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Media Advisory - SCHP Thanksgiving Rest Area Events

Wed, 11/15/2017

Media Advisory

South Carolina Department of Public Safety (SCDPS) announces the following event:

WHO:      SC Highway Patrol distributes safety materials and talks with motorists about safe Thanksgiving travel

WHEN:    Wednesday, November 22, 2017, 11 a.m. – 3 p.m.

WHERE: Rest Areas / Welcome Centers (Statewide)

Troop 1:

Date: Wednesday, November 22 
Time: 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. 
County: Kershaw 
Location: I-20 West at the Kershaw Rest Area
Mile Marker: 93, Westbound 
Rollover vehicle will be present

Troop 2:

County: Newberry 
Location: I-26 Rest Area 
Eastbound, Mile Marker: 63.5

Troop 3:

County: Oconee 
Location: I-85 Rest Area – Georgia line 
Northbound, Mile Marker: 1

Troop 4:

County: Cherokee Location: I-85 Welcome Center 
Southbound, Mile Marker: 103 
Rollover vehicle present

Troop 5:

County: Dillon
Location: I-95 Welcome Center
Southbound, Mile Marker: 197

Troop 6:

County: Colleton 
Location: I-95 Rest Area
Northbound, Mile Marker: 47

Troop 7:

County: Orangeburg 
ocation: I-26
Eastbound, Mile Marker: 150 
Rollover vehicle present


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