South Carolina Highway 68

South Carolina Highway 68 (SC 68) is a 15.330 mi state highway in Hampton County, in the U.S. state of South Carolina. It connects the Hampton–Varnille area with Yemassee and Interstate 95 (I-95).

Route description
The route of SC 68 travels generally in a northwest to southeast direction, beginning at a junction with U.S. Highway 278 (US 278 just south of Varnville. The highway travels in a nearly straight line for its entire length, paralleling the Port Royal and Augusta Railway (today the CSX Augusta Subdivision). The roadway passes through the small hamlet of Early Branch before widening to a four-lane configuration about 1 mi north of the I-95 junction. Passing underneath I-95, SC 68 returns to a two-lane configuration as it enters Yemassee before terminating at an intersection with US 17 Alternate and US 21.

History
Established in 1967 as a renumbering of SC 28, it has remained unchanged since.

Prior to the current routing, SC 68 had two previous incarnations:

From 1934 or 1935 to 1938 from near Clio to the North Carolina state line (renumbered as SC 83)

From 1938 to 1947 as a short highway spur from SC 6 in Denmark to Voorhees College.