Transportation
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| Frontage road construction, Clinton, SC; Completed in Summer, 2010 |
Central Location Aids With Transportation
- Situated in the southeastern part of the Upstate region
- Geographically centered between Greenville, Spartanburg, and Columbia
- Easily accessible to Charlotte (90 miles), Atlanta (170 miles), and Charleston (160 miles)
Interstates
- I-26 (Charleston, SC to Johnson City, TN)
•Estimated Dailty Traffic: I-26 (I-385 to SC 56) = 37,600
•Estimated Daily Traffic: I-26 (SC 56 to SC 72) = 34,900
- I-385 (Laurens County to Greenville, SC)
•Estimated Daily Traffic: I-385 (US 221 to S-23) = 21,400
- I-85 is 30 miles NW
- I-20 is 65 miles SE
US Highways
- 76 connect to Newberry, Greenville, and Anderson
- US 221 connect to Spartanburg and Greenwood Counties
- US 25 connect to Greenwood and Greenville Counties
SC Highways
- SC 72 connect to Newberry and Greenwood
- SC 56 connect to Newberry and Spartanburg
40 + Motor Freight Carriers
Greenville Spartanburg International (30-45 minutes)
- 10 passenger airlines w/ 90 flights daily
- 13 non-stop destinations Atlanta, Charlotte, Chicago, Dallas/Ft. Worth, LaGuardia, Memphis, Raleigh-Durham, Philadelphia, Pittsburgh, Newark, Cincinnati, and Dulles & National.
Other Air Transportation Services Available
Laurens County Airport & Private and Corporate Aircraft
- 3,900 foot paved runway
- Hangar rental
- Maintenance & fuel service
The Port of Charleston
- Operated by the SC Ports Authority
- Fifth largest facility of its kind in the US
- Second-largest container port on the East Coast
- CSX Transportation (company's main line passes directly through Clinton)
- RailAmerica (34.4-miles Laurens to Greenville running parallel to I-385)
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