- Interstate 126
Infobox road
state=SC
route=126
type=I
alternate_name=Lester Bates Freeway
maint=
length_mi=3.68
length_round=2
length_ref=cite web|url=http://www.fhwa.dot.gov/reports/routefinder/table2.cfm|title=Route Log and Finder List - Interstate System: Table 2|publisher=FHWA|accessdate=2007-10-03]
year_established=1962
direction_a=West
terminus_a=Jct|state=SC|I|26|US|76 in Columbia
junction=
direction_b=East
terminus_b=Jct|state=SC|US|21|US|176|US|321|BS|126 (Huger Street/Elmwood Avenue) in Downtown Columbia
previous_type=
previous_route=
next_type=
next_route=Interstate 126 (abbreviated I-126) is a
spur route ofInterstate 26 , near Columbia,South Carolina in theUnited States . It runs 3.1mile s (5km ) from I-26 just south of the junction withInterstate 20 , eastward across the Broad River (Timmerman Bridge), and into downtown Columbia terminating at US 21/US 176/US 321 (Huger Street). It is named the Lester Bates Freeway and is co-signed with US 76 for the entire route.I-126 has unnumbered interchanges with Colonial Life Boulevard (westbound only), Greystone Boulevard, and US 21/US 176/US 321. The route is seven lanes from I-26 to Colonial Life Boulevard and eight lanes to US 21/US 176/US 321. Two lanes extend into Columbia signed as "I-126/US 76 EAST - Elmwood Avenue" but the freeway ends within the US 21/US 176/US 321 interchange.
Business routes
Columbia business spur
Westbound Elmwood Avenue (US 21/US 76/US 176/US 321) has also been signed as Interstate 126 Business for several decades but this designation has never appeared on maps.
As of 2006 , only one sign retains the "Business Spur" designation, the others having been replaced by traditional interstate signs.Exit list
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jct|state=SC|I|26|dir1=west|US|76|dir2=west|city1=Spartanburg
Westbound exit and eastbound entrance
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jct|state=SC|I|20|city1=Florence, Augusta
Westbound exit and eastbound entrance; signed as exit 107
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jct|state=SC|I|26|dir1=east|city1=Charleston
Westbound exit and eastbound entrance
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Colonial Life Boulevard to Bush River Road
Westbound exit and eastbound entrance
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Greystone Boulevard -Riverbanks Zoo |
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jct|state=SC|US|21|dir1=south|US|176|dir2=east|US|321|dir3=south|name3=Huger Street
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jct|state=SC|US|21|dir1=north|US|176|dir2=west|US|321|dir3=north|name3= Elmwood AvenueReferences
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