South Carolina Highway 9

"SC 9" redirects here. SC 9 may also refer to South Carolina's 9th congressional district.

SC 9
Route information
Maintained by SCDOT
Length:	257 mi (414 km)
Existed:	1922 – present
Major junctions
NorthWest end:	NC 9 at North Carolina state line near New Prospect
	US 221 / I-585 / I-85 / US 176 in Spartanburg I-77 / US 321 in Chester US 21 in Fort Lawn US 1 / US 52 in Cheraw US 401 / US 15 in Bennettsville I-95 / US 301 / US 501 in Dillon US 76 in Nichols US 701 in Loris SC 31 at Little River US 17 / SC 90 in North Myrtle Beach
East end:	SC 65 in Cherry Grove Beach
Location
Counties:	Spartanburg, Union, Chester, Lancaster, Chesterfield, Marlboro, Dillon, Marion, Horry
Highway system
South Carolina Highways ← SC 8 SC 10 →

South Carolina Highway 9 (abbreviated SC 9) is a 257 mi (414 km)-long state highway in the U.S. state of South Carolina. The route runs from the North Carolina border upstate to North Myrtle Beach, near the Atlantic coast. The road is currently the longest state highway in South Carolina.

Route description

SC 9 begins at the North Carolina-South Carolina border, where the road continues as NC 9. This is about twelve miles (19 km) northwest of Spartanburg.

The road slowly heads southeast to Spartanburg. Five miles into its existence SC 9 intersects SC 11 and then two miles (3 km) later, SC 9 intersects SC 292. After this, SC 9 enters Boiling Springs.

Finally, SC 9 enters the northeast section of Spartanburg and crosses over Interstate 85 and Interstate 585. Then SC 9 joins up with US Route 176. While concurrent, it intersects US Route 29 and a couple of other state highways. Finally, after the ten-mile concurrency with US Route 176 ends, SC 9 leaves the Spartanburg metro.

About 1.5 miles (2.5 km) east of this concurrency, SC 9 intersects SC 150 in downtown Pacolet. In another five miles (8 km) or so, SC 9 enters Jonesville, where SC 9 merges with SC 18. SC 9 merges off SC 18 nearly a mile out of town.

The next town, Dillon Park, is nearly 7.5 miles (12.1 km) away. On the way there, SC 9 runs across SC 114 and SC 105. Once in downtown Dillon Park, SC 9 merges with SC 49 for nearly a half-mile.

The next town is six miles to the east. That town is Chester. There SC 9 avoids the city by going south and merging with SC 97 and SC 121 Bypass.

Eight miles east of Chester, SC 9 crosses over Interstate 77 and enters Richburg. SC 9 merges with SC 901 for about a mile. Once in downtown, SC 9 turns left and out of Richburg. It then enters Fort Lawn, where it goes under US Route 21.

SC 9 then enters the rapidly growing city of Lancaster. Right before it enters town, SC 9 Business spreads off. SC 9 then meets/crosses over US Route 521 and SC 200.

Finally, SC 9 enters the rural area of north central SC and rolls through the countryside at interstate speeds, with the biggest thing on the road to Pageland being an intersection with SC 522. While entering Pageland, SC 9 merges with US Route 601. US 601 merges off with SC 151 in downtown Pageland.

SC 9 is the northern terminus of SC 268 in Mt. Croghan It is another mile to Ruby, during which SC 9 is concurrent with SC 109.

SC 9 curves left when it serves as the eastern terminus to SC 265 one mile (1.6 km) from Ruby. Having turned east, SC 9 enters Chesterfield, South Carolina. Once again, it breaks off in a business route and then it meets SC 102 and SC 145.

SC 9 then proceeds onto Cheraw. While entering downtown, SC 9 merges with US Route 52 and then onto US Route 1 to get out of town. SC 9 merges off US 1 after downtown, and SC 9 heads east, where it shortly meets SC 177 and then SC 79.

Seven miles southeast of Cheraw, SC 9 runs into Bennettsville. SC 9 merges with SC 38 for one mile (1.6 km), entering downtown Bennettsville, where SC 9 runs eastward with US Route 401 for nearly a mile before merging off again. There is another SC 9 Business Route.

