Editing Myrtle Beach, South Carolina (section)

===Transportation===
====Air====
[[File:Myr-marketcommon-commerce.jpg|thumb|right|[[The Market Common]] was once the location of Myrtle Beach AFB.]]
[[Myrtle Beach International Airport]] is a county-owned public-use airport {{convert|3|mi|spell=in}} southwest of the central business district of Myrtle Beach. It was formerly known as Myrtle Beach Jetport (1974–1989) and is on the site of the former [[Myrtle Beach Air Force Base]]. The {{convert|11500|sqft|adj=on}} general aviation terminal, opened in May 2010, is located on the opposite side of the airport on Airdrome Street, near [[The Market Common]]. The terminal replaced a building previously used as base operations for the Myrtle Beach Air Force Base.<ref>{{Cite web |author=Continuous News Desk Staff |date=May 21, 2010 |title=Myrtle Beach Airport celebrates new general aviation terminal |url=https://scnow.com/news/local/myrtle-beach-airport-celebrates-new-general-aviation-terminal/article_85e96597-812c-5c45-9d64-4c0a23851364.html |url-access=subscription |access-date=February 22, 2024 |website=SCNow |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Airport Information |url=http://www.myrtlebeachaviation.com/airport-information/index.html |access-date=February 22, 2024 |website=Myrtle Beach Aviation}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=MYR History |url=http://www.myrtlebeachaviation.com/military-service/index.html |access-date=February 22, 2024 |website=Myrtle Beach Aviation}}</ref>

====Rail====
The [[Waccamaw Coast Line Railroad]] is a {{convert|14.1|mi|adj=on}} [[short-line railroad]] division of the [[Baltimore and Annapolis Railroad]],<ref>{{Cite web |title=07/13/2001 - Decision - 31983 |url=http://www.stb.dot.gov/decisions/ReadingRoom.nsf/WEBUNID/49AB8944EA286EE985256A84005B9330?OpenDocument |access-date=2 January 2018 |website=Stb.dot.gov}}</ref> extending from a connection with the [[Carolina Southern Railroad]], another division of that company, at Conway to Myrtle Beach. The line was opened in 1900 by the [[Conway Coast and Western Railroad]], a predecessor of the [[Atlantic Coast Line Railroad]].<ref>[[Interstate Commerce Commission]], 38 Val. Rep. 503 (1932): Valuation Docket No. 930, Atlantic Coast Line Railroad Company et al.<!--text at [[User:NE2/valuations/Atlantic Coast Line Railroad]]--></ref> The [[Seaboard System Railroad]] sold the line to [[Horry County, South Carolina|Horry County]] in November 1985, and it was operated by the [[Horry County Railway]] until October 1987, when the WCLR took over.<ref name="shortline">Edward A. Lewis, American Shortline Railway Guide, 5th Edition, [[Kalmbach Publishing]], 1996, pp. 324, 357</ref> The Carolina Southern Railroad acquired the WCLR in September 1995, and since then it has been a division of the Baltimore and Annapolis Railroad.<ref>[[Railroad Retirement Board]], [http://www.rrb.gov/pdf/bcd/bcd98-20.pdf Employer Status Determination: Waccamaw Coastline Railroad, Inc.] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060923044012/http://www.rrb.gov/pdf/bcd/bcd98-20.pdf |date=23 September 2006 }}, 1998</ref> Horry County owns the line but leased it to the Carolina Southern Railroad in 2000.

[[Carolina Southern Railroad]] is a short line rail operator running on less than {{convert|95|mi|km}} of rail at a maximum speed of {{cvt|10|mi/h|km/h}}. It transports mostly freight brought to it from national rail operators. The company makes one scheduled delivery per month into the City of Myrtle Beach.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Archived copy |url=http://carolinasouthernrailroad.com/sun_news_trains.pdf |url-status=usurped |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111008222709/http://carolinasouthernrailroad.com/sun_news_trains.pdf |archive-date=8 October 2011 |access-date=4 November 2011}}</ref> It is off of Main Street in Conway, South Carolina, and is one of the few remaining train depots in South Carolina. It has been painstakingly restored to its former glory and the Carolina Southern Railroad has become one of the frequent destinations for freight services as well as passenger cars and observational locomotives. The railroad was originally erected in late 1886 and the first train steamed into the Conway Depot in December 1887.

The Carolina Southern Railroad stands as a permanent landmark in Southern History. Carolina Southern Railroad is a member of the Carolina Rails system with connections that run from [[Whiteville, North Carolina]], to [[Mullins, South Carolina]], and also from [[Chadbourn, North Carolina]], to Conway. Carolina Southern railroad is also responsible for operation of the Waccamaw Coast Line Railroad, which is a railway that runs from Conway to Myrtle Beach.

