U.S. Route 378
US 378 highlighted in red | |||
Route information | |||
Auxiliary route of US 78 | |||
Length | 234.30 mi[1][2] (377.07 km) | ||
Existed | September 1951[3]–present | ||
Major junctions | |||
West end | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() | ||
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East end | ![]() ![]() US 501 Bus. in Conway, SC | ||
Location | |||
Country | United States | ||
States | Georgia, South Carolina | ||
Counties | GA: Wilkes, Lincoln SC: McCormick, Edgefield, Saluda, Lexington, Richland, Sumter, Clarendon, Florence, Marion, Horry | ||
Highway system | |||
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U.S. Route 378 (US 378) is a spur of
Route description
mi | km
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GA
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23.41 | 37.67 |
SC
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210.89 | 339.39 |
Total | 234.30 | 377.07 |
US 378 has a length of 23.41 miles (37.67 km) in Georgia and spans 210.89 miles (339.39 km) in South Carolina.
Georgia
US 378 begins at an intersection on the eastern edge of the city of Washington with US 78, SR 10, and SR 17, which form the north–south axis of the junction, and US 78 Business, SR 47, SR 10 Business, and SR 17 Business, which heads west on Robert Toombs Avenue toward downtown Washington. US 378 and SR 47 head east on Lincolnton Road, also known as Joe Wheeler Highway, which starts as a four-lane divided highway but becomes two lanes a short distance east of the intersection. Shortly after the Wilkes–Lincoln county line, the highways, now part of Washington Highway, meet the western end of SR 220, a C-shaped route through southern Lincoln County. US 378 and SR 47 gradually curve north and enter the city of Lincolnton as Washington Street. SR 47 splits east from the U.S. Highway and SR 43 begins to run concurrently with US 378 at their intersection with Elm Street. The highways pass along the west side of downtown Lincolnton and curve northeast, meeting the southern end of SR 79 (Goshen Street) before leaving the city.
US 378 and SR 43 continue northeast on McCormick Highway, which meets the northern end of
South Carolina
State line to Saluda
US 378 and SR 43 meet the eastern end of SR 220 just west of Elijah Clark State Park. SR 43 reaches its northern terminus at the state line at the thalweg of the Savannah River in the center of the lake crossing.[8][9] US 378 enters Sumter National Forest and crosses the Little River branch of the lake, on the east side of which is Baker Creek State Park. The highway continues to the town of McCormick, through which the highway follows Gold Street. US 378 intersects SC 28 (Mine Street) on the west side of downtown; US 221 leaves its concurrency with SC 28 coming from Augusta and joins US 378 through the downtown area. The U.S. Highways have a grade crossing of CSX's McCormick Subdivision and diverge on the east side of town, with US 221 heading northeast as Greenwood Highway.[8][10]
US 378 leaves McCormick, passes McCormick County Airport, and forms the southern boundary of Sumter National Forest east of the town. East of Liberty Hill, where the highway fully enters the national forest, the road crosses the McCormick–Edgefield county line. US 378 again forms the southern boundary of Sumter National Forest from its intersection with SC 67 (Callison Highway). The highway also intersects US 25 and SC 430 (Meeting Street Road) while passing along the northern tier of Edgefield County. US 378 leaves the national forest shortly after entering Saluda County. The highway enters the town of Saluda along Church Street and intersects Main Street, which carries US 178, SC 39, and SC 121. Two blocks to the east, US 378 turns north onto Jennings Street, then turns east on Travis Avenue at its junction with SC 194, which heads north on Jennings Street, and US 178 Connector, which heads west on Travis Avenue to connect with US 178.[8][10]
Saluda to Sumter
US 378 crosses the
US 378 meets US 1 (Meeting Street) and the northern end of
US 378 and US 76 follow Millwood Avenue, a four-lane street with center turn lane, southeast to an oblique intersection with Devine Street. Devine Street carries US 21 Connector and US 76 Connector west through
Sumter to Conway
East of the extensive swamp surrounding the Wateree River, US 378 and US 76 pass south of the village of