SC 9 then proceeds onto the tiny town of Clio where the main intersection is with SC 381.

Nearly seven miles later, after merging SC 57, SC 9/57 crosses under I-95 and enters Dillon. There SC 9/57 merges with US Route 301 before all three go their separate ways.

A further ten miles (16 km) to the east, SC 9 meets up with SC 41 in Lake View, South Carolina. Here SC 9 comes very close to the NC border (about two miles (3 km) south), but as soon as SC 9 leaves town, it heads due south into deep rural land for nine to ten miles (16 km).

Finally, SC 9 enters Nichols where it merges with US Route 76 for a little more than a mile. Another six miles (10 km) goes by before SC 9 begins to enter the beach zone, as another SC 9 Business Route merges off. With SC 9 Bus, SC 9 is able to avoid downtown Loris, go by the Twin City Airport, and have an interchange with US Route 701.

After meeting back up with its Business Route, SC 9 heads towards the NC border, this time as close as a mile. Yet again, SC 9 bends south where it meets SC 905 in Longs, an interchange with SC 31; and then heads into downtown North Myrtle Beach. There it crosses over US Route 17 and SC 90 and goes through one mile (1.6 km) of beach, where it continues as SC 65 along the beachfront.

Alternate Names

• Sea Mounatin Highway
• N. Main St.
• Nichols Highway
• Dillon Highway
• E. Main St.
• Radford Blvd.
• S. Main St.
• Tyson Ave.
• Cheraw St.
• Powe St.
• Market St.
• East Blvd.
• Chesterfield Highway
• West Blvd.
• Main St.
• W. McGregor St.
• Pageland Highway
• Lancaster Bypass
• Chester Highway
• Pinckney Rd.
• Jonesville – Lockhart Highway
• Spartanburg Highway
• Pine St.
• Boiling Springs Rd.

