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The South Carolina Department of Transportation publishes documents on state transportation, including the systematic planning, construction, maintenance, and operation of the state highway system and the development of a statewide intermodal and freight system.
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Publication South Carolina Statewide Rail Plan Update 2020(South Carolina State Library, 2024-06-27) South Carolina Department of TransportationThe South Carolina State Rail Plan has been updated in consideration of the following South Carolina statewide plans that were reviewed in parallel and updated as needed in a coordinated effort: 2040 Statewide Multimodal Transportation Plan (MTP); Interstate Plan and Updates; Strategic Corridor Plan; Public Transit and Coordination Plans; and Statewide Freight Plan. This State Rail Plan is consistent with and contains elements required under Chapter 227 of Title 49, as enacted in the Passenger Rail Investment and Improvement Act of 2008 (PRIIA). This Plan updates the previous plan of 2014, which was developed to comply with Title 49, Part 266.15 and Requirements for a State Rail Plan.Publication Guide to DBE Certification(South Carolina State Library, 2024-05-16) South Carolina Department of Transportation. Division of Minority and Small Business AffairsThis brochure explains the Disadvantaged Business Enterprise certification process and gives a list of Department of Transportation program partners along with their telephone numbers.Publication Rail Plan Map 2024(South Carolina State Library, 2024-05) South Carolina Department of Transportation. Division of Intermodal and Freight ProgramsThe rail map includes SCDOT railway systems in the state.Publication Statewide TSMO Master Plan(South Carolina State Library, 2023-12-08) Kimley-Horn, Jeff Dale; South Carolina Department of TransportationThe TSMO Master Plan is intended to help guide SCDOT and stakeholders through the deployment of Transportation Management Operation Systems (TSMO) strategies, projects, and programs. This plan is the first statewide technology-focused plan in South Carolina and will be the first step in creating the momentum to ultimately educate and inform stakeholders to key challenges and improvements.Publication South Carolina Carbon Reduction Strategy(South Carolina State Library, 2023-11-09) Scouth Carolina Department of Transportation; Kimley-HornThe South Carolina Department of Transportation (SCDOT) has developed the South Carolina Carbon Reduction Strategy (CRS) to align with federal requirements to reduce carbon emissions produced by the transportation sector. These requirements were established as part of the Carbon Reduction Program (CRP), authorized by the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law (BIL) adopted in 2021 and codified in 23 U.S.C. 175.Publication The State of SCDOT(South Carolina State Library, 2024-04-17) South Carolina Department of Transportation; Senate Transportation CommitteeThis State of the SCDOT report contains information about South Carolina infrastructure, including ten-year plan accomplishments, updates on running programs, facts about South Carolina bridges, and other pertinent information.Publication Hurricane Evacuation Routes(South Carolina State Library, 2024-04) South Carolina Department of TransportationThis map shows major hurricane evacuation routes in South Carolina.Publication Rail Plan Report 2023(South Carolina State Library, 2024-01-25) South Carolina Department of Transportation. Division of Intermodal and Freight ProgramsThe Rail Plan Report provides an analysis of the South Carolina Statewide Rail Plan (SRP) in two parts: (a) state railroad corridor preservation and revitalization plan; and (b) the comprehensive 2020 state rail plan for passenger and freight railroads and infrastructure services. To address these requirements, the SRP and the Rail Plan Implemenation Update are enclosed.Publication Certifications and assurances Fiscal Year 2024(South Carolina State Library, 2024-02-07) South Carolina Department of TransportationThe certifications appear as part of the applicant’s registration or annual registration renewal and on the Office of Management and Budget’s standard form. This certification has been modified in places to include analogous certifications required by U.S. DOT statutes or regulations.Publication I-77 and exit 26 interchange - Scout Motors, Richland County : final pipe inspection report(South Carolina State Library, 2024-02-06) South Carolina Department of Transportation; OLH, Inc.This report Covers the area surrounding US21 at I-77 interchange. SCA Underground performed the video and photo pipe inspection field work between September and November of 2023. OLH Inc collected, cataloged, and reviewed the data under a