South Carolina Highway 177
South Carolina Highway 177 is a primary state highway in the U.S. state of South Carolina. It connects the community of Wallace with Hamlet, North Carolina.
Route description
SC 177 is a two-lane rural highway that traverses from Wallace at SC 9 to the North Carolina state line.History
The highway was established in 1960 as a renumbering of SC 77, little has changed since.Two predecessors existed before the current SC 177 came to existence. The first appeared from 1930-1936 as a new primary routing from U.S. Route 176 /SC 10 in Spartanburg to the North Carolina state line; it eventually became part of SC 9. The second appeared from 1938-1951 as a new primary routing from US 176 southeast of Pomaria to US 76/SC 2 near Ballentine. It was adjusted twice, in 1948 extending and replacing SC 664, and in 1950 shifting to meet with US 176/SC 121 split. It was eventually renumbered as an extension of US 176.
South Carolina Highway 77
South Carolina Highway 77 was established in 1937 as a renumbering of SC 98 from Wallace to the North Carolina state line. In 1960, this became SC 177.Another SC 77 reappeared only appeared on South Carolina official maps in 1981-1982 as a proposed segment of Interstate 77 from US 76/US 378 to I-20. When the freeway eventually opened, it was simply labeled as I-77.