Mississippi Even State Highways

State Road Sign circa. 1948 State Road Sign current

NOTE: Links on Route Numbers are from Froggie's Magnolia Meanderings WWW Site. It includes data from the Mississippi DOT.

2

Mileage:53 Miles

Towns along the route:Hickory Flat, Blue Mountain, Ripley, Corinth

Road Notes and reroutings:

• A section near Corinth has been re-routed along the US 45 Bypass; it then is multiplexed with US 72 for 2 miles west of Tupelo

4

Mileage:164 Miles

Towns along the route:Tunica, Senatobia, Holly Springs, Ashland, Ripley, Jumpertown. Booneville, Dennis

Road Notes and reroutings:

• none

6

Mileage:132 Miles

Towns along the route:Clarksdale, Marks, Batesville, Oxford, Pontotoc, Tupelo, Plantersville, Amory

Road Notes and reroutings:

• Sections have been moved to a new 4-lane route between Batesville and Tupelo.
• Road has been upgraded to US 278 as part of the Appalachian Regional Commission road improvements.

8

Mileage:171 Miles

Towns along the route:Rosedale, Pace, Cleveland, Ruleville, Holcomb, Grenada, Calhoun City, Derm, Vardaman, Houston, Aberdeen

Road Notes and reroutings:

• Multiplexed with MS 7 between Holcomb and Grenada; and with US 45 near Aberdeen

10

No state route due to existence of Interstate 10

12

Mileage:185 Miles

Towns along the route:Hollandale, Belzoni, Tchula, Lexington, Durant, Kosciusko, Ethyl, Ackerman, Starkville, Columbus

Road Notes and reroutings:

• Multiplexed with US 82 between Starkville and Columbus
• Same segment has been moved to a 4-lane segment

14

Mileage:203 miles

Towns along the route:Mayersville, Rolling Fork, Anguilla, Louise, Goodman, Kosciusko, Louisville, Macon

Road Notes and reroutings:

• Route moved to Kosciusko bypass in early 1970's.
• Route multiplexed with US 61 between Rolling Fork and Anguilla, with MS 12, 19, 35 and 43 around Kosciusko
• Maps do not indicate the path of MS 14 between Louise and Thornton. Route assumed to follow US 49W north then MS 12 east and briefly US 49E south

16

Mileage:170 Miles

Towns along the route:Rolling Fork, Yazoo City, Canton, Carthage, Philadelphia, DeKalb, Scooba

Road Notes and reroutings:

• None.

18

Mileage:185 Miles

Towns along the route:Port Gibson, Utica, Raymond, Jackson, Pearl, Brandon, Puckett, Raleigh, Bay Springs, Pachuta, Quitman

Road Notes and reroutings:

• Route is briefly multiplexed with US 45 through Quitman and is invisibly co-signed with US 80 through Brandon, Pearl and Jackson
• New MS 18 section between Jackson and Clinton was made years ago. Old route now called Raymond Road

NOTE: From here, the numbers begin to deviate from a north to south increasing sequence.

20

No state route due to existence of Interstate 20

22

Mileage:41 Miles

Towns along the route:Edwards, Flora, Canton

Road Notes and reroutings:

• None

24

Mileage:34 Miles

Towns along the route:Gloster, Liberty, McComb

Road Notes and reroutings:

• None

26

Mileage:81 Miles

Towns along the route:Poplarville, Wiggins, Lucedale

Road Notes and reroutings:

• Multiplexed with MS 63 around Lucedale

28

Mileage:128 Miles

Towns along the route:Union Church, Hazelhurst, Georgetown, Magee, Mize, Taylorsville

Road Notes and reroutings:

• None

30

Mileage:96 Miles

Towns along the route:Oxford, New Albany, Booneville, Tishomingo

Road Notes and reroutings:

• Rerouted and continues a multiplex with US45 bypass around Booneville; also rerouted and multiplexed with MS 7 near Oxford
• Only major state route to start/end on the Natchez Trace

32

Mileage:147 Miles

Towns along the route:Shelby, Parchman, Webb, Charleston, Oakland, Water Valley, Bruce, New Houka, Okolona

Road Notes and reroutings:

• Multiplexed with MS 15 near New Houlka

42

Mileage:109 Miles

Towns along the route:New Hebron, Prentiss, Sumrall, Hattiesburg, Petal, Richton, State Line

Road Notes and reroutings:

• Multiplexed with US 84 through Prentiss, with US 49 north of Hattiesburg and with MS 15 through Richton

44

Mileage:25 Miles

Towns along the route:McComb

Road Notes and reroutings:

• None

46

Mileage:24 Miles

Towns along the route:Mantee, Montpelier

Road Notes and reroutings:

• None

48

Mileage:88 Miles

Towns along the route:Centerville, Liberty, McComb, Magnolia, Tylertown, Sandy Hook

Road Notes and reroutings:

• Multiplexed with MS 24 between Liberty and McComb and with US 51 south of McComb to Magnolia

50

Mileage:70 Miles

Towns along the route:Walthall, West Point, Columbus

Road Notes and reroutings:

• Multiplexed with US 45 north of Columbus and with MS 15 north of Maben
• Still has gravel segment east of Walthall

76

Mileage: 4 of 14 miles completed

Towns along the route: None

Road Notes and reroutings:

• Currently, the only section open is half of a northern bypass around Ponotoc. The road is a seamless eastward extension of Hwy 6, which takes a SE track into the town of Ponotoc. Plans are to extent this road farther to the east to create an eventual 4-lane higthway link between Batesville, through Oxford all the way across north Alabama through Russellville, Decatur, Huntsville and Scottsboro. This route is ISTEA Corridor 11 also called Appalachian Regional Commission Corridor V. Hwy 76 will eventually link with US 78 NW of Tupelo. This road is now part of the westward US 278 extension.