South Carolina Highway 246

South Carolina Highway 246
South Carolina Highway 246
Route information
	Maintained by SCDOT
Length	28.700 mi (46.188 km)
Existed	1930[citation needed]–present
Major junctions
South end	US 178 in Friendship
	US 221 / SC 72 in Coronaca; US 25 near Hodges;
North end	US 178 in Hodges
Location
Country	United States
State	South Carolina
Counties	Greenwood
Highway system
	South Carolina State Highway System; Interstate; US; State; Scenic;

South Carolina Highway 246 (SC 246) is a 28.700-mile (46.188 km) primary state highway in the U.S. state of South Carolina. It connects the communities and towns in eastern Greenwood County.

Route description

SC 34, SC 246 and SC 248 in Ninety Six

SC 246 is a two-lane rural highway that traverses from Friendship to Hodges; connecting the town of Ninety Six and the communities of Coronaca and Cokesbury. The highway also provides access to Star Fort Pond, at Ninety Six National Historic Site, via Kinard Road (S-24-27).^[2]

History

Established in 1930 as a replacement for part of SC 24, SC 246 traversed from Friendship to Ninety Six. From 1932 to 1933, U.S. Route 178 (US 178) was routed alongside SC 246. In 1939, SC 246 was extended northwest to US 178 in Hodges. By 1942, SC 246 was extended northwest again along US 178 to Tinsley then west to SC 20/SC 185, in Due West; this marked the longest point for the highway. In 1948, SC 246 was truncated back to Hodges, leaving behind Due West Road (S-24-31), Mount Lebanon Road (S-1-38) and Ellis Road (S-1-114).

Junction list

The entire route is in Greenwood County.

Location	mi^[1]	km	Destinations	Notes
Friendship	0.000	0.000	US 178 – Greenwood, Saluda	Southern terminus
Ninety Six	11.250	18.105	SC 34 east – Newberry	Southern end of SC 34 concurrency
Ninety Six	11.370	18.298	SC 34 west / SC 248 south – Greenwood, Epworth	Northern end of SC 34 concurrency; to Ninety Six National Historic Site
	14.650– 14.740	23.577– 23.722	SC 702 east – Saluda	Western terminus of SC 702; to Greenwood State Park
Coronaca	18.710	30.111	US 221 / SC 72 – Greenwood, Laurens, Clinton
Cokesbury	26.450	42.567	SC 254 (Cokesbury Road) – Greenwood, Ware Shoals
	27.800	44.740	US 25 – Greenwood, Ware Shoals
Hodges	28.700	46.188	US 178 – Greenwood, Honea Path	Northern terminus
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi Concurrency terminus