“H” is for Highway 17. Also known as the Ocean Highway, U.S. Highway 17 enters South Carolina at the North Carolina border near Little River, then hugs the coast for almost two hundred miles before exiting the state at Savannah, Georgia. It is the linear descendent of the King’s Highway, a colonial-era post road that connected the colonies by 1750. Traces of the colonial highway can still be found. In modern times Highway 17 has been instrumental in bringing tourists to Myrtle Beach and the Grand Strand when Myrtle Beach was not connected to other major interstate or intrastate highways. The modern route of Highway 17 extends from the North Carolina state line to Interstate 95 near Beaufort, closely following the route that Native Americans, early settlers, and even President George Washington traveled many years ago.
“H” is for Highway 17
