U.S. Route 176
U.S. Highway in the Carolinas / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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U.S. Route 176 (US 176) is a spur of US 76 in the U.S. states of North Carolina and South Carolina. The U.S. Highway runs 237.98 miles (382.99 km) from US 25 Business and North Carolina Highway 225 (NC 225) in Hendersonville, North Carolina, east to US 52 in Goose Creek, South Carolina. US 176 serves the transition region between the Blue Ridge Mountains and Foothills of Western North Carolina and the Upstate, Midlands, and Lowcountry regions of South Carolina. The highway passes through and connects Spartanburg, one of two major cities in the Upstate, and Columbia, the South Carolina state capital and central city of the Midlands. US 176 parallels and serves as a secondary highway to Interstate 26 (I-26) except for between Spartanburg and Columbia, where the U.S. Highway deviates from the I-26 corridor to serve Union.
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Auxiliary route of US 76 | |||||||
Maintained by NCDOT and SCDOT | |||||||
Length | 237.98 mi[1][2] (382.99 km) | ||||||
Existed | 1926–present | ||||||
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West end | US 25 Bus. / NC 225 in Hendersonville, NC | ||||||
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East end | US 52 in Goose Creek, SC | ||||||
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Country | United States | ||||||
States | North Carolina, South Carolina | ||||||
Counties | NC: Henderson, Polk SC: Greenville, Spartanburg, Union, Newberry, Richland, Lexington, Calhoun, Orangeburg, Berkeley | ||||||
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