U.S. Route 501
is
Not
an Interstate
(I-73 in SC)
Don’t let the Conservationists and others who do what they do for their own selfish reason fool you!
Our most direct route to and from Myrtle Beach is currently U.S. Route 501. There is no way that just widening U.S. Route 501, or any other local road for that fact, will ever compare to Interstate 73 in South Carolina.
On a rainy weekday, December 20, 2017, my father and I drove the entire U.S. Route 501 route from Bypass 17 in Myrtle Beach, SC to Interstate 95, in Latta, SC, and we returned using the exact same route.
We started at Bypass 17 in Myrtle Beach and drove the entire route to Interstate 95 which included:
24 Speed Limit Changes
103 Oncoming Roads
20 Roads with Traffic Lights
137 Business Driveways
109 Residential Driveways
We returned using the same route which included:
25 Speed Limit Changes
99 Oncoming Roads
16 Roads with Traffic Lights
137 Business Driveways, including two driveways for a school in Conway.
101 Residential Driveways
I’m sure these counts have changed very little since our journey on US Route 501. The actual count of oncoming roadways which impede traffic flow is actually understated as driveways where produce stands and farms were located were not included.
