South Carolina Highway 217

South Carolina Highway 217
South Carolina Highway 217
Route information
	Maintained by SCDOT
Length	15.390 mi (24.768 km)
Major junctions
West end	SC 64 in Lodge
	US 21 in Smoaks
East end	SC 61 near Canadys
Location
Country	United States
State	South Carolina
Counties	Colleton, Bamberg
Highway system
	South Carolina State Highway System; Interstate; US; State; Scenic;

South Carolina Highway 217 (SC 217) is a 15.390-mile-long (24.768 km) state highway in the U.S. state of South Carolina. The highway connects Lodge and Smoaks with rural areas of Colleton and Bamberg counties.

Route description

SC 217 begins at an intersection with SC 64 (Bells Highway) in Lodge, within Colleton County, where the roadway continues as a local road through town. It travels to the east and crosses over Horse Bay on an unnamed bridge. This bridge marks the Bamberg County line. Almost immediately is a crossing of the Little Salkehatchie River. It begins a concurrency with SC 362 (Hunters Chapel Road). Just before the concurrency ends, the two highways re-enter Colleton County. SC 217 splits off to the east-northeast and crosses Hog Branch. In Smoaks, it crosses over Buckhead Creek and has a one-block concurrency with U.S. Route 21 (US 21; Low Country Highway). It heads to the east and crosses over Bear Branch. The highway curves to the northeast before meeting its eastern terminus, an intersection with SC 61 (Augusta Highway), at a point northwest of Canadys. Here, the roadway continues as Salcro Lane.^[3]

Major intersections

County	Location	mi^[1]^[2]	km	Destinations	Notes
Colleton	Lodge	0.000	0.000	SC 64 (Bells Highway) – Ehrhardt, Walterboro
Bamberg		3.280	5.279	SC 362 north (Hunters Chapel Road) – Bamberg	Western end of SC 362 concurrency
Colleton		4.080	6.566	SC 362 south (Lumber Road) – Williams	Eastern end of SC 362 concurrency
	Smoaks	8.500	13.679	US 21 north (Low Country Highway) – Branchville	Western end of US 21 concurrency
	Smoaks	8.510	13.696	US 21 south (Low Country Highway) – Yemassee	Eastern end of US 21 concurrency
		15.390	24.768	SC 61 (Augusta Highway) – Canadys
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi Concurrency terminus