On August 30, 2011, Carolina Southern Railroad voluntary shut down because several bridges along the rail were overdue for maintenance. The shutdown caused Carolina Southern Railroad to lay off nearly all of its employees. On May 24, 2012, the Federal Railroad Administration commenced a bridge inspection on the CSR and the Waccamaw Coastline Railroad (the Horry County portion of rail). Fifty-two of 187 bridges were inspected and seven had critical defects. On May 26, 2011, the CSR voluntarily ceased operation, so that they could bring in a certified bridge engineer to inspect the seven critical bridges and prepare a plan for their repairs. Based on the engineer's recommendations, CSR made the necessary repairs on the bridges and CSR resumed operations August 8, 2011. The FRA returned to inspect the bridges and made a recommendation that CSR cease operations until all bridge repairs were completed.<ref name="Horry County South Carolina and Carolina Southern Railroad Infrastructure Project 2012">{{Cite web |title=Horry County South Carolina and Carolina Southern Railroad Infrastructure Project 2012 |url=http://www.horrycounty.org/depts/finance/cdbg/Narrative.pdf |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120516150335/http://www.horrycounty.org/depts/finance/cdbg/Narrative.pdf |archive-date=16 May 2012 |access-date=9 October 2012}}</ref> There are efforts to bring the railroad back online.<ref>{{Cite news|last=Jones|first=Steve |date=2 November 2011 |title=Horry County seeking $20&nbsp;million for rail system upgrades |work=[[The Sun News]] |url=http://www.thesunnews.com/2011/11/02/2478397/horry-county-seeking-20-million.html |access-date=3 November 2011}}{{dead link|date=February 2018 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|date=30 December 2011 |title=TIGER grant efforts fall short for Carolina Southern Railroad |work=WMBF News|url=http://www.wmbfnews.com/story/16416301/tiger-grant-efforts-fall-short-for-carolina-southern-railroad |access-date=7 September 2012}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |last=Gable |first=Paul |date=13 February 2012 |title=I&R Committee Hears Railroad Update |work=Grand Strand Daily |url=http://grandstranddaily.com/ir-committee-hears-railroad-update/ |access-date=7 September 2012}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Gable |first=Paul |title=The Carolina Southern Railroad Problem |url=http://schotline.us/solving-the-carolina-southern-railroad-problem/ |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121005015643/http://schotline.us/solving-the-carolina-southern-railroad-problem/ |archive-date=5 October 2012 |access-date=9 October 2012}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |last=Cartrette |first=Nicole |date=25 July 2012 |title=Railroad passed over again for TIGER grant |work=The News Reporter-Whiteville |url=http://www.whiteville.com/news/railroad-passed-over-again-for-tiger-grant/article_ab159718-d58b-11e1-818c-0019bb2963f4.html |url-status=dead |access-date=9 October 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120730040154/http://www.whiteville.com/news/railroad-passed-over-again-for-tiger-grant/article_ab159718-d58b-11e1-818c-0019bb2963f4.html |archive-date=30 July 2012}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |last=Jones |first=Steve |date=29 September 2012 |title=Conway-based railroad's future under scrutiny |work=[[The Sun News]] |url=http://www.myrtlebeachonline.com/2012/09/29/3085445/conway-based-railroads-future.html |url-status=dead |access-date=30 September 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121025105221/http://www.myrtlebeachonline.com/2012/09/29/3085445/conway-based-railroads-future.html |archive-date=25 October 2012}}</ref><ref name="Carolina Southern Railroad Revitalization Project-Cost Estimate">{{Cite web |title=Carolina Southern Railroad FreightRail and Bridge Revitalization Project -Cost Estimate |url=http://www.horrycounty.org/depts/finance/cdbg/AppendA.pdf |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120516150954/http://www.horrycounty.org/depts/finance/cdbg/AppendA.pdf |archive-date=16 May 2012 |publisher=Horry County Government}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |last=Biance |first=Heather |date=8 October 2012|title=Efforts alive to get Carolina Southern RR back on track |work=[[WMBF-TV]] |url=http://www.wmbfnews.com/story/19760255/happening-today-getting-the-carolian-southern-rr-back-on-track |access-date=8 October 2012}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Smith |first=Drew |title=Horry, Marion and Columbus leaders want rail service back |url=http://www2.wbtw.com/news/grand-strand-wbtw/2012/oct/08/horry-marion-and-columbus-leaders-want-rail-servic-ar-4711085/ |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://archive.today/20130209022502/http://www2.wbtw.com/news/grand-strand-wbtw/2012/oct/08/horry-marion-and-columbus-leaders-want-rail-servic-ar-4711085/ |archive-date=9 February 2013 |access-date=10 October 2012 |publisher=WBTW News 13}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Rocky |first=Dohmen |title=Railroad funding in #MYR could help with "real" jobs (Update: Three Counties, Two states, committee meets) |url=http://myrtlebeach.thedigitel.com/politics/railroad-funding-myr-could-help-real-jobs-37265-0827 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121102045945/http://myrtlebeach.thedigitel.com/politics/railroad-funding-myr-could-help-real-jobs-37265-0827 |archive-date=2 November 2012 |access-date=10 October 2012 |publisher=The Digital Myrtle Beach}}</ref>

