South Carolina Highway 49

{{Infobox road

|state=SC

|type=SC

|route=49

|map=SC 49 map.svg

|length_mi=79.516

|length_ref={{cite web |url=https://ris.scdot.org/LogMileReport.aspx?county=30&type=4&number=49&auxiliary=0&map=y |title=Highway Logmile Report |publisher=South Carolina Department of Transportation |access-date=December 23, 2020 }}{{cite web |url=https://ris.scdot.org/LogMileReport.aspx?county=42&type=4&number=49&auxiliary=0&map=y |title=Highway Logmile Report |publisher=South Carolina Department of Transportation |access-date=December 23, 2020 }}{{cite web |url=https://ris.scdot.org/LogMileReport.aspx?county=44&type=4&number=49&auxiliary=0&map=y |title=Highway Logmile Report |publisher=South Carolina Department of Transportation |access-date=December 23, 2020 }}{{cite web |url=https://ris.scdot.org/LogMileReport.aspx?county=12&type=4&number=49&auxiliary=0&map=y |title=Highway Logmile Report |publisher=South Carolina Department of Transportation |access-date=December 23, 2020 }}{{cite web |url=https://ris.scdot.org/LogMileReport.aspx?county=46&type=4&number=49&auxiliary=0&map=y |title=Highway Logmile Report |publisher=South Carolina Department of Transportation |access-date=December 23, 2020 }}

|tourist=File:South Carolina Scenic Byway.svg Western York Scenic Byway

|established=1937{{citation needed|date=December 2020}}

|direction_a=South

|terminus_a={{Jct|state=SC|US|221}} in Watts Mills

|junction={{plainlist|

{{jct|state=SC|I|385}} near Watts Mills
{{jct|state=SC|I|26}} near Cross Anchor
{{jct|state=SC|US|176|SC|215}} in Union
{{jct|state=SC|US|321}} in York

}}

|direction_b=North

|terminus_b={{Jct|state=NC|NC|49}} at the North Carolina line in Lake Wylie

|previous_type=SC

|next_type=SC

|previous_route=48

|next_route=51

|counties=Laurens, Spartanburg, Union, Chester, York

}}

South Carolina Highway 49 (SC 49) is a {{convert|79.516|mi|km|adj=on}} primary state highway in the U.S. state of South Carolina. It is signed as a north–south highway, though it travels in a southwesterly–northeasterly direction, from Watts Mills to the North Carolina state line in Lake Wylie.

Route description

File:SC49-55-274 in Lake Wylie.JPG/274 in Lake Wylie.]]

SC 49 is part of a three-state highway 49 (including North Carolina Highway 49 and Virginia State Route 49) that totals {{convert|325|mi|km}} from Watts Mills, South Carolina to Crewe, Virginia.{{google maps |url=https://maps.google.com/maps?saddr=Yarborough+Mill+Rd&daddr=34.7198061,-81.634153+to:34.721365,-81.610865+to:35.11914,-80.953689+to:35.2107059,-80.8667255+to:35.2244195,-80.8518698+to:35.6189858,-80.0112607+to:35.8676092,-79.5380664+to:36.0708117,-79.406176+to:36.31572,-79.0747+to:36.623314,-78.55888+to:37.03478,-78.17483+to:US-360+E%2FE+Patrick+Henry+Hwy&hl=en&ll=35.88905,-79.535522&spn=3.706694,7.13562&sll=35.217926,-80.843196&sspn=0.029205,0.055747&geocode=FfTHDgIdttoc-w%3BFT7IEQIdl1wi-ynneR_nurFXiDEmGxfY3uGZ1Q%3BFVXOEQIdj7ci-ymN3KSIjrFXiDEYTyohkXMhsQ%3BFSTgFwIdp74s-ylnOCMPOJpWiDEWRagOyp54mw%3BFdFFGQIdWxIu-ymBQDddZZ9WiDFY7cTuqjSu8A%3BFWN7GQIdY0wu-yml03RpK6BWiDG0Vq0DHiB-0w%3BFamAHwIdBCA7-ym79MsKY3lTiDFvN2dh8Oj9gA%3BFdlLIwIdblhC-ykhP58aazdTiDGbhEmUvEtsWA%3BFZtlJgIdoFtE-ylLDqK5aytTiDH7kjm3vCSSww%3BFUgiKgIddGpJ-ykdEMCD-jytiTHryO3_OJmTeA%3BFdLTLgIdYElR-ylZJ_zqe4StiTFP3z258s4_xw%3BFRwbNQIdkiVX-ykNUgLFPBayiTGdCMR3DYmaDg%3BFS7eNwIdIINX-w&mra=dpe&mrsp=5&sz=15&via=1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10,11&z=8 |title=SC,NC,VA 49 |access-date=July 4, 2011 }}

