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Attention, drivers... please read this for areas to avoid during the Myrtle Beach Marathon this Saturday, March 4

MARCH 1, 2023

Attention, drivers… The Myrtle Beach Marathon and Half Marathon both begin at 7:00 a.m., this Saturday, March 4. Drivers should allow extra time to get to their destinations, as traffic will be congested during race hours. Please watch for runners and drive with care! Hotels should advise guests to park west of Ocean Boulevard on Friday, March 3. Vehicles will not easily be able to cross Ocean Boulevard during the race hours on Saturday morning. Remember that US 17 (commonly called “the bypass”) is not part of the course, so use it to travel north and south on Saturday.

• Plan ahead for travel this Saturday, March 4, and allow extra time to get to destinations.
• Avoid the following intersections: 21st Avenue North and Grissom Parkway; 29th Avenue North and Grissom Parkway; Mr. Joe White Avenue and Grissom Parkway; Mr. Joe White Avenue and Oak Street; Mr. Joe White Avenue and Kings Highway.
• Use Oak Street or 21st Avenue North to access the John T. Rhodes Myrtle Beach Sports Center and Myrtle Beach Convention Center.
• Burroughs and Chapin Boulevard is closed from 6:45 a.m. to 1:30 p.m.
• Anticipate heavy congestion in the Grande Dunes Boulevard, Mr. Joe White Avenue and Kings Highway areas.
• Northbound traffic on Ocean Boulevard is only available for race participants.
• Runners will run south in the northbound lane of Grissom Parkway.

Please be patient and plan to share the road with runners or seek an alternate route. Expect possible congestion between 4:00 a.m. and 2:30 p.m., and expect delays on Kings Highway, Ocean Boulevard, Farrow Parkway, Grissom Parkway and the following cross-streets:

• Grissom Parkway – 21st Avenue North to Mr. Joe White Avenue (4:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m.)
• Mr. Joe White Avenue – Ocean Boulevard to Grissom Parkway (6:00 to 11:00 a.m.)
• Mr. Joe White Avenue – Grissom Parkway to Kings Highway (6:00 to 11:00 a.m.)
• Chester Street – Mr. Joe White Avenue to Ninth Avenue North (6:15 a.m. to 9:15 a.m.)
• Kings Highway (Southbound Lanes) – Mr. Joe White Avenue to Farrow Parkway (6:30 to 9:30 a.m.)
• Ninth Avenue North – Chester Street to Ocean Boulevard (6:45 to 9:20 a.m.)
• Farrow Parkway (Local traffic to and from The Market Common will have access from US 17, or “the bypass,” only.) – Kings Highway to Johnson Street (6:45 to 9:30 a.m.)
• Kings Highway – Center South to South Ocean Boulevard (6:45 to 9:30 a.m.)
• Ocean Boulevard (Northbound Lane Only) – Kings Highway to Eighth Avenue North (6:45 to 10:30 a.m.)
• Ocean Boulevard – Eighth Avenue North to Mr. Joe White Avenue (6:45 to 11:00 a.m.)
• Ocean Boulevard (Northbound Lane Only) – Mr. Joe White Avenue to Grande Dunes Boulevard (6:45 a.m. to 12:30 p.m.)
• Grande Dunes Boulevard – North Ocean Boulevard to US 17 Bypass (6:45 a.m. to 12:30 p.m.)
• Kings Highway (Southbound Curb Lane Only) – Grande Dunes Boulevard to 65th Avenue North (6:45 a.m. to 12:30 p.m.)
• 65th Avenue North (Westbound Lanes) – Along 65th Avenue North to Frontage Road and East Coast Greenway (6:45 a.m. to 12:45 p.m.)
• Frontage Road and East Coast Greenway – 65th Avenue North to 48th Avenue North (6:45 a.m. to 1:00 p.m.)
• Grissom Parkway (Northbound Curb Lane Only) – 48th Avenue North to 21st Avenue North (6:45 a.m. to 2:30 p.m.)
• Burroughs and Chapin Boulevard is closed from 6:45 a.m. to 1:30 p.m.