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100 years of US routes: 1926-2026
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Mileage: in 1989 AASHTO listed a figure of 574 miles for US 76... however, that included the mileage of US 76's associated business routes. According to the state subtotals on AASHTO's 1989 spreadsheet, mainline US 76's actual end-to-end total at the time was 547 miles. That is reasonably close to our own 2020 measurement, which yielded 538.1 miles. Want historic mileages? Our handy reference book includes the mileages that were published in all 13 of AASHO/AASHTO's historic route logs (spanning the years 1927 to 1989).
1926-1932
East: Florence, SC
West: Greenville, SC
1932-1934
East: Florence, SC
West: Chattanooga, TN
1934-present
East: Wrightsville Beach, NC
West: Chattanooga, TN
Greenville
US 76 was among the original 1926 routes; here is its description from AASHO's Apr. 1927 route log:
c. 1927, Rand McNally
The photo below is looking east on North Street in Greenville. The crossroad is Main Street, which originally carried US 25-29. The west beginning of US 76 was straight ahead on North.
Karner, May 2013
At the time, the east end of US 76 was in Florence. In 1932 the west end of US 76 was truncated at Laurens SC, and instead extended via its modern corridor through Georgia to Chattanooga. Then in 1934, the east end was extended to Wrightsville Beach, where it remains to this day.
Research and/or image credits: Martin Karner; Dale Sanderson; Michael Summa
Page originally created 2000;last updated May 25, 2025.
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