Mississippi Highway 3

MS Highway 3 marker

MS Highway 3
Route information
Maintained by MDOT
Length: 119.401 mi[1] (192.157 km)
Major junctions
South end: US 61 in Redwood
  US 49W from Yazoo City to Inverness
US 82 in Moorhead
US 49W from Sunflower to Tutwiler
US 278 in Marks
East end: US 61 in Lake Cormorant
Location
Counties: DeSoto, Tunica, Tate, Panola, Quitman, Tallahatchie, Sunflower, Yazoo, Warren
Highway system
← MS 2MS 4 →

Mississippi Highway 3 runs north–south from Newport to U.S. Route 49W near Inverness. For part of its duration, MS 3 is a concurrency with US 49 West. It travels approximately 119 miles (192 km), serving DeSoto, Tunica, Tate, Panola, Quitman, Tallahatchie, Sunflower, Yazoo, and Warren counties.

Locales on route

From north to south

Major intersections

CountyLocationmikmDestinationsNotes
WarrenRedwood US 61 – Vicksburg, Rolling Forkinterchange
Yazoo  MS 433 – Satartia, Newtown
Yazoo City MS 16 / MS 149 – Louise, Yazoo Cityinterchange
US 49W north – Belzoni, Indianolainterchange; south end of US 49W overlap
US 49E north / US 49 south – Greenwood, Jacksoninterchange; north end of US 49W overlap
Gap in route
Sunflower  US 49W – Belzoni, Yazoo City, Indianola
  US 82 – Indianola, Greenwood
  US 49W
Gap in route
TallahatchieTutwiler US 49 – Greenwood, Indianola, Clarksdale
Quitman  MS 322 westsouth end of MS 322 overlap
Lambert MS 322 east – Crowder, O'Keefe WMAnorth end of MS 322 overlap
Marks US 278 / MS 6 – Clarksdale, Batesville
Sledge MS 714 west – Sledge
MS 315 – Sardis
PanolaCrenshaw MS 310 east – Como
Tate  MS 4 east – Senatobiasouth end of MS 4 overlap
Tunica  MS 4 west – Tunicanorth end of MS 4 overlap
Banks To I-69 north – Robinsonville, Hernandoproposed MS 713
DeSoto  MS 304 east to I-69 northinterchange
  US 61 – Walls, Memphis
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi

See also

Mississippi portal U.S. Roads portal

References

  1. ↑ "Mississippi Public Roads Selected Statistics" (PDF). Mississippi Department of Transportation. 2008. Retrieved 2010-06-03.