Title 57, Highways, Bridges and Ferries

Any such agreement executed by other than the Department shall be valid and binding when signed by such person as may agree to donate or appropriate funds for such project, and the signing by the executive officers of a private corporation, municipality or county shall be a suffi…

Any such structure and all parts thereof shall be made according to plans and specifications approved by the Department.

The department may transfer from the state highway secondary system any road under its jurisdiction, determined by the department to be of low traffic importance, to one of the parties indicated in this section if mutual consent is reached between the department and the party tha…

The Department, in its discretion, may expend as provided herein upon such project as is mentioned in Section 57-5-770, whether it be the immediate approach, bridge or highway immediately affected thereby or a water-controlling device, two thirds of the amount estimated as necess…

The construction, reconstruction and maintenance authorized in Section 57-5-140 may include all necessary provisions for the operation and parking of vehicles, sidewalks for pedestrians, gutters, storm drains and such other structures within the limits of the highway right-of-way…

Section effective July 1, 2027. See, also, section 57-5-820 effective until July 1, 2027. (A) As used in this section and Section 57-5-830: (1) "Structurally deficient" means not adequate to handle the vehicle weights authorized on roads leading to them. (2) "Functionally obsolet…

Section effective July 1, 2027. See, also, section 57-5-830 effective until July 1, 2027. In every case of a proposed permanent improvement, construction, reconstruction, or alteration by the department of any highway or highway facility within a municipality, the municipality ma…

A municipality may not alter any state highway facility without the prior approval of the department, and any use or restriction made by a municipality of a highway or highway right of way for municipal utilities, parking, or other purposes is subject to prior approval of the dep…

(A) Parking facilities on state highway facilities located in beach communities that are eligible for beach renourishment funds: (1) must include free public beach parking; (2) may include paid public beach parking; and (3) only may be restricted by the department if the departme…

The State highway system shall be built, constructed and maintained from any moneys derived from the automobile license tax, gasoline tax and other special imposts upon highway users, Federal aid and other grants-in-aid and such other moneys as may from time to time be made avail…

The Department, in its discretion, may enter into and carry out agreements with the governing body of any county providing that the Department may construct ways, spurs or ramps on any of its rights of way providing access from any State highway to any public landing on any water…

The Department of Transportation and the Department of Natural Resources are authorized to enter into cooperative agreements for the construction of access roads and recreation facilities in any county in the State. The agreements may provide for the Department of Transportation …

This section is repealed effective until July 1, 2032, pursuant to 2019 Act No. 36, SECTION 2, as amended by 2026 Act No. 244, SECTION 1. (A) For the purposes of this section: (1) "Betterment" means any upgrade to a facility being relocated that is made solely for the benefit of …

Section effective until January 1, 2027. See, also, section 57-5-90 effective January 1, 2027. The commission may establish such belt lines or spurs as it deems proper and construct and maintain such belt lines and spurs from funds otherwise provided by law for the construction a…

Any person who shall negligently, wilfully or wantonly damage a highway, highway facility, highway structure or trees or shrubs on a highway shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and, upon conviction, shall be fined not more than one hundred dollars or imprisoned for not more than thi…

(A) No person may place, throw, or deposit upon any highway any glass bottle, glass, nails, tacks, wire, cans, or any other substance or object likely to injure any person, animal, or vehicle upon the highway. Any person who drops or permits to be dropped or thrown upon any highw…

(A) For the purposes of this section, "highway" includes the entire area within a highway right of way, including the shoulders and parking areas. (B) It is unlawful for any person wilfully to obstruct ditches and drainage openings along any highway, to place obstructions upon an…

Any time during the year when any public highway shall be obstructed, any overseer of the district in which it may be shall forthwith cause such obstruction to be removed.

(1) Municipalities or counties may, upon roads and streets in residential areas or school zones, construct and maintain speed-control devices as they deem necessary upon the basis of an investigation of the area. Such devices shall consist of a mound, rib or hump with sloping sid…

If any person shall obstruct unnecessarily any street, public road or highway by permitting any railroad car or locomotive to be or remain upon or across any street, public road or highway for a longer period than five minutes, after notice to remove such car or locomotive has be…

It shall be unlawful for any railroad company to obstruct, by its roadbed or otherwise, the drainage of any public road or highway, or to empty the water from its ditches into any public road or highway, to the injury of such highway. If any railroad company, being warned by the …

Every railroad company or other corporation, the servant, agent or employee of which shall, in any manner, obstruct any street, public road or highway, shall be liable to pay any fine which may be assessed against such servant, agent or employee for so obstructing such street, pu…

It shall be unlawful to operate motor vehicles with chains upon or around the wheels contrary to such regulations for the use of chains as may be adopted and promulgated by the Department. A violation of this section shall be punishable by a fine of not more than one hundred doll…

