South Carolina Highway 215
Route of SC 215 highlighted in red
Route information
Maintained by SCDOT
Length	96.330 mi[1][2][3][4][5] (155.028 km)
Existed	1928[citation needed]–present
Major junctions
South end	US 21 / US 321 in Columbia
Major intersections	I-20 in Columbia US 176 / SC 18 in Union US 221 in Roebuck
North end	SC 295 / SC 296 in Spartanburg
Location
Country	United States
State	South Carolina
Counties	Richland, Fairfield, Chester, Union, Spartanburg
Highway system
South Carolina State Highway System Interstate US State Scenic
← SC 213 → SC 216

South Carolina Highway 215 (SC 215) is a 96.330-mile (155.028 km) primary state highway in the U.S. state of South Carolina. It serves as an alternate route to Union from either Columbia or Spartanburg.

Route description

SC 215 is a two-lane rural highway that traverses for 95.7 miles (154.0 km) from Columbia to Spartanburg; connecting Jenkinsville, Carlisle, Union, and Roebuck.^[6]

History

It was established in 1928 as a renumbering of SC 121 and SC 161. It originally traveled from U.S. Route 78 (US 78) in Aiken, northeast through Wagener, Pelion, Edmund, and West Columbia. Through Columbia, in a concurrency with US 1/US 21/SC 2, it heads northwest through Jenkinsville, Carlisle, ending at US 176/SC 92 in Union.

In 1939, the entire route was paved. In 1948, SC 215 was rerouted to approach Union from the south, its old route through Monarch Mill being replaced by SC 92 (today SC 49-SC 215 Connector). In 1949, SC 215 was extended north to SC 56, in Pauline; a year later, it was extended north again to US 221 in Roebuck.

By 1958, SC 215 was rerouted in Columbia along Assembly Street to Blossom Street before heading west across the Saluda River in concurrency with US 21/US 176/US 321. By 1964, SC 215 was extended north from Roebuck to its current northern terminus at SC 295/SC 296 in Spartanburg; it replaced SC 295, and brought SC 215 to its longest routing.

Between 1974 and 1977, SC 215 south of Eau Claire, in Columbia, was removed. The old alignment between Aiken to Cayce became SC 302, while in Columbia US 21/US 321 remained.

Major intersections

County	Location	mi[1][2][3][4][5]	km	Destinations	Notes
Richland	Columbia	0.000	0.000	US 21 / US 321 – Columbia, Rock Hill	Southern terminus
		1.800	2.897	I-20 – Florence, Augusta	I-20 exit 68
	Cedar Creek	12.360	19.891	SC 269 north – Winnsboro	Southern terminus of SC 269
Fairfield	Jenkinsville	23.770	38.254	SC 213 west – Peak, Pomaria	Southern end of SC 213 concurrency
	​	26.470	42.599	SC 213 east – Winnsboro	Northern end of SC 213 concurrency
	​	34.760	55.941	SC 34 – Blair, Winnsboro
Chester	​	49.210	79.196	SC 72 east / SC 121 north (West End Road) – Chester	Southern end of SC 72/SC 121 concurrency
Union	Carlisle	53.140	85.521	SC 72 west / SC 121 south (Janie Glymph Goree Boulevard) – Whitmire	Northern end of SC 72/SC 121 concurrency
	​	62.170	100.053	Monarch Highway (SC 49 Conn. north)	Southern terminus of SC 49 Conn.
	​	65.270	105.042	South Pinckney Street north (SC 215 Conn. north) – Union	No access from SC 215 Conn. south to SC 215; southern terminus of SC 215 Conn.
	Union	65.320	105.122	US 176 east / SC 18 north (Whitmire Highway) – Union, Newberry, Columbia	Southern end of US 176 concurrency; southern terminus of SC 18
		66.650	107.263	SC 49 Truck south (Industrial Park Road west / Union Boulevard east / SC 496)	Southern end of SC 49 Truck concurrency
		66.930	107.713	SC 49 south (Main Street) – Laurens, Union	Southern end of SC 49 concurrency; provides access to Union Medical Center
		67.680	108.920	SC 49 north (Rice Avenue) – USC-Union, Union City High School, Tinker Sports Complex	Northern end of SC 49 concurrency
		68.460	110.176	US 176 west (Duncan Bypass) – Gaffney, Spartanburg	Northern end of US 176 concurrency
Spartanburg	Glenn Springs	83.560	134.477	SC 150 (Glenn Springs Road) – Pacolet, Cross Anchor
	Pauline	85.700	137.921	SC 56 west – Cross Anchor, Clinton	Southern end of SC 56 concurrency
	​	86.770	139.643	SC 56 east – Spartanburg	Northern end of SC 56 concurrency
	Roebuck	92.340	148.607	US 221 (Church Street) – Spartanburg, Woodruff
	Spartanburg	96.330	155.028	SC 295 / SC 296 (John B White Sr. Boulevard) – Arcadia	Northern terminus
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi       Concurrency terminus

Union connector route

South Carolina Highway 215 Connector (SC 215 Conn.) is a brief 0.120-mile (0.193 km) stub of Pinckney Street, between the SC 215 mainline and SC 18. It serves as a turn-off onto SC 18, from SC 215, without taking the right turn at the intersection immediately afterwards; as a hidden designation, signage only identifies it as SC 18 north (no south).^[8]

The entire route is in Union County.