U.S. Route 25 in South Carolina
{{Short description|Section of U.S. highway in South Carolina}}
{{Highway detail hatnote|U.S. Route 25}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=November 2023}}
{{Use American English|date=November 2023}}
{{Infobox road
| state = SC
| type = US
| route = 25
| map = {{maplink|frame=yes|plain=yes|frame-align=center|frame-width=290|frame-height=240|type=line|raw={{Wikipedia:Map data/Wikipedia KML/U.S. Route 25 in South Carolina}}}}
| map_custom = yes
| map_notes = US 25 highlighted in red
| length_mi = 140.600
| length_ref = {{cite web |url=https://ris.scdot.org/LogMileReport.aspx?county=2&type=2&number=25&auxiliary=0&map=y |title=Highway Logmile Report |publisher=South Carolina Department of Transportation |access-date=December 30, 2020 }}{{cite web |url=https://ris.scdot.org/LogMileReport.aspx?county=19&type=2&number=25&auxiliary=0&map=y |title=Highway Logmile Report |publisher=South Carolina Department of Transportation |access-date=December 30, 2020 }}{{cite web |url=https://ris.scdot.org/LogMileReport.aspx?county=24&type=2&number=25&auxiliary=0&map=y |title=Highway Logmile Report |publisher=South Carolina Department of Transportation |access-date=December 30, 2020 }}{{cite web |url=https://ris.scdot.org/LogMileReport.aspx?county=30&type=2&number=25&auxiliary=0&map=y |title=Highway Logmile Report |publisher=South Carolina Department of Transportation |access-date=December 30, 2020 }}{{cite web |url=https://ris.scdot.org/LogMileReport.aspx?county=23&type=2&number=25&auxiliary=0&map=y |title=Highway Logmile Report |publisher=South Carolina Department of Transportation |access-date=December 30, 2020 }}
| established = 1927{{cn|date=December 2020}}
| direction_a = South
| terminus_a = {{Jct|state=GA|US|1|US|25|US|78|US|278|SR|10|SR|121}} at the Georgia state line near North Augusta
| junction = {{plainlist|
- {{Jct|state=SC|I|20}} in North Augusta
- {{Jct|state=SC|US|378}} near Limestone
- {{Jct|state=SC|US|178|US|221}} in Greenwood
- {{Jct|state=SC|US|76}} in Princeton
- {{Jct|state=SC|I-Toll|185|dab1=South Carolina}} near Canterbury
- {{Jct|state=SC|I|85}} near Greenville
- {{Jct|state=SC|I|185|US|29}} near Greenville
- {{Jct|state=SC|US|123}} near Greenville
- {{Jct|state=SC|US|276}} in Travelers Rest
}}
| direction_b = North
| terminus_b = {{Jct|state=NC|US|25}} at the North Carolina line near Travelers Rest
| counties = Aiken, Edgefield, Greenwood, Laurens, Greenville
| previous_type = SC
| previous_route = 24
| next_type = I
| next_route = 26
}}
U.S. Route 25 (US 25) is a {{convert|140.600|mi|km|adj=on}} United States Numbered Highway that travels from Brunswick, Georgia, to the Kentucky–Ohio state line, where Covington, Kentucky, meets Cincinnati, Ohio, at the Ohio River. In the U.S. state of South Carolina, it travels south to north in the western part of the state, serving the northern part of the Augusta metropolitan area, Greenwood, and Upstate South Carolina on its path from North Augusta to North Carolina in the Saluda Mountains, near Travelers Rest.{{google maps |url=https://maps.google.com/maps?saddr=U.S.+1+N%2FUS-278+E%2FUS-78+E%2FGordon+Hwy%2FJefferson+Davis+Hwy&daddr=33.5065828,-81.9585204+to:33.5998887,-81.9388633+to:34.2675283,-82.2287974+to:34.7937272,-82.4189455+to:34.838913,-82.4446749+to:Unknown+road&hl=en&ll=34.19363,-80.914307&spn=3.802542,7.13562&sll=34.846705,-82.436857&sspn=0.058958,0.111494&geocode=FYXN_gEdRncd-w%3BFRZF_wEdiGkd-ykZqkgLnMz5iDGqJnd-jkiv-g%3BFZCxAAIdUbYd-ykFOGrmbDT4iDGTTjD_4Xsrjg%3BFYjhCgIdw0kZ-yk7_PjxCABYiDF4h7bf5SkJYw%3BFf_oEgId_2IW-ylv0x3xmjpYiDGXJOyij8SeGA%3BFYGZEwIdfv4V-ymXo05t5TBYiDH2iO16qKARNw%3BFSu1GAIdU-EV-w&mra=dpe&mrsp=5&sz=14&via=1,2,3,4,5&t=p&z=8 |title=Overview map of US 25 in South Carolina |access-date=June 29, 2013 }}