The portion in South Carolina runs {{convert|79+1/2|mi|km}} from Watts Mills to Lake Wylie.{{google maps |url=https://maps.google.com/maps?saddr=S+Carolina+28+E%2FHighlands+Hwy&daddr=34.52098,-82.69248+to:S+Carolina+28+E%2FFurys+Ferry+Rd&hl=en&ll=34.361576,-82.235413&spn=1.888575,3.56781&sll=33.593191,-82.124455&sspn=0.007445,0.013937&geocode=FWTTFAIdqvIK-w%3BFZS_DgIdgDYS-yn_Rqq9Am9YiDFVx0YTtA5q7g%3BFRGWAAIdvuUa-w&mra=dme&mrsp=2&sz=17&via=1&z=9 |title=Overview map of SC 49 |link=no |access-date=July 4, 2011 }}

History

Established in 1937 as a renumbering of SC 163, it traveled from U.S. Route 321 (US 321) in York to the North Carolina state line in Lake Wylie. In 1956, SC 49 was extended southwest to its current southern terminus at US 221 in Watts Mills replacing SC 91 from York to Monarch, SC 92 from Monarch to Cross Anchor, and SC 30 from Cross Anchor to Watts Mills.{{cite web |url=https://www.angelfire.com/sc3/scroads/sc40-49.html |title=Mapmikey's South Carolina Highways Page |access-date=July 4, 2011 }}{{self-published inline|certain=y|date=April 2018}}

In 1960 or 1961, SC 49 was rerouted from Lockhart to Mount Tabor. At an unknown date, SC 49 was rerouted north around downtown Union.

One previous SC 49 existed from around 1927–1935, from Myrtle Beach to the North Carolina state line in Little River. In 1932, most of SC 49 north of Myrtle Beach was replaced by US 117; by 1935, the rest of SC 49 (and US 117) was replaced by US 17.

Major intersections

{{SCint

|county=Laurens

|cspan=3

|location=Watts Mills

|mile=0.000

|road={{jct|state=SC|US|221|name1=Lucas Avenue|city1=Laurens|city2=Woodruff}}

|notes=Southern terminus

}}

{{SCint

|location=none

|mile=2.530

|road={{jct|state=SC|I|385|city1=Columbia|city2=Greenville}}

|notes=I-385 exit 5

}}

{{SCint

|location=none

|mile=4.840

|road={{jct|state=SC|SC|308|city1=Clinton}}

}}

{{SCint

|county=Spartanburg

|cspan=3

|location=none

|mile=9.353

|road={{jct|state=SC|I|26|city1=Columbia|city2=Spartanburg}}

|notes=I-26 exit 44

}}

{{SCint

|location=none

|mile=10.400

|road={{jct|state=SC|SC|92|dir1=west|city1=Enoree}}

|notes=Eastern terminus of SC 92

}}

{{SCint

|location=Cross Anchor

|mile=12.590

|road={{jct|state=SC|SC|56|city1=Woodruff|city2=Clinton}}

}}

{{SCint

|county=Union

|cspan=7

|location=Union

|lspan=4

|mile=27.750

|road={{jct|state=SC|SC|496|dir1=east|name1=Industrial Park Road/SC 49 Truck}}

|notes=Western terminus of SC 496 and southern terminus of SC 49 Truck

}}

{{SCint

|type=concur

|mile=28.430

|road={{jct|state=SC|US|176|SC|215|dir1=east|dir2=south|name2=Duncan Bypass/SC 49 Truck|city1=Whitmire|road|West Main Street}}