Professional Engineer to provide SCDOT and the Design Build Teams with a status of existing storm water drainage pipes and culverts. This report contains the information for each pipe inspected, listing the presence of issues or irregularities and the location of each within the pipe.Publication Branding & style guide(South Carolina State Library, 2023-03-06) South Carolina Department of TransportationThese guidelines were designed to be a foundation for our brand identity and a tool for both internal and external practitioners to clearly and consistently communicate our message. This is a living document – the guidance included here will be reviewed and updated regularly. This brand toolkit includes templates for basic branded materials you may need.Publication The Combahee Ferry Historic District : a crossing to freedom(South Carolina State Library, 2013-04-04) South Carolina Department of TransportationCombahee Ferry was the site of a major Union raid conducted by the 2nd South Carolina Volunteer Infantry. This African American regiment was organized at Beaufort and Hilton Head on May 22, 1863. Colonel James Montgomery led the regiment. Harriet Tubman, famed Union Army intelligence operative, planned and guided the raid.Publication The Combahee Ferry Historic District : bridging the past & present(South Carolina State Library, 2013-04-04) South Carolina Department of TransportationFor 300 years people and events converged at the Combahee River and made this crossing a vital transportation hub that influenced the economic, social, and political development of our state and nation. Today remnants of this historic hub are preserved in the Combahee Ferry Historic District. Explore this aerial view and learn about the eighteen resources that make up one of our state’s most important historic places.Publication Historic architectural survey of Marlboro County, South Carolina : final report(South Carolina State Library, 2012-01) Salo, Edward.; South Carolina Department of Transportation.; South Carolina Department of Archives and History.; Marlboro County (S.C.); Brockington and Associates, Inc.; Ellerbee, Jason; Lanphear, Kristina; Wagoner, PaigeThe objective of this survey is to identify all aboveground historic architectural resources in the survey universe that retain sufficient integrity to be included in the Statewide Survey of Historic Places. These resources include buildings, structures, objects, districts, and landscapes that have architectural or historical significance. The results of this survey can serve as an archival record of the Marlboro County’s historic resources at the time of the survey; this report contains an inventory of every site recorded during the fieldwork.Publication Seismic design specifications for highway bridges(South Carolina State Library, 2008-07) South Carolina. Department of TransportationThe Seismic Design Specifications for Highway Bridges have been developed to provide the SCDOT's bridge designers with a guide to design criteria, analysis methods and detailing procedures for the preparation of highway bridge plans. The primary function of the Specifications is to provide minimum requirements for use by bridge designers to achieve public safety in an earthquake that is likely to occur in the State of South Carolina. The implementation of the Specifications is intended to safeguard against major failures and loss of life, to minimize damage, to maintain functions, and/or to provide for expedited repair.Publication South Carolina Southeast High Speed Rail Corridor improvement study(South Carolina State Library, 2001-02) South Carolina. Department of Transportation; Wilbur Smith Associates; Balfour Beatty Rail Systems; Sprague & Sprague Consulting EngineersThe Southeast Rail Corridor was originally designated as a high-speed corridor in Section 1010 of the Intermodal Surface Transportation Efficiency Act (ISTEA) of 1991. More specifically, it involved the high-speed grade-crossing improvement program of the Act to reduce or eliminate the hazards of at-grade rail-highway crossings in the designated corridors. It was to connect the southern end of the Northeast Corridor to Charlotte, North Carolina. The high-speed rail grade crossing improvement program was carried over into the Transportation Equity Act for the 21st Century (TEA-21) as Section 1103(c). Subsequently, the Southeast High-Speed Rail Corridor (SEHSR) was extended in December 1998 south from Charlotte to Atlanta and Macon, Georgia running through the Upstate of South Carolina. Another branch was added running through Columbia to Savannah, Georgia and Jacksonville, Florida from Raleigh, North Carolina. The Corridor was further extended in October 2000 from Macon to Jessup, Georgia, tying the two branches together. Planning and development of the Corridor is being guided by a four-state