Highway 6 East



An Irmo town limits sign was formerly posted along S.C. 6 at Farming Creek Road. This intersection was expanded and signalized in 2015-16.
01/02/14
01/02/14

Irmo Drive (Road 175) stems 2.28 miles east from S.C. 6 (Lake Drive) to S.C. 60 (Lake Murray Boulevard) in Irmo.
01/02/14
01/02/14

S.C. 6 (Lake Drive) converges with the west end of S.C. 60 (Lake Murray Boulevard) and Bush River Road beside Lake Murray.
01/02/14
01/02/14

S.C. 60 constitutes an arterial route leading 1.85 miles east to Irmo and U.S. 176 (Broad River Road).
01/02/14
01/02/14

Bush River Road (Road 107) extends 3.76 miles southeast from S.C. 6/160 to St. Andrews Road (Road 36) at Seven Oaks.
01/02/14
01/02/14

S.C. 6 (Caw Caw Highway) branches 1.26 miles east from U.S. 21 (Columbia Road) to a parclo B2 interchange (Exit 136) with Interstate 26.
11/21/21
11/21/21

Construction slated to begin in late 2023 widening I-26 from mile marker 125 to mile marker 136 includes reconfiguring the exchange at S.C. 6 into a diamond interchange.
11/21/21
11/21/21

The Calhoun County seat of St. Matthews lies seven miles east of Interstate 26 along S.C. 6 at U.S. 601.
11/21/21
11/21/21

Wye intersections at both ends of the 0.76 mile long overlap with U.S. 176 were reconfigured in 2016 so that S.C. 6 meets U.S. 176 at a right angle.
11/21/21
11/21/21



Paralleling the I-26 corridor, U.S. 176 travels southeast toward Charleston. S.C. 6 shifts east to St. Mathews and Santee en route to the LowCountry.
10/13/14
10/13/14

A 0.12 mile long section of S.C. 6's old alignment at the east split with U.S. 176 was retained as a local road (Road 482) linking Bridge Street with Edgewood Drive north.
10/13/14
10/13/14

S.C. 6 (Bridge Street) leads 3.28 miles east to U.S. 601 (Harry C. Raysor Drive) in the St. Matthews business district. U.S. 176 stays to the south of St. Matthews, meeting U.S. 601 at Wertz Crossroads in 3.46 miles.
10/13/14
10/13/14


S.C. 6 east intersects U.S. 15 Connector (Bass Drive) in the town of Santee. U.S. 15 Connector parallels I-95 south along old U.S. 15/301 to U.S. 15/301 at Five Chop Road.
09/25/22
09/25/22

S.C. 6 (Old Number Six Highway) proceeds southeast from Bass Drive (U.S. 15 Connector) to a diamond interchange (Exit 98) with Interstate 95 in Santee.
08/14/21
08/14/21

U.S. 15/301 overlap with I-95 south to the succeeding exit at Five Chop Road and S.C. 6 Connector.
08/14/21
08/14/21

S.C. 6 between Bass Drive (U.S. 15 Connector) and the northbound entrance ramp for I-95 was formerly part of U.S. 15/301.
08/14/21
08/14/21
Photo Credits:
- Alex Nitzman: 01/02/14, 10/13/14, 08/14/21
- ABRoads: 11/21/21
- Brent Ivy: 09/25/22
- Andy Field: 05/30/07
Page Updated Thursday December 30, 2021.