Mississippi Highway 25

MS Highway 25
Route information
Maintained by MDOT
Length:	221.142 mi[1] (355.894 km)
Major junctions
South end:	I-55 / US 51 in Jackson
	US 82 in Starkville US 45 Alt. in West Point US 45 in Aberdeen US 278 in Amory US 78 in Fulton US 72 in Iuka
North end:	SR-57 near North Crossroads
Highway system
Numbered highways in Mississippi Interstates  • U.S. Routes • State highways Unsigned state highways ← MS 24 MS 26 →

MS 25 as it runs through Rankin County, north of Jackson.

Mississippi Highway 25 runs from I-55 in Jackson, Mississippi to the Tennessee state line north of Iuka. The largely controlled-access part from Jackson to Starkville connects the state capital with the main campus of Mississippi State University.

History

Failure of the Mississippi Highway 25 N/U.S. Route 45 S bridge over the Tombigbee River relief (Big Nichols Creek)/Tennessee-Tombigbee Waterway in Aberdeen, Mississippi during the March 1955 floods.

As of June 28, 2006, 150 miles (240 km) of continuous four-