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Three South Carolina schools have recently won National Championships. Clemson, the Univeristy of South Carolina and Coastal Carolina University have won football, women’s basketball and baseball honors as the best in the nation.

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Flooding along South Carolina’s coast after Hurricane Matthew in October 2016.

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Successful lane reversals across the state evacuated the public from South Carolina’s coast before Hurricane Matthew hit.

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After flooding in October 2015 and Hurricane Matthew in October 2016, SCDOT crews have become “Masters of Disasters.”

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Governor Henry McMaster signs a Work Zone Bill into Law in June 2017 giving stiff penalties for speeding, reckless driving or injuring highway workers in work zones.

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More paving projects are expected after South Carolina raised its gasoline tax for the first time in 30 years.

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SCDOT has launched a Rural Road Safety Program to improve conditions on the most dangerous stretches of highways in the state.

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Thanks to the additional funding, South Carolina will be able spend $5 billion on interstate widening.

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SCDOT replaced the U.S. 76 bridge over the Broad River in Columbia recently. The bridge includes pedestrian walkways and access to the Columbia Riverwalk below.

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SCDOT is celebrating its centennial year in 2017.

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Secretary of Transportation Christy A. Hall, Clemson Football Coach Dabo Swinney and members of the South Carolina Legislature unveil a sign that celebrates Clemson University’s 2016 National Football Championship.

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The University of South Carolina Women’s Basketball team celebrates their 2017 National Championship.

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SCDOT worked with a City of Aiken neighborhood in replacing an older wooden bridge over a railroad line with a new wooden bridge to keep the community happy.

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SCDOT redesigned and completed the interchange of U.S. 301 and I-95 in Orangeburg County.

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The U.S. 301 and I-95 project included an extension of U.S. 301 to S.C. 6.

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SCDOT won the 2016 SASHTO Golf Tournament.

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SCDOT closed Interstate 26 down completely for a few hours overnight to remove the damaged Leaphart Road Bridge.

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SCDOT leaders participate in the Hurricane Matthew preparations during a meeting with statewide agencies at the South Carolina Emergency Management Division.

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SCDOT participates.

SCDOT holds an outdoor news conference during the National Work Zone Safety Awareness Week in April 2017. The 39 people in vests and hardhats represent the 39 SCDOT workers killed in work zones since 1925.

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A roundabout at the intersection of S.C. 6 and Fish Hatchery Road in Lexington County.

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South Carolina Secretary of Transportation Christy A. Hall