Parkway Knows Columbia
Columbia stands at the geographic center of South Carolina and
the South Atlantic region of the United States. All of South
Carolina is within a three-hour drive of the city. Interstate
highways I-20, I-26 and I-77 intersect in Columbia, and The
Columbia Metropolitan Airport is served by 7 major airlines.
Columbia is centrally located in the rapidly growing South Atlantic
region of the United States with a current population of over
728,000 in the metro area. Columbia is the state's capitol, the
home of the University of South Carolina, and has a varied
commercial industrial base. Ft. Jackson, the U.S. Army's largest
training installation, is also located in Columbia and the base has
an annual economic impact in excess of $1.6 billion.