Harrelson Boulevard
| Length | 1.7 mi (2.7 km) |
|---|---|
| east end |
  US 17 Bus. near Myrtle Beach
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| Major junctions |
Robert Grissom ParkwayUS 17
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| west end |
 US 501 / River Oaks Dr. near Pine Island
|
| Construction | |
| Inauguration | = 2002 |
Harrelson Boulevard is a four-lane highway in Myrtle Beach, South Carolina, named for Myrtle Beach's first mayor Dr. W. Leroy Harrelson Sr., who was elected to office in 1938. It starts as George Bishop Parkway at U.S. Route 501, crosses the Intracoastal Waterway and U.S. 17, and goes to Myrtle Beach International Airport and runs near Coastal Grand Mall. The highway is also the southern terminus for Grissom Parkway. It replaced the two-lane Jetport Road.
As part of the project to expand the Myrtle Beach International Airport, Harrelson Boulevard was extended to U.S. 17 Business, with the official opening ceremony January 26, 2012.
The East Coast Greenway runs along Harrelson Boulevard and King's Highway.
The Economic Development Industrial Cluster Act of 1996 let local governments in South Carolina use admissions tax revenues for road improvements and other infrastructure projects. Fantasy Harbour, a group of attractions off U.S. 501 west of the Intracoastal Waterway, could use such a tax to repay loans from a "state infrastructure bank" for a proposed $15 million bridge from there over the waterway to U.S. 17.
On August 21, 1997, Myrtle Beach City Council saw a Jetport Road master plan which called for a $10.9 million upgrade, with a new four-lane road parallel to the runway at Myrtle Beach International Airport, connecting the planned Fantasy Harbour bridge with Kings Highway at 29th Avenue South by late 1999. The new road would also intersect the planned Central Parkway. Interchanges would come later; stop lights were planned at U.S. 17, though by 2005 an interchange would be necessary there. On January 26, 1999, at the request of Burroughs & Chapin, the city council voted to contribute to upgrading Jetport Road to provide access to the new mall. Other funding came from the Airport Trust Fund. As of December 1999, the plan was for bids on the $6 million replacement for Jetport Road by March 2000, with completion in summer 2001.
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