Interstate 77 South - Fort Mill to Rock Hill

I-77/U.S. 21 part ways at the parclo interchange (Exit 90) with Carowinds Boulevard just south of the state line.

03/13/22

U.S. 21 branches south from I-77 to Fort Mill. Pineville-Rock Hill Road (S.C. 51) ties in nearby from Pineville, North Carolina along the former alignment of U.S. 21.

03/13/22

The right lane of Exit 90 joins the outer lane of Carowinds Boulevard to the Carrowinds theme park. The boulevard continues north to NC 49 through a series of industrial parks. Foothills Way ties into the ramp end from a business park.

03/13/22

The right lane of Exit 90 joins the outer lane of Carrowinds Boulevard to the Carowinds theme park. The boulevard continues north to NC 49 through a series of industrial parks. Foothills Way ties into the ramp end from a business park.

03/13/22

05/30/21

A decorative wall welcoming southbound motorists to York County, South Carolina appears beyond the gore point at Exit 90.

05/26/19

The first rest area along southbound I-77 in South Carolina houses a tourist information center.

11/20/21

The South Carolina Welcome Center lies across from a weigh station along Interstate 77 northbound.

07/29/24

Interstate 77 passes between a series of distribution centers, subdivisions and apartment buildings ahead of Blankmanship Branch.

07/29/24

Exit 88 joins I-77 with S.C. 460 (Gold Hill Road) in 0.75 miles. S.C. 460 comprises a 12.47 mile long loop west to Tega Cay and south around Fort Mill to U.S. 21 Business (Spratt Street).

07/29/24

11/21/21

Gold Hill Road west to S.C. 160 near Tega Cay and Springfield Parkway south to S.C. 160 (Tom Hall Street) in Fort Mill were designated as S.C. 460 in 2012. S.C. 460 was extended south from Tom Hall Street by 2021.

07/29/24

The commercialized diamond interchange with S.C. 460 (Gold Hill Road) was converted to a diverging diamond during a $14.5 million project started in Summer 2019. The new ramp configuration debuted to motorists on the morning of September 13, 2021.¹

11/20/21

S.C. 460 follows Gold Hill Road 1.20 miles east to U.S. 21 Bypass. Gold Hill Road continues west from the end of S.C. 460 at S.C. 160 to Tega Cay.

07/29/24

07/29/24

Interstate 77 passes by the site of the former Charlotte Knights AAA Baseball stadium south from Exit 85.

07/29/24

The succeeding two exits fall within the town of Fort Mill. Rock Hill follows in ten miles.

07/29/24

S.C. 160 angles southeast from Tega Cay to the diamond interchange at Exit 85. S.C. 160 north becomes NC 160 (Steele Creek Road) en route to West Boulevard in Charlotte, North Carolina.

07/29/24

Overall NC 160 and S.C. 160 form a 26 mile long loop from NC 49 in central Charlotte east to U.S. 521 at Indian Land. Locally S.C. 160 lines White Street into Downtown Fort Mill.

07/29/24

A weigh station operates along Interstate 77 southbound by Lake Elliot.

05/30/21

Sutton Road (Road 49) weaves through residential areas from S.C. 160 (Steele Creek Road) south to Riverview at Interstate 77 at Exit 83.

05/30/21

Sutton Road (Road 49) extends east from the diamond interchange at Exit 83 to U.S. 21 and U.S. 21 Business (Spratt Street) in Fort Mill.

05/30/21

U.S. 21 (Cherry Road) returns to Interstate 77 from Fort Mill adjacent to S.C. 161 (Celanese Road). Back to back parclo interchanges join the two arterial routes with I-77 at Exits 82 C/B/A.

05/30/21

Interstate 77 passes through a wooded area ahead of the Catawba River.

05/30/21

Originating in the Blue Ridge Mountains east of Asheville, the Catawba River flows 220 miles and east and south to Rock Hill and Lake Wylie. Interstate 77 spans the waterway along the John McKee Spratt Memorial Bridge.