Major intersections

County	Location	Mile	Destinations	Notes
Horry	Cherry Grove Beach		SC 65 south – Ocean Drive Beach	SC 9 Begins
	N. Myrtle Beach		US 17 south – North Myrtle Beach	South end of US 17 overlap
		Bridge across the Intracoastal Waterway
			SC 90 west – Wampee
			US 17 north – Little River	North end of US 17 overlap
			Sea Mountain Highway – Nixons Crossroads	Eastbound exit only
	Little River		SC 31 south – Carolina Forest	Northern terminus of SC 31
			Wampee Road – Wampee, Brooksville
	Longs		SC 905 – Conway, Olyphic
	Loris		SC 9 Bus. west – Loris
			US 701 – Allsbrook, Tabor City
	Green Sea		SC 410 / SC 9 Bus. west to SC 917 – Green Sea, Loris
			US 76 east – Fair Bluff	East end of US 76 overlap
Marion	Nichols		US 76 west – Mullins, Marion	West end of US 76 overlap
Dillon	Lake View		SC 41 – Fork, Marietta
	Dillon		SC 57 south – Floydale	South end of SC 57 overlap
			US 301 / US 501 south / SC 34 west – Latta, Marion, Bingham	South end of US 301/501 overlap
			US 301 / US 501 north – Hamer	North end of US 301/501 overlap
			I-95 – Florence, Lumberton	I-95 Exit 193
			SC 57 north	North end of SC 57 overlap
Marlboro	Clio		SC 381 – McColl, Blenheim
	Bennettsville		SC 9 Bus. west
			SC 38
			US 15 / US 401 – McColl, Society Hill
			SC 9 Bus. east
			SC 79 north
			SC 912 south
	Wallace		SC 177 north – Hamlet
			US 1 north – Rockingham	North end of US 1 overlap
Chesterfield	Cheraw		US 52 north – Morven	North end of US 52
			US 1 / US 52 south – Patrick, Society Hill	South end of US 1/52 overlap
	Chesterfield		SC 102 south / SC 742 north / SC 145 – Patrick	North end of SC 145 overlap
			SC 145 south – McBee	South end of SC 145 overlap
	Ruby		SC 265 west – Jefferson
			SC 109 south	South end of SC 109 overlap
	Mt. Croghan		SC 109 north / SC 268 south	North end of SC 109 overlap
	Pageland		US 601 north – Monroe	North end of US 601 overlap
			US 601 Bus.
			US 601 south – Kershaw	South end of US 601 overlap
Lancaster			SC 522 – Heath Springs
	Lancaster		SC 9 Bus. west / US 521 south – Heath Springs, Lancaster	South end of US 521 overlap
			SC 200 – Great Falls, Monroe
			US 521 north – Van Wyck	North end of US 521 overlap
			SC 9 Bus. east
Chester	Ft. Lawn		US 21 – Rock Hill, Great Falls
	Richburg		SC 99 south – Great Falls
			SC 901 north / SC 223	South end of SC 901 overlap
			SC 901 north – Lando	North end of SC 901 overlap
			I-77 – Rock Hill, Winnsboro, Columbia	I-77 Exits 65 A-B
	Rodman		SC 909 north – Lewis
	Chester		SC 9 Bus. west
			US 321 south – Winnsboro	South end of US 321 overlap
			SC 72 / SC 121 – Leeds, Lewis
			SC 9 Bus. east / US 321 north – York	North end of US 321 overlap
	Lockhart		SC 49 – Bullock Creek, Monarch Mills
Union	Adamsburg		SC 105
	Jonesville		SC 114
			SC 18 south – Union	South end of SC 18 overlap
			SC 18 north – Gaffney	North end of SC 18 overlap
Spartanburg	Pacolet		SC 150 – Glenn Springs, Gaffney
			US 176 south / SC 295 north – Roebuck, Union	South end of US 176 overlap
	Spartanburg
		Interstate 585 overlaps from Exit 25 A
			I-85 Bus. – Wellford, Gaffney	Business Loop 85 Exit 10
			I-85 – Greenville, Gaffney	I-85 Exit 75
	New Prospect		SC 292 south – Inman
			SC 11 (Cherokee Foothills Scenic Hwy.) – Campobello, Chesnee
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi      Concurrency terminus •      Closed/former •      Incomplete access •      Unopened

Business routes

Lancaster

SC 9 Business
Location:	Lancaster, South Carolina

SC 9 Business merges off SC 9 Bypass (F.W. McWhirter Expressway) about 2 miles (3.2 km) northwest of Lancaster. After going south for half-a-mile, SC 9 Business bends eastwards and heads straight eastwards. SC 9 Business merges onto US 521 for one block and then merges back off, crosses over SC 200, and quickly SC 9 Business is out of downtown on E. Arch St. A half-mile after crossing over SC 200, SC 9 Business ends at SC 9 Bypass. Other than Spartanburg, the City of Lancaster is the largest urban area SC 9 runs through before reaching the North Myrtle Beach area.

Chesterfield

SC 9 Business
Location:	Chesterfield, South Carolina

SC 9 Business's purpose in Chesterfield is unknown. It runs exactly parallel to SC 9 for its entire length, beginning one mile (1.6 km) west of Chesterfield and ending a half-mile east of Chesterfield. The main intersection of SC 9 Business is at SC 145.

Bennettsville

SC 9 Business
Location:	Bennettsville, South Carolina

SC 9 Business begins one mile (1.6 km) north of Bennettsville when SC 9 merges with SC 38. SC 9 Business heads straight into downtown Bennettsville, where just before downtown SC 9 merges with SC 385. There it runs just north of downtown before moving south in the outskirts of town and ends again at SC 9.

Loris

SC 9 Business
Location:	Loris, South Carolina

SC 9 Business begins nearly 5 miles (8.0 km) northwest of Loris, heading due south from SC 9. However, it only goes south for about a mile, before turning eastward at the eastern termnius of SC 917. SC 9 BUS then makes the run into downtown Loris, the downtown being at the intersection with U.S. 701. As soon as SC 9 Business passes US 701, it heads a mile and a half back to SC 9.