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From the Columbia Metropolitan Airport:
Exiting the airport, take a left at the light onto Airport Boulevard (Highway 302). Get in the right lane. After about a mile you will see the overpass for Interstate 26. Take a right onto the on-ramp for I-26 Charleston. Get in your left lane and follow the signs for I-77 to Charlotte. From I-77, take the Bluff Road exit. Turn left off the ramp onto Bluff Road. Follow Bluff Road to the USC stadium. Turn right (between the stadium and the State Fairgrounds) onto George Rogers Boulevard. Continue around the Fairgrounds through one traffic signal, and enter Gate 6 on the left.
I-26 East from Greenville:
Just outside of Columbia, 1-26 veers to the right to Charleston. Stay straight on I-126, which becomes Elmwood Avenue. Turn right on Assembly Street. Follow Assembly to the state fairgrounds, where Assembly crosses Rosewood Drive and the name changes to George Rogers Boulevard. Enter at Gate 6 on the right.
I-26 West from Charleston:
Take Exit 116, I-77 North, toward Charlotte. From I-77, take Exit 5, Bluff Road. Turn left off the ramp on to Bluff Road. Follow Bluff Road to the USC stadium. Turn right between the stadium and the fairgrounds on to George Rogers Boulevard. Continue around the Fairgrounds through one traffic signal, and enter Gate 6 on the left.
I-20 East from Augusta:
Take exit 64-A to I-26. Immediately get in the left lane to avoid getting on I-26 to Charleston. Get on I-26/Highway 76 toward Columbia. Just outside of Columbia, 1-26 veers to the right to Charleston. Stay straight on I-126, which becomes Elmwood Avenue. Turn right on Assembly Street. Follow Assembly to the state fairgrounds, where Assembly crosses Rosewood Drive and the name changes to George Rogers Boulevard. Follow George Rogers around the perimeter of the fairgrounds. Continue around the Fairgrounds through one traffic signal, and enter Gate 6 on the left.
I-20 West from Florence:
Take the SC-277 South exit towards Columbia, exit #73A. Continue on SC-277 South Ramp. Merge on SC-277 South. Continue on Bull Street. Turn Right on Gervais Street. Turn Left on Assembly Street. Follow Assembly to the State Fairgrounds, where Assembly crosses Rosewood Drive and the name changes to George Rogers Boulevard. Enter Gate 6 on the right.
I-77 South from Charlotte:
Take Exit 5, Bluff Road. Turn right off the ramp on to Bluff Road. Follow Bluff Road to the USC stadium. Turn right just past the stadium, between the stadium and the fairgrounds, on to George Rogers Boulevard. Continue around the Fairgrounds through one traffic signal, and enter Gate 6 on the left.
US-378 from Sumter:
Take US-76 West/US-378 West to Columbia. Continue on Garners Ferry Road. Turn Left on Rosewood Drive. Turn Left on George Rogers Boulevard at the State Fairgrounds. Enter Gate 6 on the right.