Mississippi Highway 15 (MS 15) is a state highway in Mississippi. At almost 324 miles (521 km), it is the longest highway in the Mississippi Highway System. MS 15 is divided into two sections due to a large gap between Stone County and Perry County. The southern section begins at Interstate 10 (I-10) and I-110 in Biloxi and ends at a junction with MS 26 near Wiggins, and the northern section begins at a junction with U.S. Route 98 (US 98) near Beaumont and ends as a continuation as SR 125 near Walnut. It serves a total of 15 counties (Harrison, Stone, Perry, Jones, Jasper, Newton, Neshoba, Winston, Choctaw, Webster, Oktibbeha, Chickasaw, Pontotoc, Union, and Tippah).
Route information | ||||
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Maintained by MDOT | ||||
Length | 323.949 mi[1] (521.345 km) | |||
Existed | 1932–present | |||
Southern segment | ||||
South end | I-10 / I-110 in D'Iberville | |||
North end | MS 26 near Wiggins | |||
Northern segment | ||||
South end | US 98 near Beaumont | |||
Major intersections | ||||
North end | SR 125 near Walnut | |||
Location | ||||
Country | United States | |||
State | Mississippi | |||
Counties | Harrison, Stone, Perry, Jones, Jasper, Newton, Neshoba, Winston, Choctaw, Webster, Oktibbeha, Chickasaw, Pontotoc, Union, Tippah | |||
Highway system | ||||
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History
editPrior to 1966, MS 15 was one continuous route through the entire state of Mississippi.[2] The route formerly continued past I-10 and ran concurrent with I-110 to terminate at US 90.[citation needed]
Major intersections
editCounty | Location | mi[3] | km | Destinations | Notes | ||
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Harrison | D'Iberville | 0.0 | 0.0 | I-10 – Pascagoula, Mobile, Gulfport, New Orleans I-110 south – Biloxi | Southern terminus of southern segment; I-10 exits 46A-B; south end of MS 67 overlap; signed as exits 4A (east) and 4B (west); cloverleaf interchange. | ||
0.4 | 0.64 | Sangani Boulevard / Promenade Parkway | Interchange | ||||
| 2.5 | 4.0 | MS 67 north – Hattiesburg | Interchange; north end of MS 67 overlap | |||
Stone | Moore Crossing | 32.8 | 52.8 | MS 26 – Wiggins, Lucedale | Northern terminus of southern segment | ||
Gap in route | |||||||
Perry | | 32.8 | 52.8 | US 98 / MS 198 begins – Lucedale, New Augusta | Southern terminus of northern segment; interchange; eastern terminus of Beaumont segment of MS 198; south end of MS 198 overlap | ||
Beaumont | 34.6 | 55.7 | MS 198 west – New Augusta | North end of MS 198 overlap | |||
Richton | 47.3 | 76.1 | MS 42 west – Hattiesburg | South end of MS 42 overlap | |||
47.7 | 76.8 | MS 42 east – State Line | North end of MS 42 overlap | ||||
| 66.3 | 106.7 | George Boutwell Road (MS 536) | ||||
Jones | Laurel | 74.1 | 119.3 | I-59 north / US 84 east / Cook Avenue – Meridian, Waynesboro | South end of I-59 / US 84 overlap; MS 15 south follows exit 96B | ||
74.3 | 119.6 | 4th Avenue / Masonite Road | I-59 exit 96A | ||||
74.8 | 120.4 | Beacon Street | I-59 exit 95C | ||||
75.6 | 121.7 | I-59 south / 16th Avenue south – Hattiesburg, Hattiesburg-Laurel Regional Airport | North end of I-59 overlap; MS 15 north follows exit 95B | ||||
76.4 | 123.0 | US 84 west / 5th Street – Collins, Downtown Laurel, Veterans Memorial Museum | North end of US 84 overlap | ||||
| 84.9 | 136.6 | MS 537 south – Moss | Northern terminus of MS 537 | |||
Jasper | | 90.2 | 145.2 | MS 533 south – Soso | Northern terminus of MS 533 | ||
Bay Springs | 99.3 | 159.8 | MS 528 east – Heidelberg | Western terminus of MS 528 | |||
99.4 | 160.0 | MS 18 – Raleigh, Pachuta | |||||
Newton | | 121.1 | 194.9 | MS 504 east – Hero | Western terminus of MS 504 | ||
Newton | 126.7 | 203.9 | US 80 – Newton, Hickory, Mississippi Veterans Memorial Cemetery | ||||
127.3 | 204.9 | I-20 – Jackson, Meridian | I-20 exit 109 | ||||
Decatur | 135.4 | 217.9 | MS 503 south – Hickory | Northern terminus of MS 503 | |||
Union | 144.2 | 232.1 | MS 494 east – Little Rock, Meridian | Western terminus of MS 494 | |||
145.0 | 233.4 | MS 492 – Sebastopol, House, Downtown Union | |||||
Neshoba | Good Hope | 156.5 | 251.9 | MS 485 south | Northern terminus of MS 485 | ||
Philadelphia | 158.4 | 254.9 | MS 21 south to MS 488 – Sebastopol, Forest, Neshoba County Fairgrounds | South end of MS 21 overlap | |||
158.6 | 255.2 | MS 16 west – Carthage, Casinos | South end of MS 16 overlap | ||||
