Mississippi Highway 7

"MS 7" redirects here. MS 7 may also refer to Mississippi's 7th congressional district.

MS Highway 7
Route information
Maintained by MDOT
Length:	139.482 mi[1] (224.475 km)
Major junctions
South end:	US 49W in Belzoni
	US 82 from Itta Bena to Greenwood US 49E in Greenwood I-55 in Grenada US 51 from Grenada to Hardy I-55 in Hardy US 278 in Oxford US 78 in Holly Springs US 72 near Lamar
North end:	SR-18 in Michigan City
Location
Counties:	Humphreys, Leflore, Carroll, Grenada, Yalobusha, Lafayette, Marshall, Benton
Highway system
Numbered highways in Mississippi Interstates  • U.S. Routes • State highways Unsigned state highways ← MS 6 MS 8 →

Highway 7 and rarely used Mississippi Central Railroad bridges over the Tallahatchie River at the Lafayette-Marshall county line. This sweeping bottomland, located approximately halfway between Holly Springs and Oxford, was the inspiration for fictional settings in several works by William Faulkner.

Mississippi Highway 7 runs generally north–south from the Tennessee state line in Benton County to Belzoni, Mississippi. It travels approximately 165 miles (266 km), serving Humphreys, Leflore, Carroll, Grenada, Yalobusha, Lafayette, Marshall, and Benton Counties. It runs nearly parallel to the rarely used Mississippi Central Railroad.

Points of interest

• Florewood River Plantation State Park
• University of Mississippi
• Wall Doxey State Park

Locales on route

From north to south

• Michigan City near the Tennessee state line (above which the highway becomes Tennessee State Route 18)
• Lamar
• Holly Springs
• Oxford
• Water Valley
• Grenada
• Greenwood
• Itta Bena
• Morgan City
• Belzoni

Junctions

From north to south

• Tennessee Highway 18
• U.S. Highway 72
• Mississippi Highway 311
• Mississippi Highway 178
• Mississippi Highway 4 ( splits northbound, joins southbound)
• U.S. Highway 78

( splits southbound, joins northbound)

• Mississippi Highway 310
• Mississippi Highway 30
• Mississippi Highway 6 / U.S. Highway 278
• Mississippi Highway 328
• Mississippi Highway 9W
• Mississippi Highway 315 ( splits northbound, joins southbound)
• Mississippi Highway 32 ( splits southbound, joins northbound)
• Mississippi Highway 330
• Mississippi Highway 333
• Interstate 55 ( splits northbound, joins southbound)
• Mississippi Highway 8 ( splits southbound, joins northbound / splits northbound, joins southbound)
• Mississippi Highway 35 ( splits northbound, joins southbound)

( splits southbound, joins northbound)

• U.S. Highway 82 ( splits northbound, joins southbound)
• Mississippi Highway 430
• U.S. Highway 49E

( splits northbound, joins southbound)

• U.S. Highway 49 / Mississippi Highway 12

See also

• List of Mississippi state highways

References

1. ^ "Mississippi Public Roads Selected Statistics" (PDF). Mississippi Department of Transportation. 2008. http://www.gomdot.com/Divisions/IntermodalPlanning/Resources/Planning/pdf/HighwayStats.pdf. Retrieved 2010-06-03.