Interstate 585 South




A U.S. 176 reassurance marker was posted between the ramps with I-85 and Fairforest Road by 2012. The first shield assembly for Interstate 585 does not appear until south of Business Loop I-85.
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U.S. 176/I-585 enter the Spartanburg city limits 3.6 miles south of Fairforest Road at the freeway end by Pinewood Shopping Center.
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Upper Valley Falls Road south and Fairforest Road north meet N Pine Street at a traffic light just ahead of the expressway portion of I-585/U.S. 176 east.
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Valley Falls Road branches south from S.C. 9 (Boiling Springs Road) through Valley Falls to meet I-585/U.S. 176 at a diamond interchange. The unnumbered exit was previously signed as Exit 22.
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Access Road runs alongside I-585/U.S. 176 east where a driveway to an adjacent industrial business once intersected N Pine Street. The exchange at Valley Falls Road was reconstructed during the 2003-06 project upgrading U.S. 176 by the campus of USC Upstate.
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Milepost one for I-585 south precedes the parclo interchange with E Campus Boulevard added along U.S. 176 (N Pine Street) during the 2003-06 project.
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E Campus Boulevard forms an arc north from Lone Oak Road around the east side of USC Upstate.
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I-585/U.S. 176 enter an unnumbered cloverleaf interchange with Business Loop I-85 beyond USC-Upstate. Constructed in the 1950s, Business Loop I-85 converges with I-85, 4.66 miles to the southwest en route to Greenville.
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Continuing northeast from I-585/U.S. 176, Business Loop I-85 runs 4.07 miles to I-85 ahead of Gaffney and Blacksburg. The exchange here represents the original north end of I-585.
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Formerly Exit 24, a slip ramp departs next from I-585/U.S. 176 onto Graham Road, a service road leading south from Business Loop I-85 to California Avenue. California Avenue (Road 124) links the Hilltop community with S.C. 9 (Boiling Springs Road) and New Cut Road at Una.
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The first confirming marker for Interstate 585 south. U.S. 176 (N Pine Street) parallels Chinquapin Creek across from Milliken Arboretum.
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Exits 25A/B join I-585/U.S. 176 south with S.C. 9 (Boiling Springs Road) north, U.S. 221 Connector (Church Street) south and U.S. 221 (Whitney Road) at a split diamond interchange just outside the Spartanburg city limits.
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The California Avenue overpass was replaced after it was damaged by a truck hauling machinery in January 2014. A new span was constructed as part of a $12 million resurfacing project that included work at the nearby Church Street overpass in 2015.
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Roadwork from mid 2005 to mid 2007 added a ramp from I-585/U.S. 176 south to Boiling Springs Road (S.C. 9) north and Church Street south. The previous ramp (Exit 25B) to U.S. 221 was converted into an access road between U.S. 221 Connector/S.C. 9 and Whitney Road.
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The access road extending south from S.C. 9 (Boiling Springs Road) / U.S. 221 Connector (Church Street) to U.S. 221 (Whitney Road) is Exit 25B. S.C. 9 runs 17.75 miles north from I-585/U.S. 176 to Boiling Springs and the North Carolina line, where NC 9 continues to Mill Spring and Lake Lure.
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Reopened in June 2015, the Church Street (U.S. 221 Connector/S.C. 9) overpass was raised two feet to meet Interstate standards.
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U.S. 221 overtakes Church Street south from Whitney Road to the central business district of Spartanburg.
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U.S. 221 (Whitney Road) travels 14.05 miles northeast from I-585/U.S. 176 to Cherokee Springs and U.S. 221 ALT/S.C. 11 at Chesnee.
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Beyond the entrance ramp from U.S. 221 (Whitney Road), I-585/U.S. 176-S.C. 9 (N Pine Street) transition into a six lane boulevard south across the Spartanburg city line.
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Photo Credits:
- Brent Ivy: 05/25/21
- Carter Buchanan: 01/16/16
- Alex Nitzman: 12/15/16
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Page Updated Monday June 21, 2021.