Route description
{{Expand section|date=November 2023}}
=ADHS corridor W=
US 25, from Interstate 85 to the North Carolina state line, is part of the Appalachian Development Highway System (ADHS), which is part of Appalachian Regional Commission (ARC). Of the {{convert|30.7|mi|km|adj=on}} section of US 25, only {{convert|22.9|mi|km}} was authorized for ADHS funding. In the 2013 fiscal year, South Carolina completed Corridor W and also became the first state to complete its entire ADHS miles among all 13 Appalachian states.{{cite web |publisher= Appalachian Regional Commission |url= http://www.arc.gov/noindex/programs/transp/adhs_status_report_2013/ADHSFY2013StatusReportSouthCarolina.pdf |title= Status of Corridors in South Carolina |date= September 30, 2013 |access-date= June 29, 2014}} The entire section of US 25 along Corridor W boasts a four-to-six-lane limited-access road, with interchanges at major intersections.
History
Established in 1928 as an original U.S. Highway, it was assigned to the entirety of South Carolina Highway 21 (SC 21), which was removed the same year. Traveling closely as it does today, it went from North Augusta to Travelers Rest, connecting the cities and towns of Edgefield, Greenwood, Ware Shoals, and Greenville.
In 1937, US 25 was rerouted in Greenville, moving onto College Avenue from Main Street to Buncombe Street. By 1961, US 25 was moved onto a new bypass east of North Augusta, leaving US 25 Business (US 25 Bus.). In 1963, Ware Shoals was bypassed east, leaving another US 25 Bus. In 1964, US 25 was rerouted onto new primary routing east of Travelers Rest, leaving Main Street to US 276 and Poinsett Highway downgraded to secondary (today now an unsigned US 25 Connector).{{cite map |publisher= South Carolina Department of Transportation |url= http://digital.tcl.sc.edu/cdm/singleitem/collection/scrm/id/304/rec/2 |format= PDF |title= General Highway Map, Greenville County, South Carolina |cartography= SCDOT |year= 1957 |access-date= April 7, 2014}}{{cite map |publisher= South Carolina Department of Transportation |url= http://digital.tcl.sc.edu/cdm/singleitem/collection/scrm/id/192/rec/1 |format= PDF |title= General Highway Map, Greenville County, South Carolina |cartography= SCDOT |year= 1965 |access-date= April 7, 2014}}
By 1969, US 25 was rerouted onto a western bypass of Greenville, replacing SC 250; the old alignment was replaced by US 25 Bus. Also in the same year, US 25 was given its current eastern bypass around Greenwood, leaving US 25 Bus. along its old alignment along Main and Montague Streets. In 1973, US 25 was rerouted in northern Greenville County onto new modern ascent along the Saluda Mountains; the old route was downgraded to secondary (Old Highway 25/S-23-969).{{cite map |publisher= South Carolina Department of Transportation |url= http://digital.tcl.sc.edu/cdm/singleitem/collection/scrm/id/638/rec/5 |format= PDF |title= General Highway Map, Greenville County, South Carolina |cartography= SCDOT |year= 1973 |access-date= April 7, 2014}}
=South Carolina Highway 21=
{{Infobox road small
|state=SC
|type=SC 1920
|route=21
|location=North Augusta–Travelers Rest
|deleted=1928
}}
South Carolina Highway 21 (SC 21) was an original state highway that was established on a path from the Georgia state line at North Augusta to the North Carolina state line at Caesars Head State Park, northwest of Cleveland.
