| Ashley River Road |
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c/o Charleston Area Convention and Visitor Bureau
423 King St |
| Charleston, SC, 29403 |
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| Phone |
| 843-853-8000 |
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| Length |
| 11 miles. |
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| Designation/Year |
| 2000 |
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| Parent Agency |
| Department of Transportation |
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| Description |
| Featuring Southern plantations and old churches, byway capture the history of the American South and the culture of South Carolina's low-country, including a rich African-American culture. Points of interest include: Drayton Hall, the only pre-Revolutionary plantation house remaining on the historic Ashley River Road; Fort Bull, Confederate earthworks constructed in 1863; and the Old St. Andrew's Church and Middleton Place, both National Historic Landmarks. |
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| Start/End Point |
| Following the Ashley River along SC 61, byway begins at milepost 5.84 (Charleston County) in Church Creek, follows SC 61, and ends at milepost 15.75 (Dorchester County) near SC 165. |
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| Time to Allow |
| 25 minutes. |
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