South Carolina Highway 248
 South Carolina Highway 248 | ||||
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| William Bruce Ezell Memorial Highway | ||||
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| Route information | ||||
| Maintained by SCDOT | ||||
| Length | 6.170 mi[1] (9.930 km) | |||
| Existed | 1940–present | |||
| Tourist routes | ||||
| Major junctions | ||||
| South end |  US 178 in Epworth | |||
| North end |   SC 34 / SC 246 in Ninety Six | |||
| Location | ||||
| Country | United States | |||
| State | South Carolina | |||
| Counties | Greenwood | |||
| Highway system | ||||
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South Carolina Highway 248 (SC 248) is a 6.170-mile (9.930 km) primary state highway in the U.S. state of South Carolina. It serves as main access to the Ninety Six National Historic Site.
Route description
SC 248 is a two-lane rural highway that traverses from Epworth at U.S. Route 178 (US 178) to Ninety Six at SC 34/SC 246. [2] It is entirely concurrent with the South Carolina Discovery Route[3][4][5]
History
Established in 1940, it is the second SC 248 and has remained unchanged since inception. The first SC 248 was established by 1930 as a renumbering of SC 151 from US 29/SC 24 in Anderson to SC 20 in Williamston. In 1935, SC 248 was renumbered as part of US 29.[6]
Major intersections
The entire route is in Greenwood County.
| Location | mi[1] | km | Destinations | Notes | |
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| Epworth | 0.000 | 0.000 | US 178 – Greenwood, Saluda | Southern terminus | |
| Ninety Six | 6.170 | 9.930 | SC 34 (Main Street) / SC 246 (Cambridge Street) – Greenwood, Coronaca, Newberry | Northern terminus | |
| 1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi | |||||
See also
References
- 1 2 "Highway Logmile Report". South Carolina Department of Transportation. Retrieved December 26, 2020.
- ↑ "South Carolina Highway 248" (Map). Google Maps. Retrieved September 1, 2013.
- ↑ "South Carolina National Heritage Corridor (U.S. National Park Service)". www.nps.gov. Retrieved February 24, 2026.
- ↑ Webworx, Main Street. "SC National Heritage Corridor | Belton Alliance". Belton Alliance. Archived from the original on August 8, 2025. Retrieved April 9, 2026.
- ↑ "The South Carolina National Heritage Corridor: plantations to mill villages". digital.tcl.sc.edu. Retrieved April 9, 2026.
- ↑ General Highway Map, Greenwood County, South Carolina (PDF) (Map). Cartography by SCDOT. South Carolina Department of Transportation. 1940. Retrieved September 10, 2013.
External links
Template:Attached KML/South Carolina Highway 248
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Media related to South Carolina Highway 248 at Wikimedia Commons- SC 248 at Virginia Highways' South Carolina Highways Annex