Map Updated September 4, 2013.
East
Interstate 26 travels 45.69 miles south through Spartanburg County in the Upstate of South Carolina.
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Interstate 26 east enters the Palmetto State between the Hunting Country Road overpass and this welcome sign.
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The confirming marker for I-26 in South Carolina. I-26 extends 220.95 miles southeast to Charleston in the Palmetto State.
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A diamond interchange (Exit 1) links I-26 with the west end of S.C. 14 and Landrum Road (Road 128). S.C. 14 constitutes a 59.24 mile long arc south from Landrum to Greer, Simpsonville, Fountain Inn and Laurens. Road 128 extends 1.26 miles east into North Carolina.
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Continuing south from S.C. 292 near Inman, Interstate 26 passes under Wilson Road (Road 979) by this distance sign posted 11 miles out from Spartanburg and 102 miles northwest of Columbia.
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Forthcoming U.S. 176 (Asheville Highway) represents the first of eight interchanges for the Spartanburg area along Interstate 26 east.
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A five lane boulevard, U.S. 176 angles three miles southeast from the city of Inman to I-26 at Exit 15.
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U.S. 176 (Asheville Highway) expands into a four lane, divided arterial southeast from the parclo B2 interchange (Exit 15) with I-26. U.S. 176 provides a direct route to Downtown Spartanburg via I-585 from USC Upstate.
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Interstate 26 crosses Lawsons Fork ahead of the diamond interchange (Exit 16) with John Dodd Road (Road 60).
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John Dodd Road (Road 60) leads 0.76 miles west from U.S. 176 (Asheville Highway) at Dodd Hill nearby to cross Interstate 26 en route to Cunningham and S.C. 129, 6.01 miles to the south near the city of Wellford.
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New Cut Road (Road 40) angles southeast from Cunningham to meet Interstate 26 at a diamond interchange (Exit 17) in 1.25 miles.
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Southeast from Exit 17, New Cut Road continues through Sigsbee to Una, becoming California Avenue eastward to Interstate 585 and S.C. 9 outside Spartanburg.
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Interstate 26 converges with I-85 at a cloverstack interchange (Exit 18) in one mile.
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Exit 18A departs Interstate 26 east in one quarter of a mile for Greenville and Atlanta, Georgia.
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Interstate 85 was relocated away from Spartanburg with the completion of a new freeway between Exit 69 and 77 in August 1995. The six lane highway was constructed over the course of seven years at a cost of $122 million.1
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Exit 18B loops onto Interstate 85 north to Gaffney, Gastonia and Charlotte, North Carolina.
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I-26 east expands to three lanes from I-85 to the cloverleaf interchange (Exits 19A/B) with Business Loop I-85. Exit 19A joins the business loop freeway southbound ahead of the exchange with Blackstock Road (Road 41) near Fairforest.
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Business Loop I-85 constitutes an 8.77 mile long freeway originally built as a bypass for U.S. 29. Business 85 has six interchanges north of Spartanburg for Johnson City, Lone Oak and Whitney.
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Continuing south, I-26 east and U.S. 29 come together at a commercialized exchange (Exits 21A/B) in 1.25 miles. U.S. 29 follows the original four lane highway linking Greenville, Greer and Spartanburg.
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Downtown Spartanburg lies 3.8 miles to the east of Exit 21B via U.S. 29 (W.O. Ezell Boulevard) north.
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Exit 21A leaves Interstate 26 east for U.S. 29 south to Hadden Crossroads, Wellford and Lyman. Greer is 12 miles to the west.
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Exit 21B loops onto U.S. 29 (W.O. Ezell Boulevard) northbound to WestGate Mall. U.S. 29 mirrors the course of Interstate 85 throughout the Upstate between Anderson and Blacksburg.
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S.C. 296 (Reidville Road) meets I-26 at SPUI (Exit 22). S.C. 296 connects Spartanburg with Spartanburg Downtown Memorial Airport (SPA) and the town of Reidville to the west.
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Previously a diamond interchange with a traffic circle on the east side at S.C. 215 (Blackstock Road), the exchange at Exit 22 was reconstructed into a SPUI as part of a $22 million project that expanded S.C. 296 and widened I-26 to six lanes northward to U.S. 29.2
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Continuing south on Interstate 26, the succeeding exit is with U.S. 221. U.S. 221 travels southward out of Spartanburg along a four lane, divided highway through the community of Roebuck.
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U.S. 221 curves westward from Exit 28 to S.C. 290 at Moore and Switzer before turning back to the east into the city of Woodruff.
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South of the Tyger River, Interstate 26 and Walnut Grove Road (Road 50) come together at a diamond interchange (Exit 35).
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Walnut Grove Road (Road 50) leads west 2.19 miles to S.J. Workman Highway (Road 450), which extends 1.81 miles to S.C. 146 (Cross Anchor Road) at Woodruff. East from I-26, Road 50 arcs 9.18 miles northward to Walnut Grove and S.C. 215.
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S.C. 146 heads southward out of the city of Greenville to Woodruff to Interstate 26 at Exit 38.
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S.C. 146 (Cross Anchor Road) continues 6.38 miles southeast from Exit 38 to S.C. 56 at the community of Cross Anchor.
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One mile north of the diamond interchange (Exit 41) with S.C. 92. S.C. 92 loops 6.02 miles east from U.S. 221 at Enoree to S.C. 49, two miles west of Cross Anchor.
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S.C. 92 measures 16.46 miles overall between S.C. 48 to the east of Exit 41 and S.C. 101 in the town of Gray Court.
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Meeting Interstate 26 in southern Spartanburg County at Exit 44, S.C. 49 links the county seats of Laurens with Union.
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I-26 converges with the south end of Interstate 385 at a wye interchange preceding Exit 52 with S.C. 56 at the city of Clinton.
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Sources:
- "New I-85 to open Aug. 27 - $122 million highway bypasses congestion." Herald-Journal (Spartanburg, SC), August 19, 1995.
- "New Reidville Road ramps ready for traffic." Herald-Journal (Spartanburg, SC), October 27, 2005.
Photo Credits:
- 06/18/05 by Carter Buchanan.
- 04/22/17 by Carter Buchanan.
- 05/26/21 by AARoads.
Connect with:
Interstate 85
Business Loop I-85
U.S. 29
U.S. 176
U.S. 221
Highway 11
Page Updated 09-14-2021.