northeastern part of Chesterfield County. It begins at an intersection with US 1/SC 9 (Powe Street). This intersection is also the northern terminus of US 1 Truck. From this point, US 52 Truck and SC 9 Truck travel to the northwest. They travel through a residential area of the city. They curve to the west-northwest and intersect US 52 (Second Street). Here, US 52 Truck ends, and SC 9 Truck turns right and follows US 52 to the northwest. They cross over Huckleberry Branch on the Patrolman Gilbert "Gil" Halma Bridge. Here, they leave the city limits proper of Cheraw, but still travel along the eastern edge of the city. After they leave the city for good, they intersect the northern terminus of Four-Mile Loop Road. Here, SC 9 splits off to the southwest. It travels through a rural part of the county. It curves to the south-southeast and meets its northern terminus, another intersection with SC 9. Chesterfield business loop South Carolina Highway 9 Business was a business loop along Main Street in Chesterfield. Established in 1949, when SC 9 was moved onto new road, bypassing south of Main Street; however, by 1956, SC 9 Business was already decommissioned. Though official maps from the state show that Main Street is a secondary road (SC-S-13-1), some online mapping sites still label it as a branch of SC 9. Lancaster alternate route South Carolina Highway 9 Alternate (SC 9 Alt.) was an alternate route that existed in the northern part of Lancaster. It was established around 1942 between US 521 south of the city to where US 521 and SC 9 split north of downtown. It was decommissioned in 1947 and was downgraded to a secondary road. Today, its path is part of US 521 and SC 9 Business (SC 9 Bus.). Lancaster business loop South Carolina Highway 9 Business (SC 9 Bus.) merges off SC 9 (F.W. McWhirter Expressway) about northwest of Lancaster. After going south for , SC 9 Bus. bends eastwards and heads straight in that direction. SC 9 Bus. merges onto U.S. Route 521 (US 521) for one block and then merges back off, crosses over SC 200, and quickly SC 9 Bus. is out of downtown on East Arch Street. A after crossing over SC 200, SC 9 Bus. ends at SC 9. Other than Spartanburg, the City of Lancaster is the largest urban area SC