| Traffic from the U.S. 17 spoke merges onto Interstate 526
westbound at the Wakendaw Road undercrossing. The upcoming diamond interchange (Exit 30) serves the South Carolina
Ports Authority Wando River Terminal. Photo taken 01/18/04.
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| Interstate 526 westbound at the Long Point Road off-ramp (Exit 30).
Long Point Road travels between the freeway and U.S. 17 through the Snowden community of Mount Pleasant.
Westward the road continues to the S.C. Ports Authority Wando Terminal. Photo taken 01/18/04.
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| The freeway of Interstate 526 is designated the Mark Clark
Expressway. Photo taken 01/18/04.
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| 1.75-mile guide sign for the Daniel Island interchange (Exit
24) on Interstate 526 westbound. The freeway elevates over a high level bridge to cross the Wando River between
Mount Pleasant and Daniel Island. Photo taken 01/18/04.
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| An auxiliary guide sign is posted at the approach to the Wando
River Bridge of Interstate 526 westbound for the South Carolina Ports Authority North Charleston area
facilities. Interstate 526 briefly enters Berkeley County while traveling across Daniel Island.
Photo taken 01/18/04.
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| Interstate 526 at Exit 24 on Daniel Island. The interchange sees
ramps to adjacent frontage roads. These roads connect the freeway with nearby Saint Thomas Island and Daniel
Island Drives. The interchange appears to be fairly new. Photo taken 01/18/04.
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| A variable message sign is posted on Interstate 526 over
Daniel Island between Exits 24 and 23. Photo taken 01/18/04.
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| Interstate 526 at the second of two Daniel Island interchanges.
Exit 24 sees a diamond interchange with Clements Ferry Road. Clements Ferry Road travels northeast from
the freeway to Wando and South Carolina 41. Photo taken 01/18/04.
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| Descending from the Cooper River Bridge into the city of North
Charleston. An upcoming exits sign features the first three interchanges of the municipality. Exit 19 is not
included however on the guide sign. In the background are the ramps of the half-diamond interchange of
Exit 20 (eastbound only off-ramp) with Virginia Avenue. Photo taken 01/18/04.
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| Traffic to Virginia Avenue and the South Carolina Ports Authority
North Charleston Terminal is directed via the Exit 19 folded cloverleaf interchange at Rhett Avenue.
Photo taken 01/18/04.
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| Interstate 526 reduces to four lanes at the Exit 19 off-ramp
to Rhett Avenue. Rhett Avenue composes a north-south surface boulevard between U.S. 52 & 78 (Rivers Avenue)
and Charleston Navy Base and Goose Creek (pop. 29,208). Photo taken 01/18/04.
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| Exit 18B departs for U.S. 52 north & 78 west (Rivers Avenue)
from Interstate 526 west. The U.S. highway pair travel northward through Hanahan (pop. 12,937) and Goose Creek.
Photo taken 01/18/04.
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| Traffic to Rivers Avenue southbound (U.S. 52 & 78) leaves
Interstate 526 via Exit 18A. U.S. 52 & 78 remain overlapped southward to the city of Charleston. There they
split between Meeting Street (U.S. 52) and King Street (U.S. 78). The interchange here saw expansion from
a three-ramp partial cloverleaf to that of a five-ramp interchange. Photo taken 01/18/04.
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| Original button copy signs remain at the Interstate 526 & 26
Exit 17B/A partial cloverleaf interchange as of January 2004. A loop ramp carries Interstate 526 westbound
motorists southward toward Charleston via Interstate 26 east. Photo taken 01/18/04.
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| One mile west of the Interstate 26 junction is the Montague
Avenue and International Boulevard (Exit 16) interchange complex of the Charleston bypass. The interchange
features service roads between International Boulevard and Montague Avenue to provide access to both
surface arterials. Photo taken 01/18/04.
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| Traffic entering Interstate 526 from Interstate 26 forms the
exit-only lane for Exit 16. The off-ramp departs ahead for International Boulevard and the main entrance
to Charleston International Airport. Photo taken 01/18/04.
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| Interstate 526 maintains just four lanes from the Airport &
Montague Avenue off-ramp southward to the western terminus. All signs of unassigned Exit 16 are original
as of January 2004. Photo taken 01/18/04.
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| The 0.75-mile guide sign of Exit 15 is posted at the
International Boulevard undercrossing of Interstate 526. South Carolina 642 (Dorchester Road) intersects the
freeway here, traveling west from U.S. 52 & 78 (Rivers Avenue) to South Carolina 165 and U.S. 17 Alternate
outside of Summerville (pop. 27,752). A split diamond interchange provides the junction between Interstate
526 and South Carolina 642 between Dorchester and Paramount Roads. Photo taken 01/18/04.
