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This is a list of ports of the United States, ranked by tonnage. [1] Ports in the United States handle a wide variety of goods that are critical to the global economy, including petroleum, grain, steel, automobiles, and containerized goods. See the articles on individual ports for more information, including history, geography, and statistics.
Harbor Island is a small residential barrier island located 14 miles (22 km) east of Beaufort, South Carolina. It is one of the Carolina Sea Islands . Most of the island is tidal marsh , though approximately 800 acres (3.2 km 2 ) of upland acreage exists on the northeastern portions.
Though NC 179 begins at the state line, SC 179 is a short 0.7-mile-long (1.1 km) road that connects to US 17 in Little River. From the state line, NC 179 goes through the town of Calabash. With a short concurrency with NC 904, it continues northeast through Ocean Isle Beach ending in Shallotte. The entire route is two lanes wide.
Its ZIP code is 29607. The neighborhood is bordered by Pleasantburg Drive to the west, East North Street to the south, Stone Avenue to the east, and Laurens Road to the north. Interstate 385 runs through this neighborhood at Exits 40B and 42.
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Via NC 130, it is 10 miles (16 km) northwest to the town of Shallotte. According to the United States Census Bureau , the town of Holden Beach has a total area of 3.4 square miles (8.9 km 2 ), of which 2.7 square miles (7.0 km 2 ) is land and 0.69 square miles (1.8 km 2 ) (20.72%) is water.
In 1950, SC 179 was completely removed, majority of the route becoming secondary roads, with some sections living on as US 17 Alt. and SC 45. The current SC 179 was established in 1979; it complements NC 179 when North Carolina established the new route and routed the southern end into South Carolina. The route has changed little since.
The route primarily follows a more northeast–southwest direction. Most of the corridor runs through coastal areas, marshes and wetlands, urban areas, and rural farmland. US 17 is mostly four lanes except from the Georgia state line to the US 17 / SC 170 interchange near Limehouse and from Garr Lane in Hardeeville to State Road S-27-13 near ...