U.S. Route 178
US 178 highlighted in red; US 178 Business highlighted in blue | |||||||
Route information | |||||||
Auxiliary route of US 78 | |||||||
Length | 240.49 mi[1][2] (387.03 km) | ||||||
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Location | |||||||
Country | United States | ||||||
States | North Carolina, South Carolina | ||||||
Counties | NC: Transylvania SC: Pickens, Anderson, Abbeville, Greenwood, Saluda, Lexington, Orangeburg, Dorchester | ||||||
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U.S. Highway 178 (US 178) is a spur of U.S. Highway 78. It currently runs for 240.49 miles (387.03 km) from Dorchester, South Carolina, at U.S. Highway 78 to Rosman, North Carolina, at U.S. Highway 64. It passes through the states of South Carolina and North Carolina. It goes through the cities of Pickens, Anderson, North, Orangeburg, Harleyville, South Carolina and Bowman, South Carolina.
Route description
[edit]US 178 has a length of 6.35 miles (10.22 km) in North Carolina and spans 234.14 miles (376.81 km) in South Carolina.[1][2] The U.S. Highway is a part of the National Highway System from I-85 near Anderson to US 378 in Saluda.[3]
US 178 begins at an intersection with US 64 just west of the town of Rosman within Pisgah National Forest in southern Transylvania County, North Carolina. The two-lane road, which is named Pickens Highway, heads east into the town parallel to the French Broad River. US 178 turns south onto Chestnut Street, crosses the river to leave the town, and turns east again to parallel the river. The highway veers away from the mainstem of the French Broad to follow its Middle Fork south then east, then turns south and climbs to the Eastern Continental Divide at Eastatoe Gap between Burnt Mountain and Indian Camp Mountain.[4][5] US 178 enters Pickens County, South Carolina, and its name changes to Moorefield Memorial Highway shortly after it begins its curvaceous and steep descent along Eastatoe Creek to Rocky Bottom. There, the U.S. Highway meets the western end of F. Van Clayton Memorial Highway, which leads to the highest point in South Carolina, Sassafras Mountain.[4][6]
US 178 crosses another ridge into the valley of Reedy Cove Creek, then climbs again to Beasley Gap between Rich Mountain and Horse Mountain. From there, the highway has a sharp and curvy descent to the valley of the Oolenoy River, which it follows east to near its junction with SC 11 (Cherokee Foothills Scenic Highway) at the hamlet of Holly Springs. US 178 curves south at its intersection with SC 288 (Table Rock Road), has a short climb to Mosley Gap between Mosley Mountain and Walnut Cove Mountain, and follows several different creeks through the foothills, which the highway exits as it enters the town of Pickens. The highway expands to four lanes and enters the town on Ann Street and has a very brief concurrency with SC 183 (Main Street) in the center of town; SC 183 connects US 178 with SC 8. US 178 leaves the town along Pendleton Street and drops to two lanes again south of town. The highway passes Pickens County Airport on its way to Liberty. The U.S. Highway, which enters the town along Pickens Drive, intersects SC 93 (Main Street) in the center of the town and has a grade crossing of Norfolk Southern Railway's Greenville District as it leaves town along Anderson Drive. Just south of the town limits, US 178 has a diamond interchange with US 123 (Calhoun Memorial Highway).[4][6]
US 178 meets the southern end of SC 135 shortly before entering Anderson County, where the highway becomes Liberty Highway and intersects SC 88 (Old Greenville Highway). The highway crosses the Six and Twenty Creek arm of Lake Hartwell and temporarily expands to four lanes around its intersection with US 176 Connector, which feeds into SC 28's western bypass of Anderson, Pearman Dairy Road. US 178 gradually approaches US 76 and SC 28 Business (Clemson Boulevard) as it enters a commercial area before meeting and joining those highways at an oblique intersection. The three highways follow an undivided highway with three southbound lanes, two northbound lanes, and a center turn lane into the city of Anderson, where the road's name changes to Main Street and passes to the east of the Civic Center of Anderson. South of Anderson Mall, SC 28 Business continues on Main Street while US 178 and US 76 veer onto four-lane North Avenue, which parallels Main Street on the west. Shortly after North Avenue splits into one-way carriageways split by a wide parked median, the avenue veers east toward Main Street and the U.S. Highways continue along Club Drive and Park Drive, which have several sports field in their wide median.