In 2015, railroad operator RJ Corman acquired the former CSR line and re-opened it freight service in early April 2016.<ref>{{Cite web |date=29 February 2016 |title=Rail line connecting NC and Myrtle Beach area to open soon |url=http://wncn.com/2016/02/28/rail-line-connecting-nc-and-myrtle-beach-area-to-open-soon/}}</ref>

[[File:Myrtle Beach Atlantic Coast Line Railroad Station 01.JPG|thumb|right|Former [[Myrtle Beach Atlantic Coast Line Railroad Station|Myrtle Beach ACL station]]]]
Until 1955 the Atlantic Coast Line Railroad ran passenger rail service from the Myrtle Beach Station to Chadbourn, where a connection could be made to interstate ACL train service.<ref>''Official Guide of the Railways,'' December 1954, Atlantic Coast Line section, Tables 37, 46</ref><ref>Atlantic Coast Line timetable, 17 June 1955, freight only on the line</ref>

====Roads====
[[File:CarolinaBaysPkwy22.jpg|thumb|[[South Carolina Highway 31|SC 31]] serves as a bypass for a majority of the Grand Strand.]]
* {{Jct|state=SC|I-Future|73}}
* {{Jct|state=SC|I-Future|74}}
* {{Jct|state=SC|US|17}}
* {{Jct|state=SC|US-Bus|17|dab1=Myrtle Beach}}
* {{Jct|state=SC|US|501}}
* {{Jct|state=SC|SC|31}}
* [[Farrow Parkway]]
* [[Robert Grissom Parkway|Grissom Parkway]]
* [[Harrelson Boulevard]]
* [[South Carolina Highway 73|Ocean Boulevard]]

Within the last decade, new roads have been created to ease congestion caused by the yearly influx of visitors. Most of these roads follow the Metro Loop Road Plan, organized in 1997 to improve the traffic flow of Myrtle Beach. Some of the roads included have either been funded through [[Road Improvement Development Effort]] (RIDE I) funding or through the City of Myrtle Beach.

RIDE II plans include the third phase of [[South Carolina Highway 31|S.C. Highway 31]], a graded separation of [[Farrow Parkway]] and US 17 Bypass at the back gate of the former Air Force base, and many other projects. The county is debating where to allocate the $400&nbsp;million generated through a proposed 1-cent sales tax.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Urich |first=Justin |date=2009-02-24 |title=One-cent local option sales tax to affect Myrtle Beach condo rentals March 2009 |url=https://www.condolux.net/vacations-blog/2009/02/24/one-cent-local-option-sales-tax-to-affect-myrtle-beach-condo-rentals-march-2009/ |access-date=2022-11-06 |website=Myrtle Beach Vacations |language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=October 22, 2022 |title=Everything Horry residents need to know about the penny sales tax referendum on the ballot |url=https://www.myrtlebeachonline.com/news/local/education/article267471948.html |access-date=November 6, 2022 |website=The Sun News}}</ref> Other road projects in Horry County, including some in [[Aynor, South Carolina|Aynor]] and Conway, will be included when voted upon.

Plans exist for Myrtle Beach to be served by two interstates, [[Interstate 73|I-73]] and [[Interstate 74|I-74]]. The [[Robert Edge Parkway]] will connect I-74 to downtown [[North Myrtle Beach, South Carolina|North Myrtle Beach]].

====Mass transit====
Myrtle Beach is served by the [[Coast RTA]] and the [[Pee Dee Regional Transportation Authority]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Pee Dee Regional Transportation Authority: Be Transported |url=http://www.pdrta.org/ |access-date=2 January 2018 |website=Pdrta.org}}</ref>