South Carolina I95 northbound

It has been that way for years in spite of constant road work

We survived and heading across rt 58 in Virginia to Chincoteague Island. Thanks for the replies and will try alternate route thru SC in January.

If you aren't in a big hurry, want almost zero traffic, and smoother roads, take exit 33 then grab Hwy 15/17A, follow 15 until Santee where you need to jump back on the I95 to cross the lake. On the north side of the lake, take the first exit to Hwy 301 which can be followed to the state line at South of the Border. You will have to deal with 55mph speed limit and about two dozen traffic lights, but not bad.

If you want to avoid most of the traffic lights and traffic, avoid Florence though you never get downtown or heavy traffic by taking Hwy 56 in Turbeville over to I95.

More than 30 years ago, I used to do a golf trip to Myrtle Beach with 11 other buddies. One of the guys was a highway engineer. He told me back then that many interstates were never designed to support the weights and amounts of semis using the interstates. No doubt that without the semis, the interstates would last forever, but we'd all be growing our own veggies and slaughtering our own cows and hogs for meat.
And you can't permanently fix the problem by adding another layer on top. The road beds need to be deeper, and its too late for that. So we patch. And cuss.

So be sure to fill up your fuel tank, because with lower taxes, the gas is cheaper than it will be after you cross the state line to somewhat better roads.

Thats why the taxes are so low in this state, nothing goes to roads.

Believe it or not. But SC roads were better this year than they were two years ago. However they are still some of the worse. Only NY are worse.

It will stay that way all through the state. Last MM is 198.