Any person who shall cut down, burn or deface any milepost or milestone erected by the governing body or county supervisor of any county shall, upon conviction thereof, forfeit and pay the sum of ten dollars, to be recovered by indictment or information before any court of compet…

It shall be unlawful for any person to cut trenches or lay pipes or tracks through, under, over or on any State highway or bridge without first obtaining a permit from the State Highway Engineer. A violation of this section shall be punishable by a fine of not more than one hundr…

Any person desiring to make any excavation for any purpose in or across any road outside any incorporated city or town, not in the State highway system, shall make and file with the county supervisor an application in writing for permission to make such excavation. Such applicati…

If any city or incorporated town owns its own waterworks or sewerage, which extends beyond the city or town limits, the city or town may in any particular case, after giving written notice to the county supervisor of its desire so to do and receiving the consent of the supervisor…

It shall be unlawful to operate upon any of the public highways of this State any two-wheeled timber carts with tongue or small wheel attached thereto which comes in contact with the road, and it shall also be unlawful to operate any vehicle over any such highway for the purpose …

(A) For purposes of this section, the term "camp" means camping for more than forty-eight hours. (B) It is unlawful for any person to camp, set fires, or cook within the right of way of a highway open to vehicular traffic. A person who violates the provisions of this section is g…

Any interested person, the State or any of its political subdivisions or agencies may petition a court of competent jurisdiction to abandon or close any street, road or highway whether opened or not. Prior to filing the petition, notice of intention to file shall be published onc…

If the court shall determine that it is to be the best interest of all concerned that such street, road or highway be abandoned or closed, the court shall then determine in whom the title thereto shall be vested and issue an appropriate order.

The clerk of court or register of deeds of the county where the property is situated shall record the order of the court and index the same in the book of deeds to real property.

This chapter shall not be construed to repeal any other provision of law but shall be cumulative thereto.

As used in this article: (1) "Accident claims" means all claims against the department as provided for by law, except contractual claims; (2) "Gasoline user fee" includes taxes for the privilege of selling, consigning, using, shipping, or distributing gasoline or any substitutes …

(A)(1) All state revenues and state monies dedicated by statute to the operation of the department must be deposited into either the "State Highway Fund", the "State Non-Federal Aid Highway Fund", or the "Infrastructure Maintenance Trust Fund". All funds must be held and managed …

The terms defined herein shall have the meanings hereinafter set forth: (1) "Fiscal year" means the fiscal year upon which the affairs of the State of South Carolina are then being conducted. As of the date of this enactment it is that which begins on July first and ends on June …

Whenever it shall become necessary that monies be raised for highway transportation purposes, or construction and equipment of headquarters administrative facilities, including monies to be used to refund any state highway bonds then outstanding, the commission may make a request…

Following the receipt of any request pursuant to Section 57-11-220, the State Fiscal Accountability Authority or the Department of Administration, as applicable, shall review the same and to the extent that it shall approve such request, it shall be empowered, by resolution duly …

The maximum annual debt service on general obligation bonds issued or outstanding as state highway bonds shall not exceed the debt service limits established in Article X, Section 13 of the South Carolina Constitution. Within such limitations, state highway bonds may be issued fo…

For the payment of the principal of and interest on all state highway bonds (whether now outstanding or hereafter issued), as the same shall come due, there shall be pledged the full faith, credit, and taxing power of the State of South Carolina and, in addition thereto, all of t…

The pledge of monies derived from the sources of revenue shall not preclude the General Assembly from revising the quantum of any tax included in the sources of revenue except that, so long as any state highway bonds shall be outstanding, the sources of revenue shall be not less …

The commission is authorized to request the State Fiscal Accountability Authority to issue state highway bonds. In order to effect the issuance of bonds pursuant to this article, the State Fiscal Accountability Authority may adopt a resolution providing for the issuance of state …

Following receipt of a certified copy of the resolution of the state board the Governor and State Treasurer shall issue state highway bonds in accordance with the provisions of the resolution of the State Fiscal Accountability Authority.

State highway bonds shall be issued in such form, in such denominations, and with such provisions as to time, place, or places and medium of payment as may be determined by the State Fiscal Accountability Authority, subject to the provisions of this article.

State highway bonds shall be issued as fully registered bonds with both principal and interest thereof made payable only to the registered holder. Such fully registered bonds shall be subject to transfer under such conditions as the State Fiscal Accountability Authority shall pre…

State highway bonds shall bear interest, payable on such occasions as shall be prescribed by the State Fiscal Accountability Authority. Each issue of state highway bonds shall mature in annual series or installments, which shall mature not more than twenty-five years after such d…