South Carolina Highway 23 | ||||
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Route information | ||||
Maintained by SCDOT | ||||
Length: | 46.4 mi (74.7 km) | |||
Existed: | 1929 – present | |||
Major junctions | ||||
West end: | US 221 / SC 28 in Modoc | |||
US 25 in Edgefield US 178 in Batesburg-Leesville |
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East end: | US 1 in Batesburg-Leesville | |||
Location | ||||
Counties: | McCormick, Edgefield, Saluda, Lexington | |||
Highway system | ||||
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South Carolina Highway 23 (SC 23) is a primary state highway in the U.S. state of South Carolina. It serves to connect Edgefield and Batesburg-Leesville with Columbia (via US 1).
SC 23 is a two-lane rural highway that travels from Modoc, within the Sumter National Forest and near Lake Strom Thurmond, to Batesburg-Leesville. The highway travels through mostly either forest or farmland, while connecting with the city and towns of Edgefield, Johnston, Ward, Ridge Spring and Monetta. Between Monetta and Batesburg-Leesville, SC 23 parallels to the north of US 1.
The first SC 23 was an original state highway that traveled from SC 3, in Pee Dee, through Latta and Dillon, becoming NC 23, at the North Carolina state line, near Rowland. In 1927, US 217 was assigned on the entire route; after a year, SC 23 was decommissioned.