It directly links Belvedere with Clearwater, with a small portion in North Augusta.

In both Belvedere and North Augusta, SC 126 is a four-lane road with median; in Clearwater it only has two lanes.

The entire highway has few commercial entities, mainly functioning to connect neighborhoods in the area.

The entire highway was paved by 1948 and widened in Belvedere and North Augusta by 2010.

[citation needed] The remaining two-lane section of SC 126 in Clearwater is planned to be widened to four lanes; however, no time-table has been set.