US 17 ACE Basin Parkway - Segment 2A

Thanks to cooperation among local, state, and federal agencies, an approximately 8-mile stretch of US 17 will be widened from Gardens Corner in Beaufort County over the Combahee River to the four-lane roadway at Lightsey Plantation in Colleton County. Completion of this segment will improve the safety of this important highway, while preserving the natural, pristine beauty of South Carolina’s valuable estuary where the Ashepoo, Combahee, and Edisto Rivers converge.

Completion of Segment 1, between Gardens Corner and the Combahee River, is anticipated for Spring 2010. The design/build contract cost is $80 million.

Completion of Segment 2A, between the Combahee River and the four-lane roadway at Lightsey Plantation, is anticipated for the Fall of 2010. The design/build contract cost for this segment is $20.4 million.

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Prior to this widening project, US 17 ACE Basin between Gardens Corner and Jacksonboro was recognized as one of the nation’s most deadly highways in a 2005 assessment. Sadly, 33 fatalities occurred on this section of the two-lane road between the years of 1997 and February 2005.

Some of these deaths have been marked by friends and families with white crosses within the Right of Way along the roadway. Widening plans for US 17 ACE Basin Segment 1 include the construction of safer, wider shoulders and embankments along either side of the roadway.

If you have information or questions about these memorials, please contact Chris Hernandez, SCDOT Project Manager at (888) 692-9986 or through this site’s contact page.
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