coalition: Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina and Georgia. The goal of the four-state consortium in developing the SEHSR is a top speed of 110 mph. This study and plan is South Carolina's initial examination of the physical feasibility of high-speed passenger rail service in the state.Publication Federal Transit Administration Programs state management plan revision 1(South Carolina State Library, 2012-05) South Carolina Department of Transportation. Office of Public Transit. Division of Intermodal and Freight ProgramsThe U.S. Department of Transportation, through the Federal Transit Administration (FTA), provides a number of programs designed to assist in the provision of local public transportation services. FTA requires each state to have an approved State Management Plan on file with their regional office. The intent of the South Carolina State Management Plan is to document the State‘s mission, goals, policies, procedures and administrative guidelines for the FTA programs. The State Management Plan is updated regularly as federal information and/or state processes in administering the federal grants take place.Publication The effect of regulatory requirements and intervening groups on road construction in South Carolina(South Carolina State Library, 2017-06-09) South Carolina Department of Transportation; University of South Carolina. School of Earth, Ocean and Environment; United States Federal Highway Administration; Geidel, Gwendelyn; Smith, Caitlin; Jalowiecka, MonikaThis study was designed to evaluate delays occurring during the highway construction process, specifically delays resulting from the Clean Water Act (CWA) permitting process, and to evaluate how other state Departments of Transportation (DOT) in the Southeastern Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials (SASHTO) (with the exception of Puerto Rico) respond to these impacts. The study focused on construction project delays that were caused by potential impacts to wetlands and streams under the CWA, in as much as these are the issues, based on information provided by South Carolina DOT (SCDOT), that have historically received challenges.Publication Evaluating the effect of slab curling on IRI for South Carolina concrete pavements(South Carolina State Library, 2010-10) South Carolina Department of Transportation. Office of Materials and Research; Johnson, Andrew M.; Smith, Bryan C.; Johnson, Wei Hong; Gibson, Luke W.; United States. Federal Highway AdministrationConcrete pavements are known to curl due to a temperature gradient within the concrete caused by both daily and seasonal temperature variations. This research project measured the magnitude of concrete pavement slab curling of two newly constructed jointed plain concrete pavements in South Carolina and the effect of the slab curling on rideability of the pavements. Three methods were used to measure the amount of slab curling: digital indicators suspended over the pavement surface, a terrestrial laser scanner, and a high-speed inertial profiler. It was found that the pavements showed small changes in curvature as the temperature increased during the day. These changes also correlated to increases in the International Roughness Index (IRI) measurement of the pavement, the IRI increase were found to be less than 10 inches/mile on days with large swings in temperature. The change in IRI from seasonal temperature variations was in the range of 1 to 4 inches/mile. Based on this research project, it is recommended that SCDOT schedule its quality acceptance rideability testing of concrete pavements for the same time of day (i.e. afternoon) to reduce the variation in the IRI measurements caused by daily temperature cycles and make measurements from different roads more comparable.Publication Data recovery excavations at Wood Pottery (38AK493/931) Aiken County, South Carolina : final report(South Carolina State Library, 2010-11) Marcoux, Jon Bernard; Whitley, Thomas G.; Brockington and Associates, Inc.; South Carolina Department of TransportationBrockington and Associates, Inc., conducted archaeological data recovery investigations at the Wood Pottery locus of site 38AK493/931 in Aiken County, South Carolina. The data recovery investigations carried out on the Wood Pottery component were specifically aimed at recovering information related to the production history of the Wood Pottery Company and the technology employed in manufacturing. Accordingly, specific research questions are aimed at one of these two general topics: What were the personal histories of individuals who were associated with the Wood Pottery Company, and how did these histories influence the business? ; What was the historical relationship between the earlytwentieth-century potteries in North Augusta and those associated with the nineteenth-century Edgefield District?