May 06, 2021
The construction of Carolina Crossroads, the SCDOT's remedy to Columbia's Malfunction Junction, will be divided into five phases.
S.C. Department of Transportation
Malfunction Junction, a confusing, traffic-jammed, unsafe interchange where three interstates converge in the Columbia area.
Called Carolina Crossroads, the first phase of the $1.7 billion project is pending contract approval with a joint venture of Archer Western and United Infrastructure Group. Construction on the $210 million first phase, which includes reconfiguring the Interstate 126 interchange at Colonial Life Boulevard and improvements on I-26 toward U.S. 378 is set to begin in Spring 2022 and be completed by the end of 2024, according to SCDOT.