South Carolina § 56-5-440 - Through highway defined.
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§ 56-5-440. Through highway defined.
Every highway or portion thereof on which vehicular traffic is given preferential right-of-way, and at the entrances to which vehicular traffic from intersecting highways is required by law to yield the right-of-way to vehicles on such through highway in obedience to a stop sign, yield sign or other official traffic-control device, when such signs or devices are erected as provided in this chapter is a "through highway".
HISTORY: 1962 Code SECTION 46-252; 152 Code SECTION 46-252; 1949 (46) 466; 1978 Act No. 461 SECTION 5.
Source: official South Carolina text · Last verified 2026-08-27
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