159.4 | 256.5 | MS 16 east / MS 19 south / MS 21 north – Philadelphia, De Kalb, Meridian | North end of MS 16 / MS 21 overlap; south end of MS 19 overlap | ||||
159.7 | 257.0 | MS 885 | |||||
162.9 | 262.2 | MS 19 north – Kosciusko, Airport | Interchange; north end of MS 19 overlap | ||||
Winston | Noxapater | 177.1 | 285.0 | MS 395 south / MS 490 east – Plattsburg, De Kalb, Nanih Waiya State Park | Northern terminus of MS 395; western terminus of MS 490 | ||
Louisville | 185.3 | 298.2 | MS 25 south – Carthage | Interchange; south end of MS 25 overlap | |||
186.7 | 300.5 | MS 14 – Kosciusko, Downtown Louisville, Macon | |||||
| 189.0 | 304.2 | MS 25 north / MS 758 west – Starkville, Mississippi State University | Interchange; north end of MS 25 overlap | |||
Choctaw | | 198.7 | 319.8 | FR 967 (Choctaw Lake Road) – Choctaw Lake Wildlife Management | Proposed MS 768 | ||
Ackerman | 201.4 | 324.1 | W Main Street/MS 759 south | Northern terminus of unsigned MS 759 | |||
202.0 | 325.1 | MS 12 to MS 9 – Kosciusko, Starkville | |||||
Williams | 207.2 | 333.5 | MS 790 west | Eastern terminus of MS 790 | |||
Webster | Mathiston | 217.7 | 350.4 | US 82 west / MS 403 north – Eupora, Winona, Wood Institute | South end of US 82 overlap | ||
| 218.5 | 351.6 | US 82 east – Starkville, Columbus | Interchange; north end of US 82 overlap | |||
| 223.5 | 359.7 | MS 50 east – West Point | South end of MS 50 overlap | |||
| 225.1 | 362.3 | MS 50 west – Cumberland | North end of MS 50 overlap | |||
| 228.1 | 367.1 | Natchez Trace Parkway | Interchange | |||
Mantee | 233.1 | 375.1 | MS 46 – Mantee, Montpelier | ||||
Chickasaw | Woodland | 236.3 | 380.3 | MS 340 west – Atlanta, Woodland | Eastern terminus of MS 340 | ||
Houston | 244.7 | 393.8 | MS 8 to MS 389 – Grenada, Houston | Interchange | |||
| 251.3 | 404.4 | MS 32 east – Okolona | South end of MS 32 overlap | |||
Old Houlka | 255.9 | 411.8 | MS 32 west – Houlka, Davis Lake | North end of MS 32 overlap | |||
Pontotoc | Algoma | 265.7 | 427.6 | MS 772 west (Algoma Road) – Algoma, Tanglefoot Trail | Eastern terminus of MS 772 | ||
Pontotoc | 269.1 | 433.1 | MS 41 – Downtown Pontotoc, Troy, Okolona | ||||
271.1 | 436.3 | To MS 9 south (Spur Road (MS 770)) – Oxford | |||||
271.4 | 436.8 | MS 9 / MS 338 – Oxford, Tupelo | |||||
271.8 | 437.4 | MS 336 – Tupelo, Airport | |||||
273.9 | 440.8 | US 278 / MS 6 to MS 9 – Oxford, truck to MS 9 north | Interchange | ||||
Ecru | 277.9 | 447.2 | MS 346 west – Hurricane | Eastern terminus of MS 346 | |||
278.6 | 448.4 | MS 345 south – Ecru | Northern terminus of MS 345 | ||||
Union | | 282.7 | 455.0 | MS 762 west – Ingomar, Tanglefoot Trail | Eastern terminus of MS 762 | ||
New Albany | 287.0 | 461.9 | I-22 / US 78 / MS 30 west – Memphis, Tupelo | Interchange; south end of MS 30 overlap; I-22 exit 64 | |||
287.9 | 463.3 | MS 178 – Downtown New Albany | |||||
288.1 | 463.7 | MS 348 east – Center, Ellistown | Western terminus of MS 348 | ||||
288.6 | 464.5 | MS 30 east – Booneville, Union County Museum, Northeast Mississippi Community College | North end of MS 30 overlap | ||||
Tippah | Blue Mountain | 301.2 | 484.7 | MS 2 west to MS 368 – Hickory Flat | Eastern terminus of MS 2 | ||
Ripley | 307.7 | 495.2 | MS 4 / MS 370 east to MS 2 – Booneville | South end of MS 370 overlap; Eastern terminus of MS 370 | |||
| 315.7 | 508.1 | MS 370 west – Ashland | North end of MS 370 overlap | |||
| 322.8 | 519.5 | CR 302 | Proposed MS 369 | |||
| 323.0 | 519.8 | Main Street (MS 777 north) - Downtown Walnut | Southern terminus of unsigned MS 777 | |||
Walnut | 323.7 | 520.9 | MS 354 east (Commerce Street) – Walnut Business District, Chalybeate | Western terminus of MS 354 | |||
324.1 | 521.6 | US 72 – Memphis, Corinth | |||||
| 327.2 | 526.6 | SR 125 north – Middleton | Tennessee state line; northern terminus of northern segment | |||
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi
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References
edit- ^ "Mississippi Public Roads Selected Statistics" (PDF). Mississippi Department of Transportation. 2008. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2010-12-03. Retrieved 2010-06-03.
- ^ https://mdot.ms.gov/documents/Planning/Maps/State%20Hwy%20Archive/HWY%20Map%201965%20Front.pdf [bare URL PDF]
- ^ "Map of MS 15 - Northern segment" (Map). Google Maps. Retrieved December 21, 2022.
External links
edit- Media related to Mississippi Highway 15 at Wikimedia Commons
- Magnolia Meanderings