South Carolina Highway 135 (SC 135) is a
state highway in the
U.S. state
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of
South Carolina
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, anthem = " Carolina";" South Carolina On My Mind"
, Former = Province of South Carolina
, seat = Columbia
, LargestCity = Charleston
, LargestMetro = ...
. The highway travels through mostly
rural area
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s of
Pickens County.
Route description
SC 135 begins at an
intersection with
U.S. Route 178
U.S. Highway 178 (US 178) is a spur of U.S. Highway 78. It currently runs for from Dorchester, South Carolina, at U.S. Highway 78 to Rosman, North Carolina, at U.S. Highway 64. It passes through the states of South Carolina and North Caro ...
(US 178, Moorefield Memorial Highway) southeast of
Liberty
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In modern politics, liberty is understood as the state of being free within society fr ...
within Pickens County. It travels to the northeast and crosses Carmel Creek before entering
Easley. The highway has a brief
concurrency with
SC 8 (Pelzer Highway). A very short distance after SC 8 splits off onto South 5th Street, the highway has an
interchange with
U.S. Route 123 (US 123; Calhoun Memorial Highway). It passes a
U.S. Post Office
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and Gettys Middle School before intersecting
SC 93 (Main Street). It immediately crosses over
railroad
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tracks and turns right onto NE Main Street. One block later, it turns left onto North A Street. It crosses over Georges Creek and Mud Dog Branch before leaving the
city limits of the city. SC 135 travels in a fairly northerly direction and crosses over Burdine Creek. It has an intersection with
SC 183 (Farrs Bridge Road) and
SC 186 (Earls Bridge Road). It begins traveling to the north-northwest and crosses over Shoal Creek. It curves to the northwest and crosses over Carpenter Creek. South of
Pumpkintown, it crosses over Adams Creek and meets its northern terminus, another intersection with SC 8 (Pumpkintown Highway).
Major intersections
See also
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References
External links
*{{commonscat inline, South Carolina Highway 135
SC 135 South Carolina Hwy Index
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Transportation in Pickens County, South Carolina