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U.S. 17 accompanies Interstate 95 south 9.89 miles to Ridgeland. The west side Frontage Road (Road 424) for I-95/U.S. 17 south transitions onto old U.S. 17 ahead of the Tulfiny River.
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Construction of I-95 from 1972 to 1974 directly overlaid U.S. 17 between the Tulifiny and the Coosawhatchie Rivers. A grade separated intersection joins Road 424 (old U.S. 17) with Gregorie Neck Road (Road 172) on this stretch.
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S.C. 462 runs along Old U.S. 17 south from Road 424 at Morgandollar Road 0.59 miles to Coosaw Scenic Drive east.
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S.C. 462 (Morgandollar Road) leads 3.99 west to an overlap with U.S. 278 north to Gillisonville.
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Nuna Rock Road (Road 425), the west side frontage road for I-95, concludes where U.S. 17 separates from Interstate 95 south at Ridgeland.
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U.S. 17 (Jacob Smart Boulevard) continues south with four lanes to Downtown Ridgeland.
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U.S. 278 (Grays Highway) enters Ridgeland from the north. U.S. 278 connects with U.S. 17 south via 3rd Avenue east.
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Jacob Smart Boulevard south at 3rd Avenue west.
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East
U.S. 17/278 (Jacob Smart Boulevard) proceed south from Wilson Street to S.C. 336 (Main Street).
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The distance sign for S.C. 336 east references Beaufort and Hilton Head, as U.S. 278 followed S.C. 336 east and S.C. 462 south until June 1996.
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S.C. 336 extends 7.86 miles west from U.S. 17/278 in Ridgeland to U.S. 321 at Sand Hills Road (Road 119) in Tillman. S.C. 336 east concludes in 5.73 miles at S.C. 462 and Old House.
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The reassurance markers for U.S. 17/278 posted south of Woodlawn Street were removed with the addition of a sidewalk by 2013.
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Road 13 stems south from U.S. 17/278 (Jacob Smart Boulevard) to an adjacent trumpet interchange with Interstate 95 at Bees Creek Road.
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U.S. 17/278 south from Road 13 is Kato Bay Road.
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U.S. 278 separates with U.S. 17 (Whyte Hardee Boulevard) south for Independence Boulevard east from an adjacent diamond interchange (Exit 8) with I-95 toward Bluffton and Hilton Head Island.
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South
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U.S. 17 meets S.C. 46 (Main Street) at the Hardeeville city center.
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S.C. 46 (Main Street) 0.36 miles west connects U.S. 17 south with U.S. 321 (Deerfield Road) north.
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U.S. 321 travels 13 miles north from Hardeeville to Tillman. S.C. 46 east leads to Bluffton and U.S. 278.
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The south end of U.S. 321 (Deerfield Road) converges with U.S. 17 (Whyte Hardee Boulevard) at an unmarked wye intersection.
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South from U.S. 321, U.S. 17 bee lines to a parclo B2 interchange (Exit 5) with Interstate 95.
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Interstate 95 crosses the Savannah River southwest from Hardeeville into the Port Wentworth, Georgia city limits.
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Florence lies 159 miles to the northeast along I-95 at the east end of Interstate 20.
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Passing through the western suburbs of Savannah, I-95 continues south to Brunswick, Georgia and Jacksonville, Florida.
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Advancing south from the exchange with I-95, U.S. 17 lines Speedway Boulevard.
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Lime House Road (Road 34) provides a cutoff from U.S. 17 (Speedway Boulevard) south 0.47 miles to S.C. 170 (Freedom Parkway) east.
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S.C. 170 heads northeast to Pritchard and Beaufort in Beaufort County.
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S.C. 170 (Freedom Parkway) combines with U.S. 17 (Speedway Boulevard) for 1.43 miles south.
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An abandoned weigh station lies between the roadways of U.S. 17/S.C. 170 (Speedway Boulevard).
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S.C. 170 branches west 3.33 miles from U.S. 17 (Speedway Boulevard) along Alligator Alley to the Georgia state line. SR 25 continues the route over the Houlihan Bridge into Port Wentworth.
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U.S. 17 formerly split with U.S. 17 ALT at Alligator Alley. U.S. 17 ALT lined Speedway Boulevard south to the tolled Eugene Talmadge Memorial Bridge into Savannah while U.S. 17 looped west via the toll free Houlihan Bridge.
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U.S. 17 and S.C. 170 part ways at a wye interchange.
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South 
The confirming marker for U.S. 17 posted south of S.C. 170 and Oakleigh Drive was removed in 2013.
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Formerly designated S.C. 170 ALT, S.C. 315 (Okatie Highway) runs 6.07 miles north to S.C. 170.
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2020-26 widening of U.S. 17 south from S.C. 315 to the Georgia state line includes adding traffic lights at a rebuilt intersection with Okatie Highway.
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The Eugene Talmadge Memorial Bridge appears along the southern horizon as U.S. 17 (Speedway Boulevard) progresses south from S.C. 315 to the Savannah River.
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U.S. 17 crosses the Back River over a low rise bridge to Hutchinson Island. Four lane expansion of U.S. 17 adds a second span for the future northbound roadway.
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U.S. 17 enters Savannah and Chatham County, Georgia beyond the northern banks of the Back River.
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Photo Credits:
- 11/13/06 by AARoads and Justin Cozart.
- 12/27/06 by AARoads.
- 03/14/10 by AARoads.
- 12/31/17 by AARoads.
- 05/26/19 by AARoads.
- 12/30/20 by AARoads.
- 05/26/21 by AARoads.
- 08/28/21 by AARoads.
- 09/16/21 by AARoads.
Connect with:
Interstate 95
U.S. 278
Highway 46
Highway 170
Highway 336
Highway 462
Page Updated 12-02-2022.