In about 1925, the portion north of Travelers Rest was shifted to the east, replacing the path of SC 29, with its northern terminus at the North Carolina state line at a point north-northeast of Cleveland. Its former path became SC 211 and is now part of US 276.
By the end of 1926, the path of the highway between Edgefield and Kirksey was rerouted, replacing part of SC 43.
In 1928, SC 21 was decommissioned, with its path replaced by US 25.
Major intersections
{{jcttop|state=SC|length_ref=
}}
{{jctint
|river=Savannah River
|lspan=2
|mile=0.000
|road={{jct|state=GA|US|1|dir1=south|US|25|dir2=south|US|78|dir3=west|US|278|dir4=west|SR|10|dir5=west|SR|121|dir6=south|name6=Gordon Highway|city1=Augusta}}
|notes=Continuation from Georgia
}}
{{jctbridge
|mile=0.000
|mile2=0.005
|bridge=South Carolina–Georgia state line
}}
{{SCint
|county=Aiken
|cspan=10
|location=North Augusta
|lspan=10
|mile=0.188
|mile2=0.340
|road= 5th Street Bridge / River North Drive
|notes=Interchange
}}
{{SCint
|type=concur
|mile=0.710
|road={{jct|state=SC|US|1|US|78|US|278|dir1=north|dir3=east|city1=Aiken}}
|notes=Northern end of US 1 and US 78/US 278 concurrencies
}}
{{SCint
|mile=0.860
|type=concur
|road={{jct|state=SC|road|Buena Vista Avenue|dir1=east|name1=SC 125 Conn. east|to2=to|US|78|dir2=west|US|1|dir3=south|location1=Augusta}}
|notes=Southern end of SC 125 Conn. concurrency{{cite map |url=http://info2.scdot.org//GISMapping/GISMapdl/AIKEN_NORTHAUGUSTA_Metro_2018.pdf |title=Aiken & North Augusta Urban Area |publisher=South Carolina Department of Transportation |page=Sheet 6 |format=PDF |date=August 2019 |access-date=September 12, 2020 }}
}}
{{SCint
|mile=0.970
|type=concur
|road={{jct|state=SC|road|Buena Vista Avenue|dir1=west|name1=SC 125 Conn. west}}
|notes=Northern end of SC 125 Conn. concurrency
}}
{{SCint
|type=concur
|mile=1.390
|road={{jct|state=SC|SC|125|SC|230|dir2=north|name2=Atomic Road|city1=North Augusta|location2=Savannah River Site}}
SC 125 Truck begins
|notes=Southern end of SC 125 Truck/SC 230 concurrencies; southern terminus of SC 125 Truck and SC 230
}}
{{SCint
|type=concur
|mile=1.820
|road={{jct|state=SC|SC|230|dir1=north|name1=Martintown Road / SC 125 Truck north|location1=Lake Thurmond}}
|notes=Northern end of SC 125 Truck/SC 230 concurrency
}}
{{SCint
|mile=3.590
|road={{jct|state=SC|US-Bus|25|dab1=North Augusta|dir1=south|name1=Georgia Avenue|location1=Augusta}}
|notes=Northern terminus of US 25 Bus.