|notes=South end of US 176/SC 215 overlap and northern terminus of SC 49 Truck

}}

{{SCint

|type=concur

|mile=29.180

|road={{jct|state=SC|US|176|SC|215|dir1=west|dir2=north|name2=Duncan Bypass|city1=Spartanburg|road|Rice Avenue}}

|notes=Northern end of US 176 and SC 215 overlap

}}

{{SCint

|mile=29.970

|road={{jct|state=SC|SC|18|name1=Thompson Boulevard|city1=Jonesville|city2=Union}}

}}

{{SCint

|location=Monarch Mill

|mile=32.090

|road={{jct|state=SC|SC-Conn|49|dir1=south|name1=Monarch Avenue|city1=Carlisle}}

|notes=Northern terminus of SC 49 Connector

}}

{{SCint

|location=none

|mile=39.010

|road={{jct|state=SC|SC|105|dir1=north|name1=Mount Tabor Church Road}}

|notes=Southern terminus of SC 105

}}

{{SCint

|location=Lockhart

|type=concur

|mile=41.540

|road={{jct|state=SC|SC|9|dir1=north|name1=Jonesville-Lockhart Highway|city1=Jonesville}}

|notes=Southern end of SC 9 overlap

}}

{{SCint

|county=Chester

|location=none

|type=concur

|mile=42.250

|road={{jct|state=SC|SC|9|dir1=south|name1=Pinckney Road|city2=Chester}}

|notes=Northern end of SC 9 overlap

}}

{{SCint

|county=York

|cspan=11

|location=Bullock Creek

|mile=47.480

|road={{jct|state=SC|SC|322|dir1=east|name1=McConnells Highway|city1=McConnells}}

|notes=Western terminus of SC 322

}}

{{SCint

|location=none

|mile=50.550

|road={{jct|state=SC|SC|97|city1=Hopewell|countydab1=York}}

}}

{{SCint

|location=Sharon

|mile=55.940

|road={{jct|state=SC|SC|211|dir1=north|name1=Hickory Grove Road|city1=Hickory Grove}}

|notes=Southern terminus of SC 211

}}

{{SCint

|location=York

|lspan=5

|mile=61.940

|road={{jct|state=SC|US|321|location1=Gastonia}}

}}

{{SCint

|type=concur

|mile=62.310

|road={{jct|state=SC|US-Bus|321|dab1=York|dir1=south|name1=Congress Street|city1=Chester}}

|notes=Southern end of US 321 Bus. overlap

}}

{{SCint

|mile=62.830

|road={{jct|state=SC|SC-Bus|5|SC-Bus|161|dab1=York|dab2=York|name2=Liberty Street}}

}}

{{SCint

|type=concur

|mile=63.210

|road={{jct|state=SC|US-Bus|321|dab1=York|dir1=north|name1=Kings Mountain Street|location1=Gastonia}}

|notes=Northern end of US 321 Bus. overlap

}}

{{SCint

|mile=64.826

|road={{jct|state=SC|SC|5|SC|161|city1=Rock Hill|city2=Blacksburg}}

}}

{{SCint

|location=none

|type=concur

|mile=74.146

|road={{jct|state=SC|SC|274|dir1=east|name1=Hands Mill Highway|city1=Rock Hill}}

|notes=Southern end of SC 274 overlap

}}

{{SCint

|location=none

|mile=74.346

|road={{jct|state=SC|SC|55|dir1=west|city1=Clover}}

|notes=Eastern terminus of SC 55

}}

{{SCint

|location=Lake Wylie

|type=concur

|mile=76.396

|road={{jct|state=SC|SC|274|SC|557|dir1=west|dir2=south|city1=Clover|location2=Gastonia}}

