Mississippi Highway 304

MS Highway 304 marker

MS Highway 304
Route information
Maintained by MDOT
Length: 14.404 mi[1] (23.181 km)
Major junctions
West end: US 61 near Lake Cormorant
  I-69 in Banks
East end: I-55 / I-69 in Hernando
Highway system
← MS 302MS 305 →

Mississippi Highway 304 (MS 304) consists of two routes in northwest Mississippi:

MS 304 formerly ran on a two-lane alignment south of the present routing from U.S. 61 in Tunica Resorts (Tunica County) east to Interstate 55 in Hernando. The western portion of the former route is now officially part of MS 713; the remainder of the route (except the portion that is part of the scenic route noted above) no longer has an official state designation, but a number of state highway markers still appear along the route and at intersections.

Route description

MS 304 begins at a trumpet interchange with US 61 east of Tunica Resorts in the floodplain of the Mississippi River. The four-lane freeway has a half-diamond interchange with MS 3 that allows access to and from the east. MS 304 crosses over a rail line and has a partial interchange with a stub of I-69 that leads to MS 713 at Banks; the interchange includes a flyover from the westbound direction of the freeway. Immediately to the east of the interchange, MS 304 and I-69 leave the Mississippi River floodplain. The freeway has diamond interchanges with MS 301, Fogg Road, and Tulane Road. MS 304 and I-69 cross another rail line and pass over US 51 with no access just west of the state highway's terminus at I-55 on the northern end of Hernando, where I-69 joins I-55 heading north toward Memphis. The highways meet at a full cloverleaf interchange with the easternmost ramps closed until MS 304 is extended eastward.

Future

For additional details, please see Interstate 269.

East of Hernando, the proposed route of MS 304 coincides with proposed Interstate 269, continuing east to enter Marshall County near Byhalia to intersect U.S. Highway 78 (future Interstate 22), then turning north to cross the Mississippi–Tennessee border near Piperton. Tennessee would construct the remainder of the route north to existing TN 385. This portion of the route is currently in the planning stages, with construction expected to begin around 2009.

Exit list

The entire route is in De Soto County.

LocationmikmDestinationsNotes
Tunica Resorts0.0000.000 US 61 – Tunica, MemphisWestern terminus
  MS 3Westbound exit, eastbound entrance
  I-69 / MS 713 south – TunicaWestbound exit, eastbound entrance; west end of concurrency with I-69
  MS 301
 Fogg Road
 Tulane Road
Hernando14.40423.181 I-55 / I-69 north – Jackson, Southaven, MemphisEastern terminus; I-55 Exit 283
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi

See also

References

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