South Carolina Highway 31 (
SC 31), also known as the
Carolina Bays Parkway, is a six-lane, limited-access highway that parallels (in most cases) the
Intracoastal Waterway from
Myrtle Beach. The first phase opened on December 17, 2002, completing a link between
U.S. Route 501 (US 501) and
SC 9. The second phase opened in March 2005, running from US 501 southwest to and
S.C. Highway 544. While usually referred to only as the Carolina Bays Parkway, the highway is also dedicated the
John B. Singleton Parkway in memory of John B. Singleton, a former Myrtle Beach City Council member and police commissioner.