Getting There
Myrtle Beach International Airport (tel. 843/448-1589) has scheduled air service via Air Tran (tel. 800/247-8726; www.airtran.com), Delta/ASA/ComAir (tel. 800/221-1212; www.delta.com), Continental (tel. 800/523-3273; www.continental.com), Northwest Airlines (tel. 800/225-2525; www.nwa.com), Spirit Airlines (tel. 800/772-7117; www.spiritair.com), and US Airways (tel. 800/428-4322; www.usairways.com). If you're driving, U.S. 17 runs north and south along the Grand Strand, and U.S. 17 Business runs through Myrtle Beach; U.S. 501 runs east from I-95.
Visitor Information
The Myrtle Beach Area Chamber of Commerce is at 1200 N. Oak St. (P.O. Box 2115), Myrtle Beach, SC 29578 (tel. 800/356-3016 or 843/626-7444 to order literature only; www.myrtlebeachinfo.com), open Monday to Friday from 8am to 5pm. Two publications jam-packed with specific area information are Stay and Play (available from the chamber of commerce).
Cutting Your Driving Time
If you're heading from Myrtle Beach to North Myrtle Beach, the opening of the 29-mile Conway Bypass has cut driving time by half an hour. The road brings to life the "Bridge to Nowhere," which for 3 years stood astride the Intracoastal Waterway without a road. The bypass, also State Road 22, runs between U.S. 501, the major route to the coast, northwest of Conway, and U.S. 17 in North Myrtle Beach.
