Interstate 526
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| Interstate 526 Auxiliary route of the Interstate Highway System |
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| Mark Clark Expressway | |||||||||
| Length: | 19.26 mi[1] (31.00 km) | ||||||||
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| Formed: | 1997 | ||||||||
| West end: |   US 17/SC 7 in Charleston |
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| Major junctions: |
.svg/20px-I-26_(SC).svg.png){kind=small} I-26 in North Charleston  US 78/US 52 in Charleston |
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| East end: |  BUS Spur 526/US 17 in Mount Pleasant |
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Interstate 526 (abbreviated I-526) or the Mark Clark Expressway is an unfinished beltway Interstate Highway of Interstate 26 in Charleston, South Carolina, USA.
[edit] Route description
Interstate 526 forms a 19.26 mile half-circle around Charleston, with the western terminus at U.S. Highway 17 west of the Ashley River, and the eastern terminus also at U.S. Highway 17, on a section co-signed with U.S. Route 701 east of the Cooper River. Both of those sections go north around Charleston and meet up at Interstate 26 near the Charleston International Airport. U.S. Highway 52 and U.S. Highway 78 intersect with Interstate 526 nearby. There are plans to extend I-526 across Johns Island so that it will form three fourths of a circle around Charleston. After I-526 goes over U.S. Highway 17 in Mount Pleasant, SC a suburb of Charleston it becomes Business 526. Although Business 526 is still signed east-west, it travels a north-south direction, probably just to follow I-526.
I-526 crosses the Cooper River via the Don N. Holt Bridge, the Wando River over the James B. Edwards Bridge, and the Ashley River by way of the General William B. Westmoreland Bridge.
[edit] Exit list
| County | Location | Mile | # | Destinations | Notes |
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| Charleston | Charleston | 0.0 | US 17 / SC 7 north (Sam Rittenberg Boulevard) - Savannah, Charleston |
Savannah Highway/Sam Rittenberg Boulevard | |
| 1.5 | 11 |  SC 61 (Ashley River Road) |
Signed as exits 11A (south) and 11B (north) | ||
| 4.0 | 14 | Leeds Avenue | |||
| North Charleston | 5.0 | 15 |  SC 642 (Dorchester Road) / Paramount Drive |
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| 5.5 | 16 | Montague Avenue, International Boulevard - Charleston International Airport | Signed as exits 16A (Montague Avenue, International Boulevard) and 16B (Airport) eastbound | ||
| 6.5 | 17 | I-26 – Charleston, Columbia |
Signed as exits 17A (east) and 17B (west) | ||
| 7.0 | 18 | US 52 / US 78 (Rivers Avenue) |
Signed as exits 18A (east) and 18B (west) | ||
| 8.5 | 19 | North Rhett Avenue | |||
| 9.0 | 20 | Virginia Avenue | Westbound exit is via a U-turn at exit 19 | ||
| Berkeley | Charleston | 13.0 | 23 | Clements Ferry Road | Signed as exits 23A (south) and 23B (north) eastbound |
| 15.0 | 24 | Daniel Island | |||
| Charleston | 19.0 | 28 | Long Point Road | ||
| Mount Pleasant | 19.3 | 30 | US 17 – Georgetown, Charleston |
Signed as exits 29 (north) and 30 (south) eastbound | |
| 19.3 |  I-526 Bus. (Chuck Dawley Boulevard) to SC 703 |
Eastbound exit and westbound entrance |
[edit] References
- ^ Route Log- Auxiliary Routes of the Eisenhower National System of Interstate and Defense Highways - Table 2
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