|notes=Northern end of SC 274 overlap; eastern terminus of SC 557

}}

{{jctint

|river=Catawba River /
Lake Wylie

|lspan=2

|mile=79.516

|mspan=2

|road={{jct|state=NC|NC|49|dir1=north|name1=York Road|city1=Charlotte}}

|notes=Northern terminus

}}

{{jctbridge

|mile=none

|bridge=Buster Boyd Bridge; South Carolina–North Carolina state line

}}

Special routes

=Union truck route=

{{infobox road small

|state=SC

|type=SC-Truck

|route=49

|location=Union, South Carolina

|length_mi=1.790

|length_ref={{cite web |url=https://ris.scdot.org/LogMileReport.aspx?county=44&type=4&number=496&auxiliary=0&map=y |title=Highway Logmile Report |publisher=South Carolina Department of Transportation |access-date=December 23, 2020 }}{{cite web |url=https://ris.scdot.org/LogMileReport.aspx?county=44&type=2&number=176&auxiliary=0&map=y |title=Highway Logmile Report |publisher=South Carolina Department of Transportation |access-date=December 23, 2020 }}

}}

South Carolina Highway 49 Truck (SC 49 Truck) is a {{convert|1.790|mi|km|adj=on}} truck route that bypasses a portion of West Main Street (SC 49) in western portions of Union. The first {{convert|0.760|mi|km}} of the highway travels along the two-lane Industrial Park Road, concurrent with the unsigned designation of SC 496. It then turns to the north-northwest along US 176/SC 18 Truck/SC 215 (Duncan Bypass) for its last {{convert|1.030|mi|km}}.{{google maps |url=https://www.google.com/maps/dir/34.7046461,-81.6455547/34.7056458,-81.6337822/34.7091135,-81.636338/@34.7059758,-81.6440352,16z/am=t/data=!3m1!4b1!4m2!4m1!3e0?hl=en-US |title=Overview map of SC 49 Truck |link=no |access-date=December 23, 2020 }}

{{SCint

|mile=0.000

|type=concur

|road={{jct|state=SC|SC|49|nolink1=y|road|Industrial Park Road|dir2=north}}

|notes=Western end of SC 496 concurrency; western terminus of SC 49 Truck and SC 496

}}

{{SCint

|mile=0.770

|type=concur

|road={{jct|state=SC|road|Duncan Bypass|dir1=south|name1=US 176 east / SC 18 Truck south / SC 215 south|road|Main Street|dir2=east|name2=SC 496 east}}

|notes=Eastern end of SC 496 concurrency; western end of US 176/SC 18 Truck/SC 215 concurrency

}}

{{SCint

|mile=1.790

|type=concur

|road={{jct|state=SC|SC|49|nolink1=y|dir1=south|name1=West Main Street west|city1=Laurens}}
{{jct|state=SC|US|176|dir1=west|SC-Truck|18|dab2=Union|dir2=north|SC|215|dir3=north|SC|49|nolink4=y|dir4=north|name4=Duncan Bypass north|city1=Spartanburg}}
{{jct|state=SC|road|West Main Street|dir1=east|city1=Union|extra=hospital}}

|notes=Eastern end of US 176/SC 18 Truck/SC 215 concurrency; eastern terminus; provides access to Union Medical Center

}}

=Monarch Mill connector route=

{{infobox road small

|state=SC

|type=SC-Conn

|route=49

|location=Monarch Mill, South Carolina

|length_mi=3.090

|length_ref={{cite web |url=https://ris.scdot.org/LogMileReport.aspx?county=44&type=4&number=49&auxiliary=6&map=y |title=Highway Logmile Report |publisher=South Carolina Department of Transportation |access-date=December 23, 2020 }}

}}

South Carolina Highway 49 Connector (SC 49 Conn.) is a {{convert|3.090|mi|km|adj=mid|-long}} connector route along Monarch Highway between SC 215 southeast of Union to SC 49 in the census-designated place of Monarch Mill.{{google maps |url=https://www.google.com/maps/dir/34.6871223,-81.5624802/34.7184781,-81.5963369/@34.7030994,-81.5969131,7525m/am=t/data=!3m2!1e3!4b1!4m2!4m1!3e0?hl=en-US |title=Overview map of SC 49 Conn. (Monarch Mill) |link=no |access-date=April 15, 2018 }}