South Carolina Highway 9

SC Highway 9
Route information
Maintained by SCDOT
Length:	258.3 mi (415.7 km)
Existed:	1922 – present
Major junctions
South end:	SC 65 in Cherry Grove Beach
	US 17 in North Myrtle Beach US 76 in Nichols US 301 / US 501 in Dillon I-95 in Dillon US 15 / US 401 in Bennettsville US 1 / US 52 in Cheraw US 521 in Lancaster I-77 near Richburg I-585 / US 176 / US 221 in Spartanburg I-85 in Spartanburg
North end:	NC 9 at NC state line near New Prospect
Location
Counties:	Horry, Marion, Dillon, Marlboro, Chesterfield, Lancaster, Chester, Union, Spartanburg
Highway system
South Carolina Highways Interstate U.S. State Scenic ← SC 8 SC 10 →

South Carolina Highway 9 (SC 9) is a 258.3 mi (416 km)-long state highway in the U.S. state of South Carolina. The route runs from the North Carolina border upstate to North Myrtle Beach, near the Atlantic coast. The road is currently the longest state highway in South Carolina.

Route description

SC 9 begins at the North Carolina-South Carolina border, where the road continues as NC 9. This is about twelve miles (19 km) northwest of Spartanburg.

The road slowly heads southeast to Spartanburg. Five miles into its existence SC 9 intersects SC 11 and then two miles (3 km) later, SC 9 intersects SC 292. After this, SC 9 enters Boiling Springs.

Finally, SC 9 enters the northeast section of Spartanburg and crosses over Interstate 85 and Interstate 585. Then SC 9 joins up with US Route 176. While concurrent, it intersects US Route 29 and a couple of other state highways. Finally, after the ten-mile concurrency with US Route 176 ends, SC 9 leaves the Spartanburg metro.

About 1.5 miles (2.5 km) east of this concurrency, SC 9 intersects SC 150 in downtown Pacolet. In another five miles (8 km) or so, SC 9 enters Jonesville, where SC 9 merges with SC 18. SC 9 merges off SC 18 nearly a mile out of town.

The next town, Lockhart, is nearly 7.5 miles (12.1 km) away. On the way there, SC 9 runs across SC 114 and SC 105. Once in downtown Lockhart, SC 9 merges with SC 49 for nearly a half-mile.

The next town is six miles to the east. That town is Chester. There SC 9 avoids the city by going south and merging with SC 97 and SC 121 Bypass.

Eight miles east of Chester, SC 9 crosses over Interstate 77 and enters Richburg. SC 9 merges with SC 901 for about a mile. Once in downtown, SC 9 turns left and out of Richburg. It then enters Fort Lawn, where it goes under US Route 21.

SC 9 then enters the rapidly growing city of Lancaster. Right before it enters town, SC 9 Business spreads off. SC 9 then meets/crosses over US Route 521 and SC 200.

Finally, SC 9 enters the rural area of north central SC and rolls through the countryside at interstate speeds, with the biggest thing on the road to Pageland being an intersection with SC 522. While entering Pageland, SC 9 merges with US Route 601. US 601 merges off with SC 151 in downtown Pageland.

SC 9 is the northern terminus of SC 268 in Mt. Croghan It is another mile to Ruby, during which SC 9 is concurrent with SC 109.

SC 9 curves left when it serves as the eastern terminus to SC 265 one mile (1.6 km) from Ruby. Having turned east, SC 9 enters Chesterfield, South Carolina. Once again, it breaks off in a business route and then it meets SC 102 and SC 145.

SC 9 then proceeds onto Cheraw. While entering downtown, SC 9 merges with US Route 52 and then onto US Route 1 to get out of town. SC 9 merges off US 1 after downtown, and SC 9 heads east, where it shortly meets SC 177 and then SC 79.

Seven miles southeast of Cheraw, SC 9 runs into Bennettsville. SC 9 merges with SC 38 for one mile (1.6 km), entering downtown Bennettsville, where SC 9 runs eastward with US Route 401 for nearly a mile before merging off again. There is another SC 9 Business Route.

SC 9 then proceeds onto the tiny town of Clio where the main intersection is with SC 381.

Nearly seven miles later, after merging SC 57, SC 9/57 crosses under I-95 and enters Dillon. There SC 9/57 merges with US Route 301 before all three go their separate ways.

A further ten miles (16 km) to the east, SC 9 meets up with SC 41 in Lake View, South Carolina. Here SC 9 comes very close to the NC border (about two miles (3 km) south), but as soon as SC 9 leaves town, it heads due south into deep rural land for nine to ten miles (16 km).