US 178 and US 76 enter downtown Anderson along four-lane Murray Avenue, which runs one block to the west of Main Street.
US 178 is signed north–south in North Carolina and east–west in South Carolina; which is why it is listed as having a northern and eastern terminus.
Future
[edit]NCDOT plans to modernize a 5.85-mile (9.41 km) section of US 178, between Rosman and the South Carolina state line. The project includes widening lanes to 12 feet (3.7 m), from the current 9 feet (2.7 m), adjust its alignment and add a climbing lane. At an estimated cost of $14.1 million, it is currently unfunded.[7]
Junction list
[edit]State | County | Location | mi [1][2] | km | Destinations | Notes |
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North Carolina | Transylvania | Rosman | 0.00 | 0.00 | ![]() | Northern terminus |
6.35 0.00 | 10.22 0.00 | North Carolina–South Carolina state line | ||||
South Carolina | Pickens | | 10.46 | 16.83 | ![]() | |
| 10.69 | 17.20 | ![]() ![]() | Western terminus of SC 298 | ||
Pickens | 19.14 | 30.80 | ![]() ![]() | Western end of SC 183 concurrency | ||
19.16 | 30.84 | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() | Eastern end of SC 183 concurrency | |||
Liberty | 26.02 | 41.88 | ![]() | |||
27.57 | 44.37 | ![]() | Diamond interchange | |||
| 30.17 | 48.55 | ![]() ![]() | Southern terminus of SC 135 | ||
Anderson | | 33.14 | 53.33 | ![]() | ||
Northlake | 43.15 | 69.44 | ![]() | I-85 exit 21 | ||
44.49 | 71.60 | ![]() ![]() | Eastern terminus of US 178 Conn.; northern terminus of SC 28 Truck | |||
Anderson | 45.28 | 72.87 | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() | Western end of US 76 and SC 28 Bus. concurrencies | ||
46.52 | 74.87 | ![]() ![]() ![]() | Eastern end of SC 28 Bus. concurrency | |||
48.80 | 78.54 | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() | Western end of US 29 Bus./SC 81 concurrency | |||
49.18 | 79.15 | ![]() ![]() | Eastern terminus of SC 24 | |||
49.43 | 79.55 | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() | Eastern end of US 29 Bus./SC 81 concurrency | |||
49.51 | 79.68 | ![]() ![]() | ||||
50.85 | 81.84 | ![]() ![]() | Western end of US 29 concurrency | |||
51.43 | 82.77 | ![]() ![]() | Eastern end of US 29 concurrency | |||
| 54.78 | 88.16 | ![]() ![]() | Eastbound exit and westbound entrance | ||
| 58.01 | 93.36 | ![]() ![]() | Northern terminus of SC 413 | ||
Belton | 60.45 | 97.28 | ![]() ![]() | Western end of SC 20 concurrency | ||
60.52 | 97.40 | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() | Eastern end of SC 20 concurrency | |||
Honea Path | 68.73 | 110.61 | ![]() ![]() | Western end of SC 252 concurrency | ||
68.79 | 110.71 | ![]() ![]() ![]() | Eastern end of US 76 and SC 252 concurrencies | |||
Abbeville | Donalds | 74.39 | 119.72 | ![]() ![]() | Western end of SC 184 concurrency | |
74.44 | 119.80 | ![]() ![]() | Eastern end of SC 184 concurrency | |||
Greenwood | | 77.42 | 124.60 | ![]() ![]() | Western terminus of SC 420 | |
Hodges | 83.57 | 134.49 | ![]() ![]() | Western terminus of SC 246 | ||
84.14 | 135.41 | ![]() ![]() | Eastern terminus of SC 185 | |||
84.18 | 135.47 | ![]() ![]() | Western end of US 25 concurrency | |||
Greenwood | 90.23 | 145.21 | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() | Western end of SC 72 concurrency; northern terminus of US 25 Bus.; western terminus of US 178 Bus. | ||
90.87 | 146.24 | ![]() | ||||
92.39 | 148.69 | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() | Eastern end of SC 72 concurrency; western end of US 221 concurrency; eastern terminus of SC 72 Bus. | |||
95.89 | 154.32 | ![]() | Partial cloverleaf interchange | |||
97.12 | 156.30 | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() | Eastern end of US 221 concurrency; southern terminus of US 25 Bus.; eastern terminus of US 178 Bus. | |||
| 98.29 | 158.18 | ![]() ![]() | Southern terminus of SC 225 | ||
| 98.83 | 159.05 | ![]() ![]() | Northern terminus of SC 67 | ||
| 99.97 | 160.89 | ![]() ![]() | Eastern end of US 25 concurrency | ||
| 104.41 | 168.03 | ![]() ![]() | Southern terminus of SC 248 | ||
| 110.65 | 178.07 | ![]() ![]() | Southern terminus of SC 246 | ||
Saluda | Saluda | 121.93 | 196.23 | ![]() ![]() | Western end of SC 39 concurrency | |