}}
{{SCint
|mile=4.610
|road={{jct|state=SC|SC|126|dir1=east|name1=Belvedere Clearwater Road|city1=Clearwater}}
|notes=Western terminus of SC 126
}}
{{SCint
|mile=6.170
|road={{jct|state=SC|to1=y|I|520|name1=US 25 Conn.}}
|notes=Western terminus of US 25 Conn.; I-520 exit 22
}}
{{SCint
|mile=7.020
|road={{jct|state=SC|I|20|city1=Columbia|location2=Atlanta}}
|notes=I-20 exit 5
}}
{{SCint
|county=Edgefield
|cspan=7
|location=Trenton
|type=concur
|mile=20.360
|road={{jct|state=SC|SC|19|SC|121|dir1=south|dir2=north|city1=Aiken|city2=Johnston}}
|notes=Northern end of SC 121 concurrency; northern terminus of SC 19
}}
{{SCint
|location=Edgefield
|lspan=3
|type=concur
|mile=26.090
|road={{jct|state=SC|SC|23|dir1=east|name1=Columbia Road|city1=Johnston}}
|notes=Southern end of SC 23 concurrency
}}
{{SCint
|type=concur
|mile=26.540
|road={{jct|state=SC|SC|23|dir1=west|name1=Main Street|city1=Modoc}}
|notes=Northern end of SC 23 concurrency
}}
{{SCint
|mile=27.730
|road={{jct|state=SC|road|Meeting Street Road|dir1=north|to2=y|SC|430|city1=Saluda|city2=Johnston}}
|notes=Southern terminus of Meeting Street Road
}}
{{SCint
|location=none
|mile=27.770
|type=concur
|road={{jct|state=SC|SC-Truck|23|dab1=Edgefield|dir1=north|name1=Crest Road / SC 430 Conn. east|to2=y|SC|430|city1=Johnston|city2=Saluda}}
|notes=Southern end of SC 23 Truck concurrency; western terminus of SC 430 Conn.
}}
{{SCint
|location=none
|mile=30.820
|road={{jct|state=SC|SC|283|dir1=west|city1=Plum Branch}}
|notes=Eastern terminus of SC 283
}}
{{SCint
|location=none
|mile=38.880
|road={{jct|state=SC|US|378|city1=Saluda|city2=McCormick}}
}}
{{jctco|state=SC|county_special=McCormick–Greenwood county line}}
{{SCint
|county=Greenwood
|cspan=12
|location=none
|type=concur
|mile=54.010
|road={{jct|state=SC|US|178|dir1=east|city1=Columbia}}
|notes=Southern end of US 178 concurrency
}}
{{SCint
|location=none
|mile=55.260
|road={{jct|state=SC|SC|67|dir1=south|name1=Callison Highway|city1=Callison}}
|notes=Northern terminus of SC 67
}}
{{SCint
|location=none
|mile=55.740
|road={{jct|state=SC|SC|225|dir1=north|city1=Abbeville}}
|notes=Southern terminus of SC 225
}}
{{SCint
|location=Greenwood
|lspan=5
|type=concur
|mile=56.910
|road={{jct|state=SC|US|221|US-Bus|25|US-Bus|178|dab2=Greenwood|dab3=Greenwood|dir1=south|dir2=north|dir3=west|city1=McCormick}}
|notes=Southern end of US 221 concurrency
}}
{{SCint
|mile=58.030
|road={{jct|state=SC|SC|34|name1=Ninety Six Highway|city1=Ninety Six}}
|notes=Interchange
}}
{{SCint
|type=concur
|mile=61.640
|road={{jct|state=SC|US|221|SC|72|SC-Bus|72|dab3=Greenwood|name3=Reynolds Avenue|dir1=north|dir2=east|dir3=west|city1=Laurens|city2=Clinton}}
|notes=Northern end of US 221 concurrency; southern end of SC 72 concurrency
}}
{{SCint
|mile=63.160
|road={{jct|state=SC|SC|254|name1=Cokesbury Road|city1=Cokesbury}}
}}
{{SCint
|type=concur
|mile=63.800
|road={{jct|state=SC|US-Bus|25|US-Bus|178|SC|72|dab1=Greenwood|dab2=Greenwood|dir1=south|dir2=east|dir3=west|city1=Abbeville}}
|notes=Northern end of SC 72 concurrency
}}
{{SCint
|location=Hodges
|type=concur
|mile=69.780
|road={{jct|state=SC|US|178|SC|185|dir1=west|to2=to|name1=Moorefield Street|city1=Anderson|city2=Due West}}
|notes=Northern end of US 178 concurrency
}}
{{SCint
|location=none
|mile=70.600
|road={{jct|state=SC|SC|246|name1=Emerson Street|city1=Cokesbury|city2=Hodges}}
}}
{{SCint
|location=none
|mile=71.510
|road={{jct|state=SC|SC|254|dir1=south|name1=Cokesbury Road|city1=Cokesbury}}
|notes=Northern terminus of SC 254
}}
{{SCint
|location=Ware Shoals
|mile=76.740
|mile2=76.790
|road={{jct|state=SC|US-Bus|25|dab1=Ware Shoals|dir1=north|name1=Greenwood Avenue|city1=Ware Shoals}}
|notes=Southern terminus of US 25 Bus.
