Mississippi Highway 3

Mississippi 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
Mississippi State Highway System Interstate US State ← MS 2 MS 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

• Newport
• Sledge
• Falcon
• Lambert
• Drew
• Ruleville
• Doddsville
• Sunflower
• Moorhead

Major intersections

County	Location	mi	km	Destinations	Notes
Warren	Redwood			US 61 – Vicksburg, Rolling Fork	Interchange
Yazoo	​			MS 433 – Satartia, Newtown
	Yazoo City			MS 16 / MS 149 – Louise, Yazoo City	Interchange
				US 49W south to US 49 south / US 49E – Greenwood, Jackson	Interchange; south end of US 49W overlap
Overlap with US 49W
Sunflower	​			US 49W – Belzoni, Yazoo City, Indianola	North end of US 49W overlap
	​			US 82 – Indianola, Greenwood
	​			US 49W	South end of US 49W overlap
Overlap with US 49W
Tallahatchie	Tutwiler			US 49W end / US 49 begin / US 49E south – Greenwood	North end of US 49W overlap; south end of US 49 overlap; US 49W north and US 49E merge into US 49
				US 49 north – Clarksdale, Memphis	North end of US 49 overlap
Quitman	​			MS 322 west	South end of MS 322 overlap
	Lambert			MS 322 east – Crowder, O'Keefe WMA	North end of MS 322 overlap
	Marks			US 278 / MS 6 – Clarksdale, Batesville
	Sledge			MS 714 west – Sledge
				MS 315 – Sardis
Panola	Crenshaw			MS 310 east – Como
Tate	​			MS 4 east – Senatobia	South end of MS 4 overlap
Tunica	​			MS 4 west – Tunica	North end of MS 4 overlap
	Banks			To I-69 north – Robinsonville, Hernando	Proposed MS 713
DeSoto	​			MS 304 east to I-69 north	Interchange
	​			US 61 – Walls, Memphis
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi       Concurrency terminus

See also

Mississippi portal U.S. Roads portal

References