122.02 | 196.37 | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() | Western end of SC 121 concurrency; western terminus of US 178 Conn. | |||
122.37 | 196.94 | ![]() | ||||
122.57 | 197.26 | ![]() ![]() | Eastern end of SC 121 concurrency | |||
124.04 | 199.62 | ![]() ![]() | Eastern end of SC 39 concurrency | |||
Lexington | Batesburg-Leesville | 137.50 | 221.28 | ![]() ![]() | Western end of SC 23 concurrency | |
137.61 | 221.46 | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() | Eastern end of SC 23 concurrency; western end of SC 391 concurrency | |||
137.89 | 221.91 | ![]() | ||||
138.27 | 222.52 | ![]() ![]() | Eastern end of SC 391 concurrency | |||
140.78 | 226.56 | ![]() ![]() | Southern terminus of SC 245 | |||
| 146.13 | 235.17 | ![]() | I-20 exit 39 | ||
| 152.72 | 245.78 | ![]() ![]() | Northern terminus of SC 113 | ||
Pelion | 160.38 | 258.11 | ![]() | |||
| 168.93 | 271.87 | ![]() | |||
Orangeburg | North | 174.03 | 280.07 | ![]() ![]() | Eastern terminus of SC 394 | |
174.80 | 281.31 | ![]() | ||||
| 178.24 | 286.85 | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() | Western terminus of SC 172 | ||
Orangeburg | 190.67 | 306.85 | ![]() ![]() ![]() | Western terminus of US 178 Bus. | ||
191.75 | 308.59 | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() | Western end of US 21 concurrency; northern terminus of US 21 Bus. | |||
192.84 | 310.35 | ![]() | ||||
193.69 | 311.71 | ![]() | ||||
194.79 | 313.48 | ![]() | ||||
196.11 | 315.61 | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() | Eastern end of US 21 concurrency; eastern terminus of US 178 Bus. | |||
Bowman | 209.55 | 337.24 | ![]() ![]() | Western end of SC 210 concurrency | ||
209.67 | 337.43 | ![]() ![]() | Eastern end of SC 210 concurrency | |||
Dorchester | | 218.29 | 351.30 | ![]() | I-95 exit 82 | |
| 220.95 | 355.58 | ![]() | |||
Harleyville | 226.11 | 363.89 | ![]() ![]() | Southern terminus of SC 453 | ||
| 234.14 | 376.81 | ![]() | Eastern terminus | ||
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi
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Special routes
[edit]Northlake connector
[edit]Location | Northlake, South Carolina |
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Length | 0.180 mi[8] (290 m) |
U.S. Route 178 Connector (US 178 Conn.) is a 0.180-mile (0.290 km) connector route of US 178 entirely within the southern part of Northlake. It connects US 76, South Carolina Highway 28 (SC 28), and SC 28 Business (SC 28 Bus.) with US 178 (Liberty Highway).[9] It is an unsigned highway.[10]
Greenwood business loop
[edit]Location | Greenwood, South Carolina |
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Length | 4.840 mi[11] (7.789 km) |
U.S. Route 178 Business (US 178 Bus.) is a 4.840-mile (7.789 km) business route of US 178 in Greenwood. Nearly the entire path is within the city limits of Greenwood. It is completely concurrent with US 25 Bus.[6][12]
Saluda connector
[edit]Location | Saluda, South Carolina |
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Length | 0.190 mi[13] (306 m) |
U.S. Route 178 Connector (US 178 Conn.) is a 0.190-mile (0.306 km) connector route of US 178 that is entirely within the city limits of Saluda. It serves to connect US 178, South Carolina Highway 39 (SC 39), and SC 121 with US 378 and SC 194.[14] It is known as Travis Avenue and is an unsigned highway.[15]
Orangeburg business loop
[edit]Location | Orangeburg, South Carolina |
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Length | 4.400 mi[16] (7.081 km) |
U.S. Route 178 Business (US 178 Bus.) is a 4.400-mile (7.081 km) business route of US 178 in the western part of the city of Orangeburg.[6][17]
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ a b c Statewide Primary & Secondary Road Arcs (ESRI shapefile) (Map). North Carolina Department of Transportation. 2012. Retrieved June 1, 2012.[permanent dead link]
- ^ a b c Highways - Zipped Shapefile of roads maintained by SCDOT - Statewide (ESRI shapefile) (Map). South Carolina Department of Transportation. 2012. Retrieved June 1, 2012.[permanent dead link]
- ^ National Highway System: South Carolina (PDF) (Map). Federal Highway Administration. December 2003. Archived from the original (PDF) on October 17, 2008. Retrieved June 11, 2012.
