# South Carolina Highway 215

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.

## 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 | km | Destinations | Notes |
| Richland | Columbia | 0.000 | 0.000 | US 21 / US 321 – Columbia, Rock Hill | Southern terminus |
| Richland | Columbia | 1.800 | 2.897 | I-20 – Florence, Augusta | I-20 exit 68 |
| Richland | 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 |
| Fairfield | ​ | 26.470 | 42.599 | SC 213 east – Winnsboro | Northern end of SC 213 concurrency |
| Fairfield | ​ | 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 |
| Union | ​ | 62.170 | 100.053 | Monarch Highway (SC 49 Conn. north) | Southern terminus of SC 49 Conn. |
| Union | ​ | 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 | 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 |
| Union | Union | 66.650 | 107.263 | SC 49 Truck south (Industrial Park Road west / Union Boulevard east / SC 496) | Southern end of SC 49 Truck concurrency |
| Union | Union | 66.930 | 107.713 | SC 49 south (Main Street) – Laurens, Union | Southern end of SC 49 concurrency; provides access to Union Medical Center |
| Union | Union | 67.680 | 108.920 | SC 49 north (Rice Avenue) – USC-Union, Union City High School, Tinker Sports Complex | Northern end of SC 49 concurrency |
| Union | Union | 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 | |
| Spartanburg | Pauline | 85.700 | 137.921 | SC 56 west – Cross Anchor, Clinton | Southern end of SC 56 concurrency |
| Spartanburg | ​ | 86.770 | 139.643 | SC 56 east – Spartanburg | Northern end of SC 56 concurrency |
| Spartanburg | Roebuck | 92.340 | 148.607 | US 221 (Church Street) – Spartanburg, Woodruff | |
| Spartanburg | 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).
The entire route is in Union County.
| Location | mi | km | Destinations | Notes |
| ​ | 0.000 | 0.000 | Beltline Road (SC 215) | No access from SC 18 Conn. south to SC 215; southern terminus |
| Union | 0.120 | 0.193 | South Pinckney Street (SC 18) | Northern terminus |
| 1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi |||||