US 378 continues east as Myrtle Beach Highway, a four-lane divided highway. The highway crosses the Black River and intersects SC 527 (Brick Church Road) at McBrides Corner. US 378 has an acute junction with SC 53 (Narrow Paved Road) and a diamond interchange with I-95 before entering Clarendon County, where the route follows Clarence Coker Highway. The highway becomes undivided as it enters the town of Turbeville. US 378 runs concurrently with US 301 along four-lane undivided Main Street, which intersects SC 58 (Gamble Street) one block north of the US 378–US 301 junction. The two U.S. Highways split near the northern end of town, with US 378 continuing east as a four-lane road with center turn lane. The highway enters Florence County, where its name changes to Turbeville Highway, then returns to the county line and runs atop the southern boundary of Florence County. During this stretch, the county to the south of the highway becomes Williamsburg County. Soon after US 378 fully enters Florence County, the highway intersects SC 341 (Olanta Highway). The two highways briefly run together before SC 341 continues straight concurrent with US 378 Business on Lake City's Main Street while US 378 splits northeast to bypass Lake City. North of the town, the U.S. Highway has a diamond interchange with US 52 (Ron McNair Boulevard). US 378 crosses over CSX's Charleston Subdivision before collecting the eastern end of US 378 Business (Myrtle Beach Highway).[8][10]
US 378 continues northeast as Myrtle Beach Highway. The highway crosses the
History
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In the early part of the 21st century, the bridge crossing the Georgia–South Carolina state line over the Savannah River was deemed to be "structurally deficient". It wasn't until 2014 that
South Carolina Highway 54
Location | Sumter–Salem |
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Existed | c.1926–1951 |
South Carolina Highway 54 (SC 54) was a
Major intersections
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State | County | Location | mi[1][2] | km | Destinations | Notes |
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Western terminus; west end of concurrency with SR 47 | ||||||
Lincoln | | 13.22 | 21.28 | ![]() ![]() | ||
Lincolnton | 15.93 | 25.64 | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() | East end of concurrency with SR 47; west end of concurrency with SR 43 | ||
16.96 | 27.29 | ![]() ![]() | ||||
| 17.79 | 28.63 | ![]() ![]() SR 43 Conn. south (Old Petersburg Road) – Appling | |||
| 21.47 | 34.55 | ![]() ![]() | |||
Clarks Hill Lake — Georgia–South Carolina state line | ||||||
Augusta | West end of concurrency with US 221 | |||||
7.61 | 12.25 | ![]() ![]() | East end of concurrency with US 221 | |||
Edgefield | | 17.82 | 28.68 | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() | ||
| 21.92 | 35.28 | ![]() | |||
Meeting Street | 28.85 | 46.43 | ![]() ![]() | |||
Saluda | Saluda | 39.46 | 63.50 | ![]() ![]() ![]() | ||
39.83 | 64.10 | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() | ||||
| 53.83 | 86.63 | ![]() Traffic circle | |||
Lexington | Lexington | 71.37 | 114.86 | ![]() ![]() | West end of concurrency with US 1 | |
72.03 | 115.92 | ![]() ![]() | East end of concurrency with US 1 | |||
72.70 | 117.00 | ![]() ![]() | West end of concurrency with SC 6 | |||
72.99 | 117.47 | ![]() ![]() | East end of concurrency with SC 6 | |||
| 78.10 | 125.69 | ![]() | I-20 exit 61 | ||
| 80.44 | 129.46 | ![]() | I-26 exit 110 | ||
West Columbia | 82.36 | 132.55 | ![]() ![]() | |||
82.92 | 133.45 | 9th Street ( SC 12 Conn. south) | ||||
83.47 | 134.33 | ![]() ![]() | Interchange | |||
83.72 | 134.73 | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() | West end of concurrency with US 1 | |||
(Huger Street) | ||||||
84.98 | 136.76 | ![]() | ||||
85.38 | 137.41 | ![]() ![]() | West end of concurrency with US 76 | |||
86.36 | 138.98 | ![]() ![]() | East end of concurrency with US 1 | |||
87.77 | 141.25 | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() US 21 / US 321 / Millwood Avenue ends | Eastern terminus of US 21 Conn. and western segment of US 76 Conn., which use Devine Street | |||
88.66 | 142.68 | ![]() | ||||
88.87 | 143.02 | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() US 76 Conn. west) / Cross Hill Road | Eastern terminus of central segment of US 76 Conn.; western terminus of SC 760 | |||
89.11 | 143.41 | ![]() US 76 Conn.) – Midlands Technical College Beltline Campus, Jim Hamilton–L.B. Owens Airport, Fort Jackson | Eastern segment of US 76 Conn. | |||
90.44 | 145.55 | ![]() ![]() | ||||
90.63 | 145.85 | ![]() Charlotte, Charleston, Spartanburg | I-77 exit 9 | |||
| 92.94 | 149.57 | ![]() ![]() | |||
