Chester, South Carolina DMV Driving Test Routes

Practice your Chester driving test route

Real routes used for the Chester South Carolina DMV branch office at 508 Belt Rd, delivered as a Google Maps GPS navigation file with turn-by-turn instructions included. No app, no account, no subscription.

Chester DMV branch office details

Location: 508 Belt Rd, Chester, SC 29706
Phone: (803) 385-6082
Hours: Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, and Friday 8:30 a.m. to 5 p.m., Wednesday 9:30 a.m. to 5 p.m.
Map: View on Google Maps
Street view: Preview the location on Google Street View

Other DMV branch offices near Chester

If your appointment ends up at a different nearby office, here's how far each one actually is to drive from this location:

• Winnsboro DMV office: 25.16 miles, about 32 minutes
• Lancaster DMV office: 30.91 miles, about 44 minutes
• Newberry DMV office: 47.87 miles, about 61 minutes

This road test route runs 18.06 miles and takes about 40 minutes:

1. Drive southwest, 0.02 miles.
2. Turn right, 0.01 miles.
3. Turn left onto Belt Road, 0.01 miles.
4. Turn right onto Wilson Street, 0.07 miles.
5. Turn left onto SC 9/SC 72/SC 121/SC 97/J A Cochran Bypass. Continue on SC 9/J A Cochran Bypass, 3.03 miles.
6. Turn left onto US 321/SC 9, 0.30 miles.
7. Keep right to take Lowrys Highway/US 321, 1.15 miles.
8. Drive north on Lowrys Highway/US 321, 0.80 miles.
9. Make a sharp right onto Center Road/US 321 Business. Continue on US 321 Business, 1.98 miles.
10. Turn left onto Dawson Drive, 2.57 miles.
11. Drive south on J A Cochran (Bypass)/SC 121, 0.04 miles.
12. Turn right onto 1st Street, 0.53 miles.
13. Turn right onto Saluda Road, 0.34 miles.
14. Turn left onto J A Cochran (Bypass), 0.76 miles.
15. Turn right onto Old York Road, 0.71 miles.
16. Turn left onto Yorkdale Road, 0.48 miles.
17. Turn left onto Armory Road, 0.58 miles.
18. Drive southwest on Armory Road, 1.06 miles.
19. Turn left onto Center Road/US 321 Business, 3.01 miles.
20. Turn left onto SC 9/SC 72/SC 121/SC 97/J A Cochran Bypass, 0.43 miles.
21. Turn right onto Wilson Street, 0.07 miles.
22. Turn left onto Belt Road, 0.05 miles.
23. Turn right, 0.04 miles.
24. Your destination is on the left.

This is a sample route only. The full, current set of Chester driving test routes is included in the download.

Route breakdown

• Distance: 18.06 miles
• Duration: about 40 minutes
• Turns: 18 total, 10 left and 7 right, plus a bear right
• Longest stretch: Center Road, 4.99 miles combined

What to expect on the roads this route covers

Center Road dominates this driving test route, crossed twice for 4.99 miles combined, signed as US 321 Business, close to two-fifths of the entire route, with the J A Cochran Bypass carrying a real four-route concurrence (SC 9/SC 72/SC 121/SC 97).

Tips for this specific route

• Get comfortable holding speed on Center Road. Crossed twice, it carries close to two-fifths of this route's total distance, a real US Business-route stretch.
• This route includes a stretch of the J A Cochran Bypass, confirmed trunk classified, carrying four state-route numbers at once, a genuinely unusual concurrence.
• This is one of the longer routes in this catalog at 18.06 miles and 40 minutes, so budget extra practice time for it specifically.