Once a longer route between Caesars Head and Laurens, U.S. 276 is a 34 mile long highway between Mauldin and the North Carolina state line. U.S. 276 follows Gerry Highway along a winding course from Caesars Mountain State Park south and east to Cleveland. Mountainous terrain gives way to rolling hills as U.S. 276 turns more southward to Marietta and eventually the town of Travelers Rest.
Within Travelers Rest, U.S. 276 follows Main Street through the town center to a wye interchange with U.S. 25. U.S. 25/276 intertwine briefly before partitioning on separate paths to Greenville. U.S. 276 stays east of U.S. 25 along Poinsett Highway by Furman University, becoming a busy commercial arterial southward to Brutontown and Viola Street in north Greenville.
Bypassing Downtown along E Stone Avenue, U.S. 276 meets Interstate 385 ahead of Laurens Road southeast by Arcadia Hills and Nicholtown. Laurens Road represents a heavily developed retail corridor southeast from S.C. 291 (Pleasantburg Drive) to Interstate 85. U.S. 276 stays busy south from there into the city of Mauldin as it joins Main Street to the 1950s-freeway alignment southeast toward Simpsonville.
U.S. 276 ends at the interchange complex with Interstate 385, the Southern Connector (I-185) and Standing Springs Road. The designation originally continued from Mauldin along S.C. 417 and S.C. 14 to Simpsonville, Fountain Inn and Laurens, and later along I-385 to I-26 outside Clinton.
U.S. 276 South Carolina Guides
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 | Rutherford Street (Road 200) originates 0.25 miles south of U.S. 276 from S.C. 183 (Buncombe Street) in Greenville. 12/31/13 |
 | U.S. 276 overtakes Rutherford Street north from W Stone Avenue toward Travelers Rest. Rutherford Street north from S.C. 183 and along U.S. 276 was formerly U.S. 25 Business. 12/31/13 |
Photo Credits:
12/31/13 by AARoads
Connect with:
Interstate 85
Interstate 185
Interstate 385
U.S. 25
Page Updated 08-26-2019.