}}
{{SCint
|county=Laurens
|location=none
|mile=80.460
|road={{jct|state=SC|US-Bus|25|SC|252|dab1=Ware Shoals|dir1=south|city1=Ware Shoals|city2=Laurens}}
|notes=Northern terminus of US 25 Bus.
}}
{{SCint
|county=Greenville
|cspan=24
|location=Princeton
|type=concur
|mile=86.810
|road={{jct|state=SC|US|76|dir1=east|city1=Laurens}}
|notes=Southern end of US 76 concurrency
}}
{{SCint
|location=none
|type=concur
|mile=87.910
|road={{jct|state=SC|US|76|dir1=west|name1=Princeton Highway|city1=Honea Path}}
|notes=Northern end of US 76 concurrency
}}
{{SCint
|location=Ware Place
|lspan=2
|mile=97.630
|road={{jct|state=SC|SC|247|dir1=south|name1=Cooley Bridge Road|city1=Belton}}
|notes=Northern terminus of SC 247
}}
{{SCint
|mile=97.730
|road={{jct|state=SC|SC|8|SC|418|dir1=west|dir2=east|name1=Pelzer Highway|name2=Old Hundred Road|city1=Pelzer|city2=Fountain Inn}}
|notes=Eastern terminus of SC 8; western terminus of SC 418
}}
{{SCint
|location=Canterbury
|mile=102.700
|road={{jct|state=SC|SC|86|dir1=west|name1=Bessie Road|city1=Piedmont}}
|notes=Eastern terminus of SC 86
}}
{{SCint
|location=none
|mile=104.580
|road={{jct|state=SC|I-Toll|185|dab1=South Carolina|name1=Southern Connector|city1=Spartanburg|city2=Columbia|city3=Greenville|location4=Atlanta}}
|notes=I-185 exit 7
}}
{{SCint
|location=none
|mile=107.890
|road={{jct|state=SC|SC|291|dir1=north|name1=Augusta Highway|city1=Greenville}}
|notes=Southern terminus of SC 291
}}
{{SCint
|location=none
|mile=110.220
|mile2=110.250
|road={{jct|state=SC|I|85|city1=Spartanburg|location2=Atlanta}}
|notes=I-85 exit 44
}}
{{SCint
|location=Gantt
|mile=111.000
|road={{jct|state=SC|SC|20|I|185|US|29|to2=to|dir2=north|dir3=north|name1=Piedmont Highway|city1=Greenville|city2=Piedmont}}
|notes=I-185 exit 16 southbound
}}
{{SCint
|location=none
|type=incomplete
|mile=111.176
|mile2=111.230
|road={{jct|state=SC|I|185|US|29|dir1=south|dir2=south|location1=Atlanta}}
|notes=I-185 exit 15 northbound
}}
{{SCint
|location=none
|mile=112.440
|road={{jct|state=SC|SC|81|name1=Anderson Road|city1=Greenville|city2=Anderson}}
}}
{{SCint
|location=none
|mile=113.790
|road={{jct|state=SC|US|123|name1=New Easley Highway|city1=Greenville|city2=Easley|city3=Clemson}}
}}
{{SCint
|location=none
|mile=114.786
|mile2=114.790
|road={{jct|state=SC|SC|124|name1=Old Easley Highway|city1=Greenville|city2=Easley}}
}}
{{SCint
|location=none
|mile=115.210
|road={{jct|state=SC|SC|253|name1=Blue Ridge Drive|city1=Greer|city2=Easley}}
}}
{{SCint
|location=none
|mile=118.200
|road={{jct|state=SC|SC|183|name1=Farrs Bridge Road|city1=Greenville|city2=Pickens}}
