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U.S. 17 (Ace Basin Parkway) enters the unincorporated community of Jacksonboro west of the Edisto River.
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The four lane section of U.S. 17 south previously concluded where S.C. 64 (Charleston Highway) branches northwest at Jacksonboro.
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S.C. 64 (Charleston Highway) travels 15.33 miles northwest to U.S. 17 ALT (Wichman Street) and 18.8 miles to I-95 at the city of Walterboro. S.C. 64 continues west from there to Barnwell.
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U.S. 17 makes an S-curve southwest ahead of Ashepoo.
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U.S. 17 (Ace Basin Parkway) crosses the Ashepoo River just south of Horseshoe Creek.
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Bennetts Point Road (Road 26) spurs 15.59 miles south to Bennettts Point off the Ashepoo River.
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Wood Road (Road 14) provides a cutoff 1.73 miles west from U.S. 17 to S.C. 303 (Green Pond Highway) north toward Walterboro.
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Turning southwest, U.S. 17 advances to the south end of S.C. 303 (Green Pond Highway).
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Measuring 13.52 miles in length, S.C. 303 (Green Pond Highway) runs north to U.S. 17 ALT/S.C. 63 (S Jefferies Boulevard) in Walterboro.
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When U.S. 17 was still two lanes at Hickory Hill Road (Road 163), the speed limit was reduced to 50 miles per hour in 2006.
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U.S. 17 crosses the Combahee River over the Harriet Tubman Memorial Bridge.
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U.S. 17 continues 12.65 miles west across northern Beaufort County.
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River Road (Road 33) meanders 9.44 miles west from U.S. 17 (Charleston Highway) to Yemassee.
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Four lane expansion of U.S. 17 completed by 2012 included the addition of traffic lights at the intersection with Big Estate Road north and Jacob White Road (Road 111) south.
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U.S. 21 (Trask Parkway) combines with U.S. 17 (Charleston Highway) 16 miles north of Beaufort at a roundabout interchange.
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U.S. 21 travels 37.43 miles southeast to Sea Island Parkway at Hunting Island State Park.
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Construction of the exchange at U.S. 21 realigned U.S. 17 southward. A 0.29 mile segment of the old route was reconfigured as a frontage road (Road 866).
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U.S. 21 north overlaps with southbound U.S. 17 for 6.38 miles from Gardens Corner.
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Old Sheldon Church Road (Road 21) angles 7.13 miles northwest to Castle Hall Road (Road 3) near Yemassee.
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U.S. 21 parts ways with U.S. 17 south to join U.S. 17 ALT north to Yemassee and southern Colleton County.
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U.S. 21 travels north from the LowCountry to Orangeburg. U.S. 17 ALT parallels Interstate 95 northeast from Yemassee to Walterboro.
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The distance sign preceding the Pocotaligo River was removed in 2018.
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U.S. 17 southwest from the Jasper County line 1.72 miles to Interstate 95 is Kings Highway.
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U.S. 17 converges with Interstate 95 at a trumpet interchange west of Pocotaligo. The junction shield for I-95 was replaced three times between 2004 and 2020.
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Interstate 95 runs northeast from Jasper County to Walterboro, Santee, Manning and Florence.
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The original construction of I-95 in 1972-74 directly overlaid U.S. 17 between Pocotaligo and Ridgeland with the exception of a short section at Coosawhatchie.
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Photo Credits:
12/31/17, 09/25/22 by AARoads
Connect with:
Interstate 95
U.S. 17 Alternate
U.S. 21
Highway 64
Page Updated 12-05-2022.