South Carolina Highway 707

Route information
Maintained by South Carolina Department of Transportation
Length	14.50 mi (23.34 km)
Existed	1970s–present
Major junctions
Major intersections	Holmestown Road near Burgess, South Carolina SC 544 near Socastee, South Carolina
Location
Country	United States
State	South Carolina
Highway system
South Carolina State Highway System Interstate US State Scenic

South Carolina Highway 707 is a highway in Horry County, South Carolina in the Myrtle Beach metropolitan area that begins at U.S. Highway 17 Bypass across from Farrow Parkway near Socastee, South Carolina and terminates at U.S. Highway 17 Business in Murrells Inlet, South Carolina.

History

South Carolina Highway 707 began as an unpaved cow path in an area that was once largely rural. In the late 1970s, the route that South Carolina Highway 707 currently takes was previously signed as South Carolina Highway 544 from Murrells Inlet to the current intersection of Dick Pond Road in Socastee. At that time, South Carolina Highway 707 began at Socastee, followed Socastee Boulevard and parts of then-unbuilt U.S. Highway 17 Bypass north of the Myrtle Beach International Airport before terminating at U.S. Highway 501 on the route of the current Robert Grissom Parkway.

Much of the landscape traversed through the area was farmland until the 1980s when suburban growth began to occur outside of Myrtle Beach. Most of the growth around the area has continued into the 2000s, with development of golf courses, neighborhoods, and subdivisions being common in pockets along the fourteen-mile length. Saint James High School opened on the highway near Burgess, South Carolina in 2002.

Widening project

Because the area has experienced rapid growth within recent years, the South Carolina Department of Transportation has decided to widen the highway from Enterprise Road south of South Carolina Highway 544 to the Horry-Georgetown county line, approximately nine miles. Much of the $132,250,000 project will be funded through the one-percent Horry County sales tax increase by the 'Riding on a Penny' program. The first public meeting on the road project was held in August 2008. Design and right-of-way acquisition will begin in 2009. Construction is to commence in the summer of 2010 in three phases.

Farrow Parkway interchange

The intersection of South Carolina Highway 707 with U.S. Highway 17 at Farrow Parkway has seen increased traffic, and one of the first priorities for Horry County's program 'Riding on a Penny' will be to build a grade-separated interchange connecting the two roads together. The projected cost of the project is $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.

Major intersections

	Junction	Location	Mile
	U.S. Route 17 Business	Murrells Inlet, South Carolina	0.0
	U.S. Route 17 (Bypass)	Murrells Inlet, South Carolina	0.4
	Holmestown Road	Burgess, South Carolina	5.9
	South Carolina Highway 31 (future)	Burgess, South Carolina
	South Carolina Highway 544	Socastee, South Carolina	9.9
	U.S. Route 17 (Bypass) and Farrow Parkway	Myrtle Beach, South Carolina	12.6