South Carolina Highway 62 (1940s)

South Carolina Highway 62
South Carolina Highway 62
Route information
	Maintained by SCDOT
Existed	1940–1947
Major junctions
West end	US 76 / SC 2 near Ballentine
	SC 60 in Irmo
East end	Lexington–Richland county line at St. Andrews
Location
Country	United States
State	South Carolina
Counties	Richland, Lexington
Highway system
	South Carolina State Highway System; Interstate; US; State; Scenic;

South Carolina Highway 62 (SC 62) was a state highway that existed in the northwestern part of Richland County and the northeastern part of Lexington County. It served to connect Ballentine with St. Andrews, via Irmo.

Route description edit

SC 62 began at an intersection with U.S. Route 76 (US 76) and SC 2 east-southeast of Ballentine. It traveled to the south-southeast to an intersection with SC 60 in Irmo. It continued its south-southeast direction and curved to a nearly due-east direction before it ended at the Lexington–Richland county line at St. Andrews.

History edit

SC 62 was established^[1] in 1940. It was decommissioned in 1947. It was downgraded to secondary roads.

Major intersections edit

County	Location	Destinations	Notes
Richland		US 76 / SC 2	Western terminus
Lexington	Irmo	SC 60
Lexington–Richland county line	St. Andrews	End of state maintenance	Eastern terminus
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi

References edit

^ "[Heavy traffic on U.S. Highway 62, Charlestown, Indiana]". Library of Congress, Washington, D.C. 20540 USA. Retrieved 2023-09-14.

External links edit

Former SC 62 at the Virginia Highways South Carolina Annex

[1] "[Heavy traffic on U.S. Highway 62, Charlestown, Indiana]". Library of Congress, Washington, D.C. 20540 USA. Retrieved 2023-09-14.

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