Interstate 26 West - Spartanburg / Spartanburg County

The second of three Spartanburg area exits from I-26 west connects the freeway with U.S. 29. This ground level sign was replaced with an overhead as I-26 was expanded to six lanes between Exit 22 and 21 as part of a $22 million project to reconstruct the exchange with S.C. 296 from a diamond interchange to a SPUI. Construction ran from 2004 to May 2006.¹

02/01/04

Exit 21B leaves Interstate 26 west for U.S. 29 north along W.O. Ezell Boulevard east to Westgate Mall and Downtown Spartanburg.

02/01/04

Sign changes made at the end of the Interstate 26 widening project between 2004-06 at the lane drop for Exit 21B to U.S. 29 (W.O. Ezell Boulevard) north. Oddly the new panel was moved to the older sign bridge after this photo was shot.

10/28/06

U.S. 29 continues west from Exit 21A, 4.6 miles to converge with Interstate 85 ahead of Wellford. U.S. 29 crosses the Greenville County line in 13.21 miles at the city of Greer.

02/01/04

A cloverleaf interchange (Exit 19) joins I-26 with Business Loop I-85 in 1.25 miles. The freeway along Business 85 was originally constructed as a bypass for U.S. 29 after World War II. It served as the I-85 mainline until August 27, 1995, when the $122 million realignment opened to the north.²

06/18/05

Exit 19B departs for Business Loop I-85 north a half mile beyond the Fairforest Road (Road 525) overpass. Business 85 heads northeast from near Johnson City 2.6 miles to I-585/U.S. 176 by the campus of USC Upstate.

10/28/06

Business Loop I-85 stretches 8.77 miles to the north of Spartanburg through unincorporated areas. Six interchanges line the freeway northeast ahead of the return to I-85 west of Gaffney.

10/28/06

Business Loop I-85 concludes 1.97 miles west of Exit 19A, beyond the exit for N Blackstock Road (Road 41).

10/28/06

An auxiliary lane opens westbound from Business Loop I-85 to the cloverstack interchange (Exit 18) with Interstate 85.

06/18/05

Interstate 85 travels 50 miles east from I-26 to Gastonia and 69 miles to Charlotte. Construction on the six lane bypass for I-85 around Spartanburg started in 1988. It was planned for completion in November 1994, but delayed until August 1995, mostly due to rainy weather.³

06/18/05

Interstate 85 constitutes a busy freeway westward 19 miles from Exit 18A to I-385 on the outskirts of Greenville.

06/18/05

New Cut Road (Road 40) heads northwest from Una to Sigsbee and a diamond interchange (Exit 17) with Interstate 26. Road 40 passes through an industrial park area en route to the rural community of Cunningham.

02/01/04

John Dodd Road (Road 60) arcs 5.36 miles northeast from S.C. 129 (Fort Prince Boulevard) through Cunningham to a diamond interchange (Exit 16) with Interstate 26.

02/01/04

John Dodd Road (Road 60) leads 0.65 miles northeast from Exit 16 to U.S. 176 (Asheville Highway) at Dodd Hill.

06/18/05

U.S. 176 (Asheville Highway) and Interstate 26 come together at a parclo B2 interchange (Exit 15) in 1.25 miles.

06/18/05

U.S. 176 runs 3.3 miles northwest to Inman and S.C. 292 (Main Street). U.S. 176 parallels the I-26 corridor northward through Landrum and Tryon, Saluda and Hendersonville, North Carolina.

06/18/05

S.C. 292 originates in Duncan and leads north to Lyman, Inman and Interstate 26 at a diamond interchange (Exit 10).

06/18/05

S.C. 292 leads south from Exit 10, 2.4 miles into Inman and northward 1.6 miles to end at S.C. 9.

06/18/05

Nearby S.C. 9 turns northward from S.C. 292 to New Prospect and Polk County, North Carolina (as NC 9).

06/18/05

A set of abandoned rest areas lie just north of Exit 10. Further north, White Oak Mountain (elevation 3,084 feet) and Tryon Peak (elevation 3,261 feet) come into view.

02/01/04

Interstate 26 crosses Lake William C. Bowen and slowly ascends to meet S.C. 11 at Exit 5. S.C. 11 loops 119.67 miles through the Upstate between I-85 at Exit 1 near Lake Hartwell and U.S. 29 in Gaffney.

02/01/04

S.C. 11 doubles as the Cherokee Foothills Scenic Highway. The scenic byway meanders through the hills of the Carolina Piedmont, past Cowpens National Battlefield and through several peach orchards along its course.

02/01/04

S.C. 11 leads west 3.52 miles to U.S. 176 at the town of Campobello. Eastward the state highway winds 3.65 miles to S.C. 9 at New Prospect and 15.79 miles to U.S. 221/221 ALT in the city of Chesnee.

02/01/04

Entering the diamond interchange (Exit 5) with S.C. 11 (Cherokee Foothills Scenic Highway).

02/01/04

Interstate 26 proceeds by Fairview Airport (33A) between frontage roads over the ensuing mile north from S.C. 11.

05/26/21

The city of Landrum lies six miles to the northwest at the cross roads of U.S. 176 and S.C. 14. Asheville, North Carolina is 49 miles away.

05/26/21

S.C. 14 begins at the forthcoming diamond interchange (Exit 1) with Interstate 26. S.C. 14 runs 2.00 miles west to U.S. 176 (Howard Avenue) along Rutherford Street in Landrum en route south to Gowensville and Greer.

05/26/21

Exit 1 leaves Interstate 26 west for S.C. 14 south to Landrum and Road 128 east 1.26 miles to the North Carolina state line. Landrum Road (SR 1520) extends another 4.75 miles northeast to NC 9 at Sandy Plains.

05/26/21

0.69 miles of Interstate 26 remain in South Carolina between the entrance ramp from S.C. 14 to the North Carolina state line.

05/26/21

The town of Tryon, North Carolina is well west of I-26 along U.S. 176, and southwest from the succeeding exit at Columbus.

05/26/21

Interstate 26 crosses into Polk County, North Carolina at the Hunting Country Road (SR 1501) overpass. I-26 is 220.95 miles long in the Palmetto State.

05/26/21