Help me remember a road trip from long ago

[F350]

In late '90s, my friend who went to University of South Carolina, wanted some people to join in his road trip back to his college. I gladly volunteered. We were living in DC suburbs at the time. I have largely forgotten how I took the route. All I remember is using US-58 for much of the trip.

I don't know why we used US-58 instead of I-95 or I-85.

I want to sort of relive this route. I was using google maps and nothing jogged my memory.

[jeffandnicole]

When you're talking over 16 years ago, you're not going to remember much of the small stuff you passed by. Many things over the years have changed - businesses and buildings have changed and roads and signs have been upgraded. There may be a gas station or restaurant that you may have stopped at frequently that will ring a bell, but for the most part everything you passed by will have just been quiet noise on your travels.

[1995hoo]

USC is in Columbia, which is well to the south of the DC area. US-58 runs east—west (or vice versa, depending on your point of view). I'm not sure how you would have managed to use that for "much of the trip" unless someone made a very wrong turn. Could you perhaps have US-58 mixed up with another US highway such as 29 or 220?

[NE2]

Maybe you used US 258?

[F350]

Definitely U.S. 58. IIRC, U.S. 58 was the longest route used. Or felt like it. I remember there were no guardrails or shoulders on U.S. 58 at that time. We went south from D.C. (I-95, most likely) then west on U.S. 58 then south to Columbia. We had to drive really slow passing Emporia on 58, a known and notorious speed trap in the pre-internet era.

I'm having trouble how we got down south from U.S. 58. Did I-77 exist as it did back then as now?