| Old Hopkins Road (S-40-222) - Hopkins | |||||
Horrell Hill | 98.17 | 157.99 | ![]() ![]() | |||
| 102.56 | 165.05 | ![]() ![]() | |||
| 107.55 | 173.08 | ![]() | Diamond interchange | ||
| 109.87 | 176.82 | ![]() ![]() | |||
Sumter | Stateburg | 117.18 | 188.58 | ![]() | ||
| 118.89 | 191.33 | ![]() | |||
Sumter | 119.32 | 192.03 | Shaw Drive – Shaw Air Force Base | Trumpet interchange | ||
125.69 | 202.28 | ![]() ![]() | ||||
125.91 | 202.63 | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() US 76 Bus. east (Broad Street) to US 521 | No access from westbound US 378 to eastbound US 76 Business | |||
126.31 | 203.28 | ![]() | Westbound exit, eastbound entrance | |||
128.31 | 206.49 | ![]() | Right-in/right-out interchanges with frontage roads | |||
130.08 | 209.34 | ![]() | Diamond interchange | |||
130.96 | 210.76 | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() US 76 Bus. west (Liberty Street) – Florence | East end of concurrency with US 76 | |||
East Sumter | 132.34 | 212.98 | ![]() ![]() | No direct access from eastbound SC 763 to westbound US 378 | ||
| 141.05 | 227.00 | ![]() | |||
| 142.58 | 229.46 | ![]() ![]() Shiloh | |||
| 144.30 | 232.23 | ![]() | I-95 exit 135 | ||
Clarendon | Turbeville | 148.75 | 239.39 | ![]() ![]() | West end of concurrency with US 301 | |
148.85 | 239.55 | ![]() ![]() Shiloh | ||||
149.47 | 240.55 | ![]() ![]() | East end of concurrency with US 301 | |||
Florence | | 162.25 | 261.12 | ![]() ![]() | West end of concurrency with SC 341 | |
| 162.51 | 261.53 | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() | East end of concurrency with SC 341 | ||
| 164.77 | 265.17 | ![]() | Diamond interchange | ||
| 165.87 | 266.94 | ![]() ![]() ![]() US 378 Bus. west (Myrtle Beach Highway) – Lake City | |||
| 181.03 | 291.34 | ![]() ![]() | West end of concurrency with SC 51 | ||
| 184.47 | 296.88 | ![]() ![]() ![]() | East end of concurrency with SC 51; west end of concurrency with SC 41 | ||
Marion | | 188.01 | 302.57 | ![]() ![]() | East end of concurrency with SC 41 | |
| 193.54 | 311.47 | ![]() ![]() | |||
SC 90 Truck east) – Myrtle Beach, Marion | Western end of northbound US 701 concurrency; southern terminus of US 378 Truck and US 701 Truck; western terminus of SC 90 Truck | |||||
210.19 | 338.27 | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() US 701 Truck south) – Georgetown, Longs | Eastern end of northbound US 701 concurrency; northern terminus of US 378 Truck and US 701 Truck | |||
210.89 | 339.39 | ![]() ![]() | Eastern terminus | |||
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi
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Special routes
Sumter business loop
Location | Sumter, South Carolina |
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Length | 6.6 mi[14] (10.6 km) |
Existed | 1958[citation needed]–1975[citation needed] |
U.S. Route 378 Business (US 378 Bus.) was a 6.6-mile (10.6 km) business route of US 378 that existed in Sumter. It used Broad Street, Liberty Street, and Myrtle Beach Boulevard. It was established in 1958 as a renumbering of mainline US 378 through downtown Sumter.[citation needed]
Lake City business loop
Location | Lake City, South Carolina |
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Length | 4.490 mi[15] (7.226 km) |
Existed | 1958[citation needed]–present |
U.S. Route 378 Business (US 378 Bus.) is a 4.490-mile (7.226 km) business route of US 378 through Lake City. The highway travels from US 378 and South Carolina Highway 341 (SC 341) west of the city to US 378 east of the city. US 378 Bus. begins heading east from US 378 (Turbeville Highway) concurrent with SC 341 along two-lane Main Street. The two highways enter the city just east of Lake City Memorial Park. In the center of the city, US 378 Bus. and SC 341 have an intersection with US 52 (Ron McNair Boulevard). One block after their grade crossing of CSX's Charleston Subdivision, the highways diverge. The main highway continues east on Main Street while the business route turns north onto Church Street. US 378 Bus. leaves the city limits at its crossing of Lake Swamp and reaches its eastern terminus at US 378 (Myrtle Beach Highway).[10][16]
Conway truck route
Location | Conway, South Carolina |
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Length | 27.328 mi[17][18][19][20][21][22] (43.980 km) |
U.S. Route 378 Truck (US 378 Truck) is a
See also
References
- ^ a b c Geographic Transportation Reporting Analysis and Query System (GeoTRAQS) (Map). Georgia Department of Transportation. Archived from the original on July 27, 2012. Retrieved June 7, 2012.