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| The last North Charleston interchange of Interstate 526
is that of the Leeds Road junction (Exit 14). The 0.75-mile guide sign is posted at the Paramount Road
undercrossing. Photo taken 01/18/04.
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| Interstate 526 curves southwestward at the Leeds Road diamond
interchange (Exit 14). Leeds Road spurs southward from South Carolina 642 (Dorchester Road) to the freeway.
Ahead Interstate 526 crosses the Ashley River into western reaches of the Charleston metro area.
Photo taken 01/18/04.
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| The one-mile guide sign of the Ashley River Road (South Carolina
61) interchange of Interstate 526 westbound. The junction of unassigned Exits 11B/A features ramps with
the adjacent Glenn McConnell Parkway and Paul Cantrell Boulevard. The two roads compose an arterial between
the freeway and South Carolina 61. Photo taken 01/18/04.
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| Traffic to South Carolina 61 (Ashley River Road) northbound
is directed via the Glenn McConnell Parkway westbound off-ramp. Magwood Road carries motorists northward to
Ashley River Road from the Parkway. Photo taken 01/18/04.
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| A cloverleaf ramp carries drivers onto Paul Cantrell Boulevard
eastbound for South Carolina 61 (Ashley River Road) south. The boulevard ends at Ashley River Road in 0.75
miles. South Carolina 61 continues from there to U.S. 17 and South Carolina 171 just west of the Ashley River.
Photo taken 01/18/04.
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| A button copy Interstate 526 ends sign is posted within the
unassigned Exit 11 partial cloverleaf interchange for South Carolina 61. Interstate 526 is planned to extend
southward to James Island to directly tie into the South Carolina 30 freeway spur. However the segment remains
unconstructed due to cost and environmental issues. Photo taken 01/18/04.
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| At present all traffic is shunted onto the unassigned Exit 10
off-ramp for South Carolina 7 (Sam Rittenburg Boulevard) and U.S. 17 (Savannah Highway). Photo taken 01/18/04.
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| Grading and a short stub of pavement remains for the unconstructed
segment of Interstate 526 at the Exit 10 interchange. A new ramp exists from U.S. 17 northbound to Interstate 526
eastbound in the background. The placement of the ramp alludes to the fact that perhaps Interstate 526 will
remain unconstructed indefinitely as it resides within the right of way for the potential freeway mainline.
Photo taken 01/18/04.
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| All Interstate 526 westbound motorists depart via the Exit 10 off-ramp.
Depicted here is the end of the ramp with South Carolina 7 (Sam Rittenburg Boulevard). South Carolina 7 begins
nearby at U.S. 17 (Savannah Highway). From there the highway turns northeastward to Interstate 26 and U.S. 52 & 78
in the city of Charleston. Photo taken 01/18/04.
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| An access road continues traffic across South Carolina 7 to
U.S. 17 (Savannah Highway) itself. The federal highway travels east-west between Interstate 95 (Exit 33) and
the city of Charleston. A loop ramp from U.S. 17 northbound to Interstate 526 eastbound rises above to
the left. Photo taken 01/18/04.
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| South Carolina 703 East
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| South Carolina 703 (Coleman Boulevard) begins via the U.S.
17 northbound off=ramp from he Silas Pearman Bridge of the Cooper River. Upon completion of the new cable stayed
bridge of U.S. 17 over the Cooper River and Town Creek, the interchange configuration of South Carolina 703's
west end will alter. Photo taken 01/18/04.
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| Coleman Boulevard composes a four lane divided arterial
between U.S. 17 and Patriots Point Park to Business Spur Interstate 526 (Chuck Dawley Boulevard). Coleman
and Chuck Dawley Boulevard loop southward from U.S. 17 (Johnnie Dodds Boulevard) within the city of Mount
Pleasant (pop. 47,609). Photo taken 01/18/04.
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| Junction shield of Business Spur Interstate 526 on South
Carolina 703 eastbound. The Business Spur of Interstate 526 is well signed as compared to those of 126,
385, and 585. South Carolina 703 turns southward on Ben Sawyer Boulevard for Sullivan's Island (pop. 1,911)
and the Isle of Palms (pop. 4,583). Photo taken 01/18/04.
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| Business Spur Interstate 526 East
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| Business Spur Interstate 526 eastbound after the South Carolina
703 departure. The Business route follows Chuck Dawley Boulevard, a five-lane arterial, between Coleman Boulevard
and Interstate 526 & U.S. 17 (Johnnie Dodds Boulevard). Photo taken 01/18/04.
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| Chuck Dawley Boulevard eastbound approaching the off-ramp to
U.S. 17 (Interstate 526 Exit 32). A five-ramp partial cloverleaf interchange composes the eastern terminus
of Interstate 526 and Business Spur Interstate 526. Photo taken 01/18/04.
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Page Updated February 18, 2004.
