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Piedmont Interstate Fairgrounds; Location: 575 Fairgrounds Road, Spartanburg, South Carolina Coordinates: 1]: Operator: Joe Littlejohn (1939–1966): Opened: 1939: Website: piedmontinterstatefair.com: oval; Surface: dirt: Length: 0.5 miles: Turns: 4: Race lap record: 70.644 mph [2] (Dick Hutcherson [2], , 1965, NASCAR Grand National): Piedmont Interstate Fairgrounds is a half mile (0.8 km ...
The Piedmont & Northern Railway (reporting mark PN) was a heavy electric interurban company operating over two disconnected divisions in North and South Carolina.Tracks spanned 128 miles (206 km) total between the two segments, with the northern division running 24 miles (39 km) from Charlotte, to Gastonia, North Carolina, including a three-mile (5 km) spur to Belmont.
In 1957 or 1958, US 29 was rerouted onto a new super-two highway, bypassing Williamston, Pelzer, and Piedmont; the old alignment later became connector route for US 29/SC 20. It then went onto new road connecting with US 25 and SC 291 .
The Upstate, historically known as the Upcountry, [4] is a region of the U.S. state of South Carolina, comprising the northwesternmost area of the state.Although loosely defined among locals, the general definition includes the 10 counties of the commerce-rich I-85 corridor in the northwest corner of South Carolina.
This is a list of metropolitan areas of South Carolina, a state in the Southeastern United States.It is bordered to the north by North Carolina; to the south and west by Georgia, located across the Savannah River; and to the east by the Atlantic Ocean.
The largest region in the state is the Piedmont (United States). In South Carolina, this region consists mostly of igneous and metamorphic rocks of Paleozoic age. The eastern boundary of the Piedmont is the Fall Line. Several cities are located in the Piedmont, such as Greenville, Spartanburg, Rock Hill, and Greenwood.
South Carolina Highway 85 (SC 85) was a state highway that was established from SC 8/SC 81 near Piedmont to U.S. Route 29 (US 29; now SC 20) in Piedmont. In 1938, it was decommissioned and redesignated as SC 86. Today, only the portion from just west of I-85 to Piedmont is part of SC 86.
US 76 / SC 28 north of Anderson; US 178 north of Anderson; US 29 (multiple times in the state) I-185 near Greenville; US 25 in Greenville; US 276 in Greenville; I-385 in Greenville; I-26 near Spartanburg; US 176 near Spartanburg; US 221 near Cherokee Springs; North end: I-85 at North Carolina state line: Location; Country: United States: State ...