Traffic

Both lanes of U.S. 17 Bypass in Myrtle Beach reopened

From staff reports
The traffic lights on north and southbound U.S. 17 Bypass are down, and both lanes are shut down to traffic, which is being diverted to Coventry Road.
The traffic lights on north and southbound U.S. 17 Bypass are down, and both lanes are shut down to traffic, which is being diverted to Coventry Road. By Claire Byun cbyun@thesunnews.com

All lanes of U.S. 17 Bypass near the S.C. 544 interchange reopened after crews cleaned up debris in the roadway and fixed a traffic light defect, according to the S.C. Department of Transportation.

According to a witness, a semi-truck hit a lightpole, which caused traffic lights on the northbound and southbound sides of the highway to fall down.

The lanes reopened around 3:30 p.m. Drivers were asked to use Coventry Boulevard to get around the issue.

Traffic was blocked from Glenns Bay Road to S.C. 544 heading north and from Farrow Parkway to S.C. 544 heading south.

Our Grand Strand News Alliance partner WPDE contributed to this report.

This story was originally published April 17, 2015 at 12:37 PM with the headline "Both lanes of U.S. 17 Bypass in Myrtle Beach reopened."

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