05/30/21

Interstate 77 remains with eight lanes through the exchanges at Exit 82. S.C. 161 stems west from U.S. 21 (Cherry Road) along Celanese Road 4.23 miles to an overlap with S.C. 274 by Rock Hill / York County Airport (UZA).

05/30/21

Two lanes depart I-77 south for U.S. 21 south into Rock Hill and S.C. 161 west to York. U.S. 21 combines with S.C. 121 south along Anderson Road and the east side of Rock Hill nearby. S.C. 121 is part of a lengthy multi state route through Georgia and Florida to U.S. 19/98 near Inglis.

05/30/21

Exit 82C leaves the distributor roadway for S.C. 161 (Celanese Road). Cel-River Road (Road 50) extends southeast from Celanese Road at U.S. 21 (Cherry Road) to Red River.

05/30/21

S.C. 161 is part of a multi state route with NC 161 north from York to Kings Mountain, North Carolina.

05/30/21

The separate exit numbers for U.S. 21 (Cherry Road) reference turning movements from the ramp end. Cherry Road (S.C. 322) continues southwest from U.S. 21 as former U.S. 21 Business to Oakland Avenue and Downtown Rock Hill.

05/30/21

Road work got underway in 2021 on a new parclo A2 interchange (Exit 81) along I-77 south. Initially built for access to a new Carolina Panther training facility, the exchange now serves manufacturing and office developments. The training facility stopped construction in 2022 after a falling out between team owners and Rock Hill city officials.

07/29/24

Exit 81 from I-77 southbound ties into an intersection joining Palmetto Parkway with Mount Gallant Road to the west and a roundabout with Paragon Way to the east.

07/29/24

S.C. 122 (Dave Lyle Boulevard) runs 4.08 miles west from Exit 79 to Johnston Street and S.C. 72 (Saluda Street) at Downtown Rock Hill.

07/29/24

An auxiliary lane joins Interstate 77 south between Exit 81 and upcoming Exit 79 to S.C. 122.

07/29/24

Dave Lyle Boulevard (S.C. 122) is a controlled access arterial extending 1.66 miles east from Exit 79 to Rock Hill Galleria mall and Waterford Park Drive near the Catawba Reservation.

07/29/24

A decorative sign structure welcoming travelers to the city of Rock Hill stands within the diamond interchange at Exit 79.

07/29/24

Interstate 77 curves westward through eastern reaches of the Rock Hill city limits between Exits 79 and 77.

05/30/21

U.S. 21 (Anderson Road S) partitions with S.C. 121 at E Main Street and combines with S.C. 5 east to a folded diamond interchange at Exit 77.

05/30/21

S.C. 5 encircles Rock Hill to the south alongside S.C. 121 (Main Street) and to the west alongside S.C. 901 (Heckle Boulevard) as it travels toward York and Blacksburg.

05/30/21

East from Exit 77, U.S. 21/S.C. 5 (Anderson Road) bypass Lesslie to split at Roddey. S.C. 5 continues east to U.S. 521 at Andrew Jackson State Park while U.S. 21 resumes a southward course to Fort Lawn and Great Falls.

05/30/21

A subsequent lane drop beyond the Firetower Road (Road 710) overpass reduces Interstate 77 to a four lane freeway.

11/21/21

Porter Road (Road 245) stems 1.55 miles south from Firetower Road near S.C. 5/121 (Main Street) in Rock Hill to Interstate 77 at Exit 75.

11/21/21

Porter Road (Road 245) navigates along a rural course 2.65 miles south from the diamond interchange at Exit 75 to Neelys Creek Road (Road 31).

11/21/21

A diamond interchange links I-77 with S.C. 901 (Mount Holly Road) at Exit 73. S.C. 901 parallels I-77 southward to Edgemoor and Lando in adjacent Chester County.

11/21/21

SCDOT recorded 46,500 vehicles per day (vpd) along I-77 south of Exit 73 in 2020.

05/26/19

Served by the next two exits from Interstate 77 southbound, the city of Chester is 18 miles to the southwest.

05/26/19

Bechtler Road (Road 813) spans Interstate 77 south of mile marker 71.

11/20/21

Pine forest remains omnipresent along Interstate 77 as it enters Chester County.

05/26/19