Mississippi Highway 15
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).
Water flowing over Old Hwy 67 and Mississippi Highway 15 near their intersection in Harrison County on September 29, 1998 during the September 1998 flooding caused on the Tchoutacabouffa River by Hurricane Georges.
Mississippi Highway 15 | ||||
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| Route information | ||||
| 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
Prior 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.
Major intersections
| County | 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 west / MS 198 – Lucedale, New Augusta | Southern terminus of northern segment; interchange; eastern terminus 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) – 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
- "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
- Google (December 21, 2022). "Map of MS 15 - Northern segment" (Map). Google Maps. Google. Retrieved December 21, 2022.
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