<Li> Blue Star Memorial Highway--Official South Carolina honorary name of Interstate 95 throughout the state . Markers are located at both welcome centers . </Li> <Li> Jacob Ham, Jr . Highway--Is a dedicated 2 - mile (3.2 km) portion of Interstate 95 located in Darlington County, north of Florence . Dedicated in October, 2013, it is in honor of Lance Corporal Jacob Ham, Jr., who served as a trooper with the South Carolina Highway Patrol for 12 years until his death in 1998 . </Li> <Li> Mark H. Coates Highway--Is a dedicated 1 - mile (1.6 km) portion of Interstate 95 located in Jasper County near Hardeeville and extends one - half mile on both sides of mile marker 7 . In May 1997, the South Carolina General Assembly passed a resolution to designate this section of Interstate 95 in honor of Lance Corporal Mark Hunter Coates, who served as a trooper with the South Carolina Highway Patrol from 1987 until his death in 1992 . Coates, who was a native of Lexington County, South Carolina was fatally shot on mile marker 7 on November 20, 1992 during the course of a traffic stop . </Li> <P> Interstate 95 first appeared on state maps between 1962 - 1964, with construction from US 17 north of Hardeeville to Ridgeland . By 1967, more sections were under construction, including Pocotaligo to Walterboro and Santee to the North Carolina state line . The first section to officially open happened in 1968, from SC 527, near Gable, to SC 9 / SC 57, in Dillon . </P>

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