South Carolina Highway 126

South Carolina Highway 126 (SC 126) is a 4.200-mile (6.759 km) primary state highway in the U.S. state of South Carolina. It directly links Belvedere with Clearwater, with a small portion in North Augusta.

South Carolina Highway 126
Belvedere-Clearwater Road
Route information
Maintained by SCDOT
Length	4.200 mi[1] (6.759 km)
Existed	1939[citation needed]–present
Major junctions
West end	US 25 / SC 121 in Belvedere
Major intersections	I-520 in North Augusta US 1 / US 78 in Clearwater
East end	SC 421 in Clearwater
Location
Country	United States
State	South Carolina
Counties	Aiken
Highway system
South Carolina State Highway System Interstate US State Scenic
← I-126 → SC 127

Route description

SC 126 is a suburban highway that travels 4.2 miles (6.8 km) from U.S. Route 25 (US 25)/SC 121 in Belvedere to SC 421 in Clearwater. In both Belvedere and North Augusta, SC 126 is a four-lane road with median; in Clearwater it only has two lanes. The entire highway has few commercial entities, mainly functioning to connect neighborhoods in the area. It also has intermediate junctions with Interstate 520 (I-520) and US 1/US 78.^[2]

History

SC 126 was established in 1939 as a new primary route and has remained unchanged since. The entire highway was paved by 1948 and widened in Belvedere and North Augusta by 2010.^{[citation needed]}

Future

The remaining two-lane section of SC 126 in Clearwater is planned to be widened to four lanes; however, no time-table has been set.^[3]

Major intersections

The entire route is in Aiken County.

Location	mi[1]	km	Destinations	Notes
Belvedere	0.000	0.000	US 25 / SC 121 (Edgefield Road) – Edgefield, North Augusta	Western terminus
North Augusta	1.290	2.076	I-520 – Augusta, Columbia, Atlanta	I-520 exit 21
Clearwater	3.560	5.729	US 1 / US 78 – Augusta, Aiken
	4.200	6.759	SC 421 (Augusta Road) – Augusta, Aiken
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi

See also

• United States portal
• U.S. roads portal