South Carolina Highway 27

SC Highway 27
Route information
Maintained by SCDOT
Length:	19.3 mi[1] (31.1 km)
Existed:	1931 – present
Major junctions
South end:	SC 61 in Givhans
	US 78 near Ridgeville I-26 near Ridgeville
North end:	US 176 near Holly Hill
Location
Counties:	Dorchester, Berkeley
Highway system
South Carolina Highways Interstate U.S. State Scenic ← I-26 SC 28 →

South Carolina Highway 27 (SC 27) is a primary state highway in the U.S. state of South Carolina. It serves to connect the town of Ridgeville with nearby highways.

Route description

SC 27 is a two-lane rural highway that connect the town of Ridgeville south to the unincorporated community of Givhans to its south and highways US 78, I-26 and US 176 to its north. The predominant features along the route is farmland mixed with forest and swamps.

History

Established as the second SC 27 around 1931, it traversed from SC 65 (current SC 61), in Givhans, to US 78, east of Ridgeville. In 1940, it was rerouted north from Ridgeville to US 78 and then spur up to the Berkeley County line. In 1941 or 1942, SC 27 was extended north into Berkeley County to SC 31 (current US 176).^[2][3]

The first SC 27 was an original state highway; established in 1922, it traversed from SC 21, in Trenton, south to Aiken, then east through Williston, Blackville, Denmark, Bamberg, and St. George before ending at SC 2. In 1927, US 78 was assigned on all of SC 27 east of Aiken. In 1928, all of SC 27 was decommissioned, SC 19 replaced the section between Aiken and Trenton.

Junction list

County	Location	mi[1]	km	Destinations	Notes
Dorchester	Givhans	0.0	0.0	SC 61 (Givhans Road) – Bamberg, Charleston	To Givhans Ferry State Park
	Ridgeville	6.5	10.5	SC 173 east (School Street) – Summerville
	​	7.9	12.7	US 78 east – Summerville	East end of US 78 overlap
	​	8.3	13.4	US 78 west – St. George	West end of US 78 overlap
Berkeley	​	9.5	15.3	I-26 – Charleston, Columbia
	​	19.5	31.4	US 176 (State Road) – Charleston, Holly Hill
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi       Concurrency terminus

See also

• Edisto River

References

1. Google (September 8, 2013). "South Carolina Highway 27" (Map). Google Maps. Google. Retrieved September 8, 2013.
2. General Highway Map, Dorchester County, South Carolina (PDF) (Map). Cartography by SCDOT. South Carolina Department of Transportation. 1945. Retrieved September 8, 2013.
3. General Highway Map, Berkeley County, South Carolina (PDF) (Map). Cartography by SCDOT. South Carolina Department of Transportation. 1943. Retrieved September 8, 2013.

External links

• Media related to South Carolina Highway 27 at Wikimedia Commons
• Mapmikey's South Carolina Highways Page: SC 20-29