013}} In 1956, SC 462 ceded some of its routing to SC 46 (Bluffton Road).{{cite map |publisher= South Carolina Department of Transportation |url= http://digital.tcl.sc.edu/cdm/singleitem/collection/scrm/id/711/rec/4 |format= PDF |title= General Highway Map, Beaufort County, South Carolina |cartography= SCDOT |year= 1957 |accessdate= November 17, 2013}} In 1958, SC 462 was extended north to Coosawhatchie and then west to SC 128 in Gillisonville replacing SC 170.{{cite map |publisher= South Carolina Department of Transportation |url= http://digital.tcl.sc.edu/cdm/singleitem/collection/scrm/id/616/rec/3 |format= PDF |title= General Highway Map, Jasper County, South Carolina |cartography= SCDOT |year= 1959 |accessdate= November 16, 2013}} Between 1962 and 1964, SC 462 was extended west again over existing secondary roads to its current western terminus at Robertville; this brought the highway's maximum length to {{convert|46|mi|km}}.
Between 1965 and 1967, SC 462 east was truncated to US 278 in Old House, its old alignment south to near Bluffton becoming part of US 278.{{cite map |publisher= South Carolina Department of Transportation |url= http://digital.tcl.sc.edu/cdm/singleitem/collection/scrm/id/720/rec/4 |format= PDF |title= General Highway Map, Beaufort County, South Carolina |cartography= SCDOT |year= 1966 |accessdate= November 17, 2013}} By 1998, SC 462 was extended south after US 278 realignment to near Hardeeville, reclaiming some of its old routing to SC 170.{{cite map |publisher= South Carolina Department of Transportation |url= http://dbw.scdot.org/GISMapping/pdfs/County/Jasper_County.pdf |format= PDF |title= General Highway System - Jasper County | date=June 2005 |accessdate= November 17, 2013}}
Major intersections
{{jcttop|state=SC|length_ref=}}
{{SCint
|county=Jasper
|cspan=6
|location=Robertville
|mile=0.000
|road={{jct|state=SC|US|321|name1=Cotton Hill Road|city1=Estill|city2=Hardeeville}}
}}
{{SCint
|location=Pineland
|mile=2.520
|road={{jct|state=SC|US|601|name1=Cypress Branch Road|city1=Ridgeland|city2=Hardeeville|city3=Hampton}}
}}
{{SCint
|location=Gillisonville
|type=concur
|mile=12.800
|road={{jct|state=SC|US|278|dir1=west|name1=Grays Highway|city1=Hampton}}
|notes=West end of US 278 overlap
}}
{{SCint
|location=none
|type=concur
|mile=13.620
|road={{jct|state=SC|US|278|dir1=east|name1=Grays Highway|city1=Ridgeland}}
|notes=East end of US 278 overlap
}}
{{SCint
|location=none
|mile=18.400
|road={{jct|state=SC|I|95|US|17|location1=Savannah|city2=Florence}}
|notes=I-95 exit 28
}}
{{SCint
|location=Old House
|mile=27.960
|road={{jct|state=SC|SC|336|dir1=west|name1=Old House Road|city1=Ridgeland}}
}}
{{SCint
|county=Beaufort
|location=none
|mile=35.920
|road={{jct|state=SC|SC|170|name1=Okatie Road|city1=Hilton Head Island|city2=Beaufort}}
}}
{{Jctbtm|keys=concur}}
See also
- {{Portal-inline|U.S. roads}}
References
{{reflist}}
External links
{{Attached KML}}
- {{commons category-inline|South Carolina Highway 462}}
- [http://vahighways.com/scannex/route-log/sc462.htm Mapmikey's South Carolina Highways Page: SC 462]
Category:Transportation in Jasper County, South Carolina
Category:Transportation in Beaufort County, South Carolina