Finally, SC 9 enters Nichols where it merges with US Route 76 for a little more than a mile. Another six miles (10 km) goes by before SC 9 begins to enter the beach zone, as another SC 9 Business Route merges off. With SC 9 Bus, SC 9 is able to avoid downtown Loris, go by the Twin City Airport, and have an interchange with US Route 701.

After meeting back up with its Business Route, SC 9 heads towards the NC border, this time as close as a mile. Yet again, SC 9 bends south where it meets SC 905 in Longs, an interchange with SC 31; and then heads into downtown North Myrtle Beach. There it crosses over US Route 17 and SC 90 and goes through one mile (1.6 km) of beach, where it continues as SC 65 along the beachfront.

Alternate names

File:US601-SC9 Pageland.jpg

South US 601/North SC 9 in Pageland

• Sea Mountain Highway
• N. Main St.
• Nichols Highway
• Dillon Highway
• E. Main St.
• Radford Blvd.
• S. Main St.
• Tyson Ave.
• Cheraw St.
• Powe St.
• Market St.
• East Blvd.
• Chesterfield Highway
• West Blvd.
• Main St.
• W. McGregor St.
• Pageland Highway
• Lancaster Bypass
• Chester Highway
• Pinckney Rd.
• Jonesville – Lockhart Highway
• Spartanburg Highway
• Pine St.
• Boiling Springs Rd.

History

Established in 1922 as an original state highway, it traversed from SC 23, in Dillon, west to SC 10, in Enoree. By 1926, SC 9 was extended east to Lake View, then replacing SC 47 to Green Sea, then southeast on new primary routing to Little River. On its northern end, SC 9 rerouted from Kelly to SC 19, near Spartanburg, replacing SC 92. The route from Kelly to Enoree was renumbered SC 92.

In 1927, SC 9 was rerouted between Pageland to Lancaster on a more southern route, avoiding the Tradesville area; The old alignment was briefly downgraded to secondary before being renumbered as SC 906. In 1933, SC 9 was realigned on a straight path from Loris to Little River; most of the old route was downgraded to secondary, with exception to Wampee and eastward becoming SC 90. In 1936, SC 9 was extended north through Spartanburg and Boiling Springs to its current northern terminus at the North Carolina state line; replacing SC 177.

In 1940, SC 9 was extended south as a new primary routing to Cherry Grove Beach. Between 1943-1946, SC 9 was rerouted onto Pine Street between Pacolet to Spartanburg; the old route was downgraded to secondary, but then later became SC 295 in 1948. In 1948, SC 9 south end was truncated at US 17, at Nixons Crossroads; the route to Cherry Grove Beach was downgraded. In 1949, SC 9 was given a southern bypass of Chesterfield, leaving its first business loop through the downtown (since decommissioned). Also in that same year, SC 9 was moved on a more direct routing between Pageland to Lancaster, replacing SC 906; the old routing was renumbered as SC 902 and SC 903 (today US 601).

In 1956, SC 9 was given a southern bypass of Chester, leaving a business loop through downtown. By 1962, SC 9 was rerouted in Spartanburg, utilizing Pine Street to Interstate 585, then north along Boiling Springs Road. Part of the old routing through the downtown area beame part of SC 56. By 1967, SC 9 was given a northern bypass of Lancaster, leaving a business loop through downtown. In 1974, SC 9 was rerouted north into Dillon via US 301/US 501; leaving 3rd Avenue (later becoming Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard).

From 1982-1985, SC 9 moved onto bypass route from Loris to Green Sea, leaving a business loop through downtown Loris. Also around that same time, SC 9 was moved onto a western bypass of Bennettsville, leaving a business loop through downtown. By 1988, SC 9 was re-extended to its current southern terminus at Cherry Grove Beach, replacing part of SC 65.

Junction list

County	Location	mi	km	Destinations	Notes
Horry	Cherry Grove Beach	0.0	0.0	SC 65 south (Ocean Boulevard) – North Myrtle Beach
	North Myrtle Beach	1.5	2.4	US 17 south (Kings Highway) – North Myrtle Beach	South end of US 17 overlap
	Little River	2.3	3.7	SC 90 to US 17 north – Conway, Wilmington
		2.6	4.2	US 17 north – Wilmington	North end of US 17 overlap; no southbound exit
		4.5	7.2	SC 31 south (Carolina Bays Parkway) – Myrtle Beach, Georgetown
	Longs	9.7	15.6	SC 905 (Pireway Road) – Conway, Pireway
	​	16.8	27.0	20px SC 9 Bus. north – Loris
	Loris	23.3	37.5	US 701 – Loris, Tabor City
	Green Sea	29.8	48.0	20px SC 410 / SC 9 Bus. south – Green Sea, Loris
	​	41.1	66.1	US 76 east – Fair Bluff	East end of US 76 overlap
Marion	Nichols	42.8	68.9	US 76 west (Mullins Street) – Mullins, Marion	West end of US 76 overlap
Dillon	Lake View	51.3	82.6	SC 41 (Richard Temple Boulevard) – Marion, Marietta
	Dillon	63.6	102.4	SC 57 south (Lockemy Highway) – Mullins	South end of SC 57 overlap
		64.4	103.6	US 301 south / US 501 south / SC 34 west – Latta, Darlington	South end of US 301/501 overlap
		65.3	105.1	US 301 / US 501 north (Second Avenue) – Fayetteville	North end of US 301/501 overlap
		66.5	107.0	I-95 – Florence, Fayetteville	I-95 exit 193
	Little Rock	69.8	112.3	SC 57 north	North end of SC 57 overlap
Marlboro	Clio	81.6	131.3	SC 381 (Society Street/Red Bluff Street) – McColl, Blenheim
	​			I-73	Proposed interchange
	Bennettsville	89.1	143.4	US 15 north / US 401 north – McColl	North end of US 15/401 overlap
		90.2	145.2	20px20px SC 38 south / SC 9 Bus. north / SC 38 Bus. north (Broad Street) – Blenheim	South end of SC 38 overlap
		91.1	146.6	US 15 south / US 401 south – Society Hill, Hartsville	South end of US 15/401 overlap
		91.6	147.4	SC 385 (Main Street) – Hartsville
		93.4	150.3	20px SC 38 north (Oakwood Street) / SC 9 Bus. south (Cheraw Highway) – Hamlet	North end of SC 38 overlap
	​	97.4	156.8	SC 79 north – Laurinburg
	​	98.6	158.7	SC 912 south (Willamette Road)
	Wallace	103.8	167.0	SC 177 north – Hamlet
		104.6	168.3	US 1 north – Rockingham	North end of US 1 overlap
Chesterfield	Cheraw	106.5	171.4	US 52 north (2nd Street) – Morven, Wadesboro	North end of US 52 overlap
		107.7	173.3	US 1 south / US 52 south – Camden, Columbia	South end of US 1/52 overlap
	Chesterfield	119.0	191.5	SC 102 south (Craig Street) – Hartsville
		119.3	192.0	SC 145 – McBee, Wadesboro
	Ruby	123.2	198.3	SC 265 west – Jefferson
		125.1	201.3	SC 109 south (Market Street)	South end of SC 109 overlap
	Mount Croghan	128.2	206.3	SC 109 north / SC 268 south (Depot Street) – Jefferson, Wadesboro	North end of SC 109 overlap
	Pageland	137.4	221.1	SC 151 (Van Lingle Mungo Boulevard) – Hartsville, Monroe
		137.9	221.9	20px US 601 north / SC 151 Bus. (Pearl Street)	North end of US 601 overlap
		138.4	222.7	SC 207 north (Elm Street) – Monroe
		141.5	227.7	US 601 south – Kershaw	South end of US 601 overlap
Lancaster	Buford	152.0	244.6	SC 522 – Heath Springs
	Lancaster	159.3	256.4	20px US 521 south (Lancaster Bypass) / SC 9 Bus. north (Arch Street) – Lancaster, Heath Springs	South end of US 521 overlap
		161.0	259.1	SC 200 (Monroe Highway) – Lancaster
		161.2	259.4	US 521 north / US 521 Bus. south (Charlotte Highway) – Van Wyck, Charlotte	North end of US 521 overlap
		164.3	264.4	20px SC 9 Bus. south (Meeting Street) / Riverside Road – Lancaster, Van Wyck
Chester	Fort Lawn	168.3	270.9	US 21 (Catawba River Road) – Rock Hill, Great Falls
	​	173.2	278.7	SC 99 south (Richburg Road) – Great Falls
	Richburg	176.5	284.0	SC 901 south (Mountain Gap Road) – Richburg	South end of SC 901 overlap
		176.9	284.7	SC 223 east (Wylies Mill Road)	To Landsford Canal State Park
	​	178.0	286.5	SC 901 north (Edgeland Road) – Edgemoor	North end of SC 901 overlap
	​	178.4	287.1	I-77 – Charlotte, Columbia	I-77 exit 65
	​	181.5	292.1	SC 909 west (Oakley Hall School Road)
	Chester	188.2	302.9	SC 72 west / SC 97 north / SC 121 north (J.A. Cochran Bypass) 20px SC 9 Bus. north (Lancaster Street)	East end of SC 72 and north end of SC 97/121 overlap
		189.4	304.8	US 321 south / US 321 Bus. north / SC 97 south (Columbia Road) – Winnsboro	South end of US 321 and SC 97 overlap
		191.2	307.7	SC 72 west / SC 121 south (West End Street) – Carlisle	West end of SC 72 and south end of SC 121 overlap
		192.0	309.0	20px SC 9 Bus. east (Pinckney Street)
		192.3	309.5	US 321 north (Lowrys Highway) – York	North end of US 321 overlap
	​	206.5	332.3	SC 49 north (Lockhart Highway) – York	North end of SC 49 overlap
Union	Lockhart	207.2	333.5	SC 49 south (Lockhart Highway) – Union	South end of SC 49 overlap
	​	209.6	337.3	SC 105 (Mount Tabor Church Road) – Union
	​	218.6	351.8	SC 114 – Gaffney, Union
	​	220.5	354.9	SC 18 south (Jonesville Highway) – Union	South end of SC 18 overlap
	Jonesville	221.6	356.6	SC 18 north (Pacolet Street) – Gaffney	North end of SC 18 overlap
Spartanburg	Pacolet	228.4	367.6	SC 150 (Glenn Springs Road) – Glenn Springs, Gaffney
		230.3	370.6	US 176 east – Union	East end of US 176 overlap
		230.6	371.1	SC 295 north (Southport Road)
	Spartanburg	238.8	384.3	US 29 (Saint John Street) – Cowpens
		239.2	385.0	SC 296 west (Daniel Morgan Avenue)
		240.5	387.0	US 221 (Whitney Road) – Chesnee	South end of I-585 overlap; exit 25B
		240.7	387.4	I-585 north / US 176 west	North end of I-585 and west end of US 176; exit 25A Access to northbound via Milliken Road
		242.2	389.8	I-85 Bus. – Charlotte, Greenville	I-85 Business exit 6
	Boiling Springs	243.6	392.0	I-85 – Charlotte, Greenville	I-85 exit 75
	​	250.8	403.6	SC 292 south – Inman
	New Prospect	253.7	408.3	SC 11 (Cherokee Foothills Scenic Highway) – Campobello, Chesnee
	State line	258.3	415.7	NC 9 north – Mill Spring
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi       Concurrency terminus       Unopened

Bannered routes

Loris business loop

40px SC Highway 9 Business
Location:	Loris, South Carolina
Length:	13.5 mi (21.7 km)
Existed:	1982–present

SC 9 Business begins nearly 5 miles (8.0 km) northwest of Loris, heading due south from SC 9. However, it only goes south for about a mile, before turning eastward at the eastern terminus of SC 917. SC 9 BUS then makes the run into downtown Loris, the downtown being at the intersection with U.S. 701. As soon as SC 9 Business passes US 701, it heads a mile and a half back to SC 9.

Bennettsville business loop

40px SC Highway 9 Business
Location:	Bennettsville, South Carolina
Length:	2.4 mi (3.9 km)
Existed:	1985–present

SC 9 Business begins one mile (1.6 km) north of Bennettsville when SC 9 merges with SC 38. SC 9 Business heads straight into downtown Bennettsville, where just before downtown SC 9 merges with SC 385. There it runs just north of downtown before moving south in the outskirts of town and ends again at SC 9.

Chesterfield business loop

40px SC Highway 9 Business
Location:	Chesterfield, South Carolina
Length:	2.2 mi (3.5 km)
Existed:	1949–1956

South Carolina Highway 9 Business was a business loop along Main Street in Chesterfield. Established in 1949, when SC 9 was moved onto new road, bypassing south of Main Street; however, by 1956, SC 9 Business was already decommissioned. Though official maps from the state show that Main Street is a secondary road (SC-S-13-1), some online mapping sites still label it as a branch of SC 9.

Lancaster business loop

40px SC Highway 9 Business
Location:	Lancaster, South Carolina
Length:	5.3 mi (8.5 km)
Existed:	1967–present

SC 9 Business merges off SC 9 Bypass (F.W. McWhirter Expressway) about 2 miles (3.2 km) northwest of Lancaster. After going south for half a mile, SC 9 Business bends eastwards and heads straight eastwards. SC 9 Business merges onto US 521 for one block and then merges back off, crosses over SC 200, and quickly SC 9 Business is out of downtown on E. Arch St. A half mile after crossing over SC 200, SC 9 Business ends at SC 9 Bypass. Other than Spartanburg, the City of Lancaster is the largest urban area SC 9 runs through before reaching the North Myrtle Beach area.

Chester business loop

40px SC Highway 9 Business
Location:	Chester, South Carolina
Length:	2.7 mi (4.3 km)
Existed:	1956–present

Like all the numbered highways in Chester, SC 9 Business goes straight through downtown, and the bypass route makes a half-moon path around Chester. SC 9 Business shares a brief concurrency with US 321 Business and SC 97 Business, and then with SC 72/121 Business.

External links

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