Mississippi Highway 355 (MS 355) is a 11.9-mile-long (19.2 km) north–south state highway in Pontotoc and Union counties. It connects the town of Thaxton with the town of New Albany.
 Mississippi Highway 355 | ||||
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| Route information | ||||
| Maintained by Pontotoc County and MDOT | ||||
| Length | 11.931 mi[1] (19.201 km) | |||
| Existed | 1957–present | |||
| Major junctions | ||||
| South end |  MS 346 near Thaxton | |||
| North end |  MS 30 near New Albany | |||
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| Country | United States | |||
| State | Mississippi | |||
| Counties | Pontotoc, Union | |||
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The entire length of MS 355 is a rural, two-lane, state highway.[2]
Route description
editMS 355 begins at an intersection with MS 346 in the community of Esperanza, north of Thaxton in Pontotoc County. The highway at this point is unsigned; it is not maintained by the state, rather by Pontotoc County as unsigned County Road 858 (CR 858).[1][3] The road heads northwest, then north intersecting minor county roads and crossing Mill Creek as it passes through mostly agricultural fields. At the Pontotoc-Union county line, state maintenance and signage for MS 355 begins. The highway generally continues northwest through woods and farm fields. At Union CR 47, MS 355 reaches a T-intersection; MS 355 heads due west from this intersection. It later curves to the north passing through the community of Etta before ending at MS 30.[2]
Major junctions
edit| County | Location | mi[4] | km | Destinations | Notes |
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| Pontotoc | Esperanza | 0.000 | 0.000 | MS 346 | Southern terminus |
| Union | Etta | 11.931 | 19.201 | MS 30 – Oxford, New Albany | Northern terminus |
| 1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi | |||||
References
edit- ^ a b Mississippi Department of Transportation Planning Division (December 31, 2011). Mississippi Public Roads Selected Statistics Extent, Travel, and Designation (PDF) (Report). Mississippi Department of Transportation. Retrieved September 6, 2021.
- ^ a b "Map of Mississippi Highway 355" (Map). Google Maps. Retrieved September 6, 2021.
- ^ General Highway Map Pontotoc County (PDF) (Map). Mississippi Department of Transportation. 2007. Retrieved September 8, 2021.
- ^ "MS Highways". Mississippi Geospatial Data Catalog. Retrieved June 1, 2021.