 South Carolina Highway 16 | ||||
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| Route information | ||||
| Maintained bySCDOT | ||||
| Length | 9.550 mi[1] (15.369 km) | |||
| Existed | 1964[citation needed]–present | |||
| Major junctions | ||||
| South end |  SC 48 inColumbia | |||
| Major intersections | ||||
| North end |  US 176 in Columbia | |||
| Location | ||||
| Country | United States | |||
| State | South Carolina | |||
| Counties | Richland | |||
| Highway system | ||||
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South Carolina Highway 16 (SC 16) is a 9.6-mile-long (15.4 km) primarystate highway in the U.S. state ofSouth Carolina that exists mostly withinColumbia inRichland County. Its routing is in a backward C-shape.
SC 16 begins at anintersection withSC 48, just south of theUniversity of South Carolina. Going in a counterclockwise direction, it goes east toU.S. Routes 76 and378 (US 76/US 378) at Devine Street, then north intersectingSC 12 (Forest Drive) within the small portion ofForest Acres through which SC 16 travels, andUS 1 (Two Notch Road). Heading now west, it intersectsSC 555 (Farrow Road) before splitting into one-way streets: northbound along Marshall Street and southbound along Sunset Drive and Academy Street. SC 16 recombines onto Sunset Drive at theSC 277 (Northeastern Freeway) northbound on-ramps, flanked by thePalmetto Health Richland. Continuing east, SC 16 ends atUS 176 (River Drive), approximately one mile (1.6 km) east of theBroad River.
Shaped as a backward C, it travels along the following street names: Rosewood Drive, Beltline Boulevard, Marshall Street/Academy Street, and Sunset Drive. Signage along the entire route is poorly marked with few signs indicating it is SC 16 and several major intersections not clearly marked.[2]
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Established in 1964, it existed twice as two unrelated highways before in 1927-1931 and 1939-1948. The first SC 16 was an original state route fromSC 2 (today US 176) in Columbia, north intoNorth Carolina, continuing asNC 16; it connected the cities and towns ofRidgeway,Winnsboro,Chester,York, andClover. In 1927,US 21 was assigned between Columbia and Chester; the following year SC 16 was removed from that section. In 1931, the first SC 16 was decommissioned whenUS 321 was assigned on the remaining route.
The second SC 16 appeared in 1939 as a new primary routing between SC 48 east to US 76 in Columbia. In 1940, it was extended north from US 76 to SC 12. In 1948, the second SC 16 was decommissioned, downgraded to secondary roads.
The third and current SC 16 eventually resurrects part of its previous route. Reappearing in 1964, as a new primary routing, it traversed from its current northern terminus at US 176 east to US 76/US 378/SC 760. In 1982, SC 16 was extended west to its current southern terminus at SC 48; this left behind Cross Hill Road and its connection to SC 760.
The entire route is inRichland County.
| Location | mi[1] | km | Destinations | Notes | |
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| Columbia | 0.000 | 0.000 | SC 48 (Assembly Street) –Eastover | Southern terminus | |
| 2.370 | 3.814 | Rosewood Drive east (US 76 Conn. east) / South Beltline Boulevard south –Sumter,Fort Jackson | Western terminus of eastern segment of US 76 Conn., which takes on the Rosewood Drive name; SC 16 turns left off of Rosewood Drive and onto North Beltline Boulevard. | ||
| 2.780 | 4.474 |   US 76 /US 378 (Devine Street) | |||
| 3.170 | 5.102 | Cross Hill Road south (US 76 Conn. east) –Sumter | Western terminus of central segment of US 76 Conn.; northern terminus of Cross Hill Road (SC-16 Conn) | ||
| Forest Acres | 4.890 | 7.870 |  SC 12 (Forest Drive) –Forest Acres | ||
| Columbia | 6.400 | 10.300 |  US 1 (Two Notch Road) –Camden | ||
| 6.500 | 10.461 | US 1 Conn. east | Western terminus of US 1 Conn. | ||
| 7.640 | 12.295 |  SC 555 (Farrow Road) | |||
| 8.280– 8.320 | 13.325– 13.390 |      SC 277 north (Northeastern Freeway) toI-20 /I-77 | No access to southbound SC 277 | ||
| 8.740 | 14.066 |   US 21 /US 321 (Main Street) | |||
| 9.550 | 15.369 | US 176 (River Drive) –Irmo | Northern terminus | ||
| 1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi | |||||
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