South Carolina Highway 544
highway in South Carolina
South Carolina Highway 544 (SC 544) is a 13.710-mile (22.064 km) major four-lane state highway in Horry County, South Carolina, United States. It connects the Surfside Beach and Conway areas. The highway in places and its former alignment in the Socastee area are called Dick Pond Road; Dick Pond is a water feature near its east end.
Route description
SC 544 begins at an intersection with U.S. Route 501 Business (US 501 Bus.) in Red Hill, near Conway, and ends at US 17 Bus. northeast of Surfside Beach. SC 544 is one of the most frequently traversed highways in the Myrtle Beach metropolitan area. It travels in a south–north direction and parallels US 501 for most of its route, although it is signposted east–west.
History
Part of the current routing of SC 544 was the first route between Conway and Myrtle Beach, built in the late 1930s. When the Intracoastal Waterway was dug, the swing bridge in Socastee was also built. US 501 was signed on this route from Conway running south to Socastee.
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