<P> Regency Hospital opened its doors in Florence, in July 2001 . It is a 40 - bed Long Term Acute Care (LTAC) hospital located on the fourth and fifth floors of the Cedar Towers, at 121 Cedar Street . Regency, with its corporate office based in Alpharetta, Georgia, has 20 hospitals nationwide, and continues to aggressively grow throughout the country . </P> <P> McLeod Regional Medical Center and Carolinas Hospital System are the first and third largest employers in the Pee Dee region of South Carolina . </P> <Ul> <Li> I - 95 is a six - lane freeway that enters the city from the northeast, and exits southwest . The highway leads northeast 87 miles (140 km) to Fayetteville, North Carolina, and southwest 179 miles (288 km) to Savannah, Georgia . </Li> <Li> I - 20 is a four - lane interstate highway, which enters the city from the west and has a terminus in Florence as (David McLeod Blvd I - 20 Bus .). Interstate 20 leads west 83 miles (134 km) to Columbia, then on to Atlanta and ultimately Texas . </Li> <Li> US 52 is a north to south route through the downtown area . The highway crosses Interstate 95 northwest of the downtown area and leads north 157 miles (253 km) to Winston - Salem, North Carolina . To the south it merges with US 301 and eventually leads 113 miles (182 km) to Charleston . </Li> <Li> US 76 enters the city from the west at Interstate 95, then merges with David McLeod Blvd at Palmetto Street, and finally exits east of the city at the junction with Freedom Blvd . The road leads southwest 39 miles (63 km) to Sumter and east 115 miles (185 km) to Wilmington, North Carolina . </Li> <Li> US 301 offers another northeast to southwest route through Florence . Entering the city merged with US 52 as South Irby Street, it then forms a crescent - shaped bypass around the downtown area as Freedom Boulevard . US 301 then merges with US 76 east of downtown Florence, and exits as such . </Li> </Ul> <Li> I - 95 is a six - lane freeway that enters the city from the northeast, and exits southwest . The highway leads northeast 87 miles (140 km) to Fayetteville, North Carolina, and southwest 179 miles (288 km) to Savannah, Georgia . </Li>

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