South Carolina Highway 72

South Carolina Highway 72
Route information
Maintained by SCDOT
Length	124.860 mi[1][2][3][4][5][6][7] (200.943 km)
Existed	1942[citation needed]–present
Major junctions
West end	SR 72 at the Georgia line near Calhoun Falls
Major intersections	US 25 / US 178 / US 221 in Greenwood US 221 near Cross Hill US 76 in Clinton I-26 in Clinton US 176 / SC 121 in Whitmire US 321 / SC 9 in Chester
East end	SC 122 in Rock Hill
Location
Country	United States
State	South Carolina
Counties	Abbeville, Greenwood, Laurens, Newberry, Union, Chester, York
Highway system
South Carolina State Highway System Interstate US State Scenic
← SC 71 → SC 75

South Carolina Highway 72 (SC 72) is a 124.860-mile (200.943 km) state highway, traversing interior portions of the South Carolina Piedmont region. This route is part of a multi two-state route 72 that begins at Athens, Georgia and ends at Rock Hill, South Carolina. The route connects many smaller communities outside major metropolitan areas and is roughly parallel with Interstate 85 (I-85) to the north and I-20 and I-77 to the south and east. The route shares the longest concurrency in the state with SC 121, from Whitmire to Rock Hill.