Abandoned places are fascinating, especially when left to the elements to decay naturally. We’ve written about the oldest highway in America, the Kings Highway, and how it began in Charleston and ran all the way to Boston. You can read all about the highway here. You can even drive on parts of the very same route that was carved into the landscape if you travel from Charleston to Myrtle Beach.

Today, though, let’s take a peek at some rare images of an abandoned section of the Kings Highway (a.k.a. U.S. Highway 17) and feel the pride of knowing it’s still there and that others have actually explored it!

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There’s a section of the Kings Highway in Georgetown that used to run alongside rice fields.

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This section is found right along the Great Pee Dee River just before it converges with the Waccamaw River at the Winyah Bay.

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Taking a look at Georgetown on Google Maps, we can easily see the abandoned section of Highway 17 running just to the north of the historic downtown area. The L. H. Siau bridge crosses the Great Pee Dee and the Black Rvers as visitors and locals travel north on (the new) Highway 17. Just over the first bridge to the left is the merging of the old Kings Highway section of Highway 17.

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A bird’s eye view shows us that the old Kings Highway bridge that crossed the Great Pee Dee is now a fishing pier, which provides easy access to urbex explorers curious about the old abandoned highway and bridge.

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This eerily haunting abandoned section of the old original Kings Highway runs the length of nearly a full mile, with the exception of the brief break in the bridge created for boat passage on the river.

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Did you know the old Kings Highway was still around or that parts of the abandoned sections were still here, too?

YouTube/Steve Tanner Learn more about it by watching this beautiful drone video captured by YouTube user Steve Tanner:

Surprisingly, large portions of the original Kings Highway are still being used between Charleston and Boston. This means if you’re traveling on Highway 17 between Charleston and the North Carolina state line, then you’re probably traveling on much of the same route as did the Colonials!

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Learn more about it by watching this beautiful drone video captured by YouTube user Steve Tanner:

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