- ^ a b c Highways — Zipped Shapefile of roads maintained by SCDOT — Statewide (ESRI shapefile) (Map). South Carolina Department of Transportation. 2012. Retrieved June 7, 2012.
- ^ "Highway Route Number Changes in State Listed". The Index-Journal. Greenwood, South Carolina. February 9, 1952. p. 7. Retrieved August 14, 2019 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ National Highway System: South Carolina (PDF) (Map). Federal Highway Administration. May 8, 2019. Retrieved August 15, 2019.
- ^ National Highway System: South Carolina (PDF) (Map). Federal Highway Administration. May 9, 2019. Retrieved August 15, 2019.
- ^ National Highway System: South Carolina (PDF) (Map). Federal Highway Administration. May 9, 2019. Retrieved August 15, 2019.
- ^ Senator B. Joseph Brush Jr. (2002). "Senate Resolution 939" (PDF). Retrieved June 7, 2012.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i Google (June 7, 2012). "Overview map of US 378" (Map). Google Maps. Google. Retrieved June 7, 2012.
- ^ Office of Transportation Data. "County Maps". Georgia Department of Transportation. Retrieved June 7, 2012.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i "General County Highway Maps". South Carolina Department of Transportation. Retrieved June 7, 2012.
- McCormick County (PDF)
- Edgefield County (PDF)
- Saluda County (PDF)
- Lexington County (PDF)
- Richland County (PDF)
- Sumter County (PDF)
- Clarendon County (PDF)
- Florence County (PDF)
- Marion County (PDF)
- Horry County (PDF)
- ^ Pavey, Rob. "New Thurmond Lake bridge monitored for movement". The Augusta Chronicle. Retrieved October 5, 2022.
- ^ Pavey, Rob. "Tests continue on U.S. 378 bridge over Thurmond Lake". The Augusta Chronicle. Retrieved October 5, 2022.
- ^ "New Savannah River Bridge opens". The Augusta Chronicle. December 26, 2016. Archived from the original on October 5, 2022. Retrieved October 5, 2022.
- ^ Google (June 22, 2013). "Overview map of US 378 Bus. (Sumter, South Carolina)" (Map). Google Maps. Google. Retrieved June 22, 2013.
- ^ "Highway Logmile Report". South Carolina Department of Transportation. Retrieved December 11, 2020.
- ^ Google (June 7, 2012). "Overview map of US 378 Bus. (Lake City, South Carolina)" (Map). Google Maps. Google. Retrieved June 7, 2012.
- ^ "Highway Logmile Report". South Carolina Department of Transportation. Retrieved December 11, 2020.
- ^ "Highway Logmile Report". South Carolina Department of Transportation. Retrieved December 11, 2020.
- ^ "Highway Logmile Report". South Carolina Department of Transportation. Retrieved December 11, 2020.
- ^ "Highway Logmile Report". South Carolina Department of Transportation. Retrieved December 11, 2020.
- ^ "Highway Logmile Report". South Carolina Department of Transportation. Retrieved December 11, 2020.
- ^ "Highway Logmile Report". South Carolina Department of Transportation. Retrieved December 11, 2020.
- ^ Google (December 11, 2020). "Overview map of US 378 Truck (Conway, South Carolina)" (Map). Google Maps. Google. Retrieved December 11, 2020.
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