Autopista Farrow

Farrow Parkway es una avenida de cuatro carriles y 5,6 km (3,5 millas) de longitud que conecta la US 17 y la US 17 Business en Myrtle Beach, Carolina del Sur . Esta carretera, con un costo de 6,9 ​​millones de dólares, reemplazó una antigua vía de dos carriles que atravesaba la antigua base de la Fuerza Aérea de Myrtle Beach, gracias a la financiación de la ciudad de Myrtle Beach y del programa RIDE del condado de Horry . Farrow Parkway lleva el nombre de William G. Farrow , miembro de los Doolittle's Raiders durante la Segunda Guerra Mundial. 

Tras el cierre de la base aérea de Myrtle Beach , la autoridad encargada de la reurbanización de la base planeó vender bonos para construir la carretera principal que atravesaría la antigua base en noviembre de 2000, con planes para comenzar la construcción en enero de 2001. Se esperaba que las obras duraran 18 meses. ^{[ 1 ]}

La segunda fase de la construcción de la carretera comenzó en noviembre de 2003. ^{[ 2 ]}

El 1 de agosto de 2005, se inauguró oficialmente Farrow Parkway, una "carretera ajardinada de cuatro carriles con aceras, farolas y una mediana cubierta de césped" de tres millas y media de longitud, entre Kings Highway cerca de Springmaid Beach y la circunvalación US 17. ^{[ 3 ]} El desarrollo a lo largo de la Parkway incluye The Market Common . ^{[ 4 ]}

The intersection of Farrow Parkway and South Carolina Highway 707 with U.S. Highway 17, known as the "back gate" of the former base, has seen increased traffic with the construction of The Market Common, expansion of the Myrtle Beach International Airport and other development on and near the former base.^[5] One of the first priorities for Horry County's program 'Riding on a Penny' was to build a grade-separated interchange connecting the two roads together. The projected cost of the project was $49,500,000. The recommended configuration of the interchange, due to limiting right-of-way space and heavy traffic demands, is a single-point urban interchange.^[6] Also, U.S. 17 must go over a 35-foot-high, 1,200-foot-long bridge because the soil cannot support a stronger bridge without work that would have delayed the project.^[7] As of April 2010, the projected cost had more than doubled to $107 million.^[8] Interchange construction began June 6, 2011, and the projected completion date was August 2014.^[9] Soil conditions and weather caused many delays. On October 23, 2014, a ribbon cutting took place for the completion of what became a $121.7 million project. The southbound lanes opened earlier that week, and the northbound lanes were opening the next week. Pavement markings, signs and other details would not be complete until November. The project also included more turn lanes on U.S. 17, frontage roads, and the addition of Coventry Boulevard as an alternate route around the interchange.^[5]

In 2026 Myrtle Beach council was in the process of completing a traffic study of Farrow Parkway. On March 10, 2026, rumble strips were installed as a traffic calming measure.^[10]

• Withers Preserve
• Warbird Park
• The Market Common
• Horry-Georgetown Technical College (Grand Strand campus)

The entire route is in Horry County.

1. ^ Farrow Parkway proporciona la conexión necesaria, Myrtle Beach Herald, 4 de agosto de 2005