- ^ a b c "Overview map of US 178" (Map). Google Maps. Google. June 11, 2012. Retrieved June 11, 2012.
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"NCDOT: State Mapping Resources". North Carolina Department of Transportation. Archived from the original on October 6, 2011. Retrieved June 11, 2012.
- Transylvania County Archived May 19, 2012, at the Wayback Machine
- ^ a b c d "General County Highway Maps". South Carolina Department of Transportation. Archived from the original on June 13, 2012. Retrieved June 11, 2012.
- Pickens County Archived March 8, 2012, at the Wayback Machine (PDF)
- Anderson County[permanent dead link] (PDF)
- Abbeville County[permanent dead link] (PDF)
- Greenwood County[permanent dead link] (PDF)
- Saluda County[permanent dead link] (PDF)
- Lexington County Archived June 4, 2013, at the Wayback Machine (PDF)
- Orangeburg County[permanent dead link] (PDF)
- Dorchester County[permanent dead link] (PDF)
- ^ "SPOT ID: H090858" (PDF). North Carolina Department of Transportation. May 30, 2014. Retrieved July 10, 2014.
- ^ "Highway Logmile Report". South Carolina Department of Transportation. Retrieved December 10, 2020.
- ^ "Overview map of US 178 Conn. (Northlake, South Carolina)" (Map). Google Maps. Google. December 10, 2020. Retrieved December 10, 2020.
- ^ Anderson Urban Area (PDF) (Map). South Carolina Department of Transportation. October 2018. p. Sheet 2. § A5. Retrieved December 10, 2020.
- ^ "Highway Logmile Report". South Carolina Department of Transportation. Retrieved December 10, 2020.
- ^ "Overview map of US 178 Bus. (Greenwood, South Carolina)" (Map). Google Maps. Google. June 11, 2012. Retrieved June 11, 2012.
- ^ "Highway Logmile Report". South Carolina Department of Transportation. Retrieved December 10, 2020.
- ^ "Overview map of US 178 Conn. (Saluda, South Carolina)" (Map). Google Maps. Google. December 10, 2020. Retrieved December 10, 2020.
- ^ General Highway System – Town of Saluda (PDF) (Map). South Carolina Department of Transportation. June 2017. Retrieved December 10, 2020.
- ^ "Highway Logmile Report". South Carolina Department of Transportation. Retrieved December 10, 2020.
- ^ "Overview map of US 178 Bus. (Orangeburg, South Carolina)" (Map). Google Maps. Google. June 11, 2012. Retrieved June 11, 2012.
External links
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- United States Numbered Highway System
- U.S. Highways in South Carolina
- U.S. Highways in North Carolina
- Transportation in Transylvania County, North Carolina
- Transportation in Pickens County, South Carolina
- Transportation in Anderson County, South Carolina
- Transportation in Abbeville County, South Carolina
- Transportation in Greenwood County, South Carolina
- Transportation in Saluda County, South Carolina
- Transportation in Lexington County, South Carolina
- Transportation in Orangeburg County, South Carolina
- Transportation in Dorchester County, South Carolina
- U.S. Route 78