Getting to the Myrtle Beach area is easy by car or plane. Most visitors drive because it's easy to get here and important to have a car on arrival.

Highways

Although the area is not directly on an Interstate highway, I-95 which runs north-south throughout the United States is less than an hour from Myrtle Beach.

Also, I-40 which runs east-west across the United States, bypasses Wilmington, NC and offers an easy connection to U.S. 17 leading directly south to Myrtle Beach. U.S. 17 runs north-south roughly parallel to the east coast of the United States. Although it is a slow route traveling through many small towns, it offers direct access into Myrtle Beach from Georgia and Florida to the south and from North Carolina, Virginia and other states to the northeast.

New highways were built around Myrtle Beach during the early 2000s, so that visitors will find good choices for driving in from the west and for moving directly between north and south. U.S. 22 is also called Veterans Highway, and it bypasses Conway to arrive directly into Myrtle Beach from the west. U.S. 31 runs north-south from Little River to Socastee and crosses U.S. 22 for access to Myrtle Beach, North Myrtle Beach and Surfside.

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