}}
{{SCint
|location=Travelers Rest
|lspan=3
|type=incomplete
|mile=122.650
|mile2=122.790
|road={{jct|state=SC|US|276|dir1=east|name1=Poinsett Highway|city1=Greenville}}
|notes=Southern end of US 276 concurrency; no northbound exit, southbound left exit
}}
{{SCint
|mile=123.130
|mile2=123.280
|type=concur
|road={{jct|state=SC|US|276|dir1=west|name1=Main Street|city1=Cleveland|location2=Caesars Head|location3=Brevard}}
|notes=Northern end of US 276 concurrency; northbound left exit
}}
{{SCint
|mile=124.840
|road={{jct|state=SC|road|Poinsett Highway|dir1=south|name2=US 25 Conn. south / US 276 Conn. west|city1=Travelers Rest}}
|notes=Northern terminus of US 25 Conn. and Poinsett Highway; eastern terminus of US 276 Conn.
}}
{{SCint
|location=none
|mile=129.090
|road={{jct|state=SC|SC|290|dir1=east|name1=Locust Hill Road|city1=Greer}}
|notes=Western terminus of SC 290
}}
{{SCint
|location=none
|mile=129.870
|type=concur
|road={{jct|state=SC|SC|414|dir1=west|name1=Bates Crossing Road}}
|notes=Southern end of SC 414 concurrency
}}
{{SCint
|location=none
|mile=129.930
|type=concur
|road={{jct|state=SC|SC|414|dir1=east|city1=Tigerville}}
|notes=Northern end of SC 414 concurrency; to North Greenville University and Campbell's Covered Bridge
}}
{{SCint
|location=none
|mile=133.590
|road={{jct|state=SC|SC|11|name1=Cherokee Foothills Scenic Highway|city1=Cleveland|city2=Gowensville|city3=Marietta}}
}}
{{SCint
|location=none
|mile=134.240
|road={{jct|state=SC|road|Old Highway 25|dir1=north|location1=Camp Old Indian|location2=Saluda|location3=Poinsett Bridge Heritage Preserve}}
|notes=Southern terminus of Old Highway 25; former US 25 north; to Poinsett Bridge
}}
{{SCint
|location=none
|mile=140.600
|road={{jct|state=NC|US|25|dir1=north|city1=Hendersonville|city2=Asheville}}
|notes=Continuation into North Carolina
}}
{{Jctbtm|keys=concur,incomplete}}
See also
- {{Portal-inline|United States}}
- {{Portal-inline|U.S. roads}}
- Special routes of U.S. Route 25
References
{{Reflist}}
External links
{{Attached KML}}
- {{commons category-inline}}
- [http://vahighways.com/scannex/route-log/us025.htm US 25 at Virginia Highways' South Carolina Highways Annex]
{{state detail page browse|type=US|route=25|state=South Carolina|statebefore=Georgia|stateafter=North Carolina}}
Category:Transportation in Aiken County, South Carolina
Category:Transportation in Edgefield County, South Carolina
Category:Transportation in Greenwood County, South Carolina
Category:Transportation in Laurens County, South Carolina
Category:Transportation in Greenville County, South Carolina