Mississippi Highway 16

MS Highway 16
Route information
Maintained by MDOT
Length:	166.472 mi[1] (267.911 km)
Major junctions
West end:	MS 1 in Grace
	US 61 in Rolling Fork US 49 in Yazoo City I-55 in Canton US 51 in Canton US 45 in Scooba
North end:	SR-17 near Giles
Location
Counties:	Issaquena, Sharkey, Yazoo, Humphreys, Madison, Leake, Neshoba, Kemper
Highway system
Numbered Highways in Mississippi Interstates US State Unsigned ← MS 15 MS 17 →

Mississippi Highway 16 westbound in Neshoba County.

Mississippi Highway 16 (MS 16) is a state highway in Mississippi. It runs for 166.472 miles (267.911 km) and serves 8 counties: Issaquena, Sharkey, Yazoo, Humphreys, Madison, Leake, Neshoba, and Kemper.

Locales on Route

From West to East

• Grace
• Rolling Fork
• Canton
• Carthage
• Pearl River
• Philadelphia
• De Kalb
• Scooba

Major intersections

County	Location	mi	km	Destinations	Notes
Issaquena	Grace			Grace Road	to MS 1
Sharkey	Rolling Fork			Rosenwald Avenue	east end of state maintenance
		Gap in route
				US 61 / MS 14 – Vicksburg, Leland
Yazoo	Holly Bluff			Sartaria Road - Lake George Wildlife Management Area	to MS 433
				MS 149 north – Silver City	west end of MS 149 overlap
	Yazoo City			MS 3 to US 49E – Greenwood, Vicksburg, trucks to US 49 / US 49E	interchange
				US 49 north – Greenwood, trucks to MS 149 north	east end of MS 149 overlap; west end of US 49 overlap
				US 49 south – Jackson	east end of US 49 overlap
				MS 433 – Benton, Bentonia, Benton Academy
Madison				I-55 – Memphis, Jackson	I-55 exit 124
	Canton			US 51 north – Durant	west end of US 51 overlap
				MS 22 (Peace Street) – Carthage, Jackson
				US 51 south to I-55 / Nissan Parkway – Madison	east end of US 51 overlap
				MS 43 south – Sand Hill, Ross Barnett Reservoir	west end of MS 43 overlap
				MS 43 north / East Peace Street – Sharon, Downtown Canton	east end of MS 43 overlap
				MS 17 north – Camden, Pickens
Leake				Natchez Trace	interchange
	Wiggins			MS 25 – Louisville, Jackson	interchange
	Carthage			MS 35 – Kosciusko, Forest, Walnut Grove
	Edinburg			MS 427 south – Madden
Neshoba	Philadelphia			MS 15 south / MS 21 south – Williamsville, Forest, Newton	west end of MS 15 / MS 21 overlap
				Cooper Williams Drive - Williamsville
				MS 15 north / MS 19 north – Kosciusko, Louisville	east end of MS 15 overlap; west end of MS 19 overlap
				MS 21 north (Pecan Avenue)	east end of MS 21 overlap
				MS 19 south (Holland Avenue) – Meridian	east end of MS 19 overlap
				MS 486 east
				Williamson Avenue	proposed MS 894
				MS 482 east
				Road 547	proposed MS 853
	Crossroads			MS 491 north
Kemper				MS 495 north	west end of MS 495 overlap
				MS 495 south	east end of MS 495 overlap
				Joe W. Williams Field	proposed MS 493 north
				MS 493 south – Moscow, Meridian
				MS 397 north – Preston, Louisville, Lake Kemper County
	De Kalb			MS 39 – De Kalb, Meridian
	Scooba			US 45 – Macon, Meridian
				CR-30 east
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi

References

• Magnolia Meanderings
• Google Earth