South_Carolina_Highway_172 References

South Carolina Highway 172
South Carolina Highway 172
Route information
	Maintained by SCDOT
Length	9.000 mi (14.484 km)
Major junctions
West end	US 178 near North
	US 21 near St. Matthews
East end	SC 6 near St. Matthews
Location
Country	United States
State	South Carolina
Counties	Orangeburg, Calhoun
Highway system
	South Carolina State Highway System; Interstate; US; State; Scenic;

South Carolina Highway 172 (SC 172) is a nine-point-zero-zero-zero-mile-long (14.484 km) state highway in the U.S. state of South Carolina. The highway travels through rural areas of Orangeburg and Calhoun counties.

Route description

SC 172 begins at an intersection with U.S. Route 178 (US 178; North Road) east-northeast of North, within Orangeburg County. It travels to the north-northeast. Approximately 1,000 feet (300 m) later, it meets the eastern terminus of SC 692, with SC 172 heading to the east-northeast before it enters Calhoun County. It passes by the Do-Little Field airport just before it meets US 21 (Columbia Road). SC 172 continues another 0.09 miles (0.14 km) to end at SC 6 (Caw Caw Road).^[3]

Major intersections

County	mi^[1]</ref>^[2]	km	Destinations	Notes
Orangeburg	0.000	0.000	US 178 (North Road) – Orangeburg, North, Aiken	Western terminus
Orangeburg	0.230	0.370	SC 692 west (Redmond Mill Road) – Swansea	Eastern terminus of SC 692
Calhoun	8.910	14.339	US 21 (Columbia Road) – Orangeburg, Swansea, Columbia
Calhoun	9.000	14.484	SC 6 (Caw Caw Road) to I-26 – St. Matthews	Eastern terminus
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi