South Carolina Highway 544
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| Dick Pond Road Corp. Dennis Lyden Memorial Highway |
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| Maintained by SCDOT | ||||
| Length: | 13.9 mi (22.4 km) | |||
| Existed: | 1956 – present | |||
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| South end: |
  US 17 Bus. near Surfside Beach
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US 17 near Surfside Beach SC 707 near Socastee SC 31 near Socastee US 501 near Red Hill
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| North end: |
  US 501 Bus. at Red Hill
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| Counties: | Horry | |||
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South Carolina Highway 544 (SC 544) is a major four-lane highway in Horry County, South Carolina. The highway is sometimes known as Dick Pond Road near the Socastee area. The route begins at U.S. Route 17 Business (US 17 Business) in Surfside Beach and ends at US 501 Business in Red Hill, near Conway. South Carolina Highway 544 is one of the most frequently traversed highways in the Myrtle Beach area. It runs in a south-north direction and parallels US 501 for most of its route.
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 Socastee Swing Bridge in Socastee, South Carolina was also built. US 501 was signed on this route from Conway running south to Socastee. At Socastee, the road followed an east–west direction along the current route of SC 707 through Socastee, continuing through the area that is currently the Myrtle Beach International Airport, and ending near downtown Myrtle Beach on the road that is now Broadway Street. A more direct (and wider) route running diagonally between Conway and Myrtle Beach was built in the early 1960s, replacing a disused road through the former Conway Bombing and Gunnery Range. US 501 was signed on this path, and SC 544 and SC 707 were created to replace the old route of US 501.
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