South Carolina Highway 116

South Carolina Highway 116
South Carolina Highway 116
Laurel Bay Road
Route information
	Maintained by SCDOT
Length	3.400 mi (5.472 km)
Existed	1960s[citation needed]–present
Major junctions
West end	Laurel Bay
East end	US 21 at MCAS Beaufort
Location
Country	United States
State	South Carolina
Counties	Beaufort
Highway system
	South Carolina State Highway System; Interstate; US; State; Scenic;

South Carolina Highway 116 (SC 116) is a 3.400-mile-long (5.472 km) state highway located entirely within Beaufort County, South Carolina, in the southern part of the U.S. state of South Carolina. Also known locally as Laurel Bay Road, SC 116 connects the Laurel Bay military housing development with the Marine Corps Air Station Beaufort (MCAS Beaufort) facility.

Route description

SC 116 runs in a west-to-east direction and is primarily a two-lane road. Beginning from the guardhouse of the Laurel Bay military housing complex, the road is a four-lane divided highway. After it intersects Joe Frazier Road it narrows to a two-lane undivided road. SC 116 passes a couple of businesses whilst the rest of the surroundings is mostly woods. The west half of the highway is in the census designated place (CDP) of Laurel Bay, much of the east half's eastbound lane is in the CDP of Burton, and a small portion of the road briefly passes within the city limits of Beaufort. Just before reaching MCAS Beaufort, SC 116 widens to a four-lane divided highway again and ends at an intersection with U.S. Route 21 (US 21) on the border of the Beaufort.^[2]

Major Intersections

The entire route is in Beaufort County.

Location	mi^[1]	km	Destinations	Notes
Laurel Bay	0.000	0.000	Military housing complex guardhouse	Western terminus; Laurel Bay Road continues past terminus.
Burton–Beaufort line	3.400	5.472	US 21 (Trask Parkway) / Geiger Boulevard east – Charleston, Columbia, Beaufort, MCAS Beaufort	Eastern terminus; roadway continues as Geiger Boulevard.
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi