Grissom Parkway
| Robert M. Grissom Parkway | |
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| Robert Grissom Parkway Grissom Parkway |
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| Route information | |
| Maintained by SCDOT | |
| Length | 7.0 mi (11.3 km) |
| Existed | 2002 – present |
| Major junctions | |
| Northeast end |
 SC 31 / International Dr. |
 US 17 US 501
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| Southwest end | Harrelson Boulevard |
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| Counties | Horry |
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Robert M. Grissom Parkway, locally known as Grissom Parkway, is a major four-lane connector highway in Myrtle Beach, South Carolina. The road begins at Harrelson Boulevard near Myrtle Beach International Airport and terminates in Carolina Forest, South Carolina at SC Highway 31 and International Drive. It provides access to Myrtle Beach attractions such as Coastal Grand Mall, TicketReturn.com Field and Broadway at the Beach and is used as an alternative road to U.S. 17 and Kings Highway in Myrtle Beach. It has bike paths and sidewalks for pedestrian traffic. These are part of the East Coast Greenway, a 3,000 mile long system of trails connecting Maine to Florida.
When the road was completed, it replaced Old Socastee Highway (former routing of South Carolina Highway 707) between Pine Island Road and U.S. 501 as well as Central Parkway at Broadway at the Beach between 21st Avenue North and 29th Avenue North.
Robert Grissom Parkway is based on a road planned as early as 1979.
In 1996, sections of Central Parkway, a road planned by Burroughs & Chapin, were already complete between 21st Avenue North and 38th Avenue North, and between 44th Avenue North and 48th Avenue North. Taken over as of 1996 by the city, the road could be extended to U.S. 501 in five or six years using property taxes and admissions taxes at Broadway at the Beach attractions, plus a possible hospitality tax on hotel rooms, meals and admissions. Eventually, Central Parkway would be extended south to a planned airport road (later named Harrelson Boulevard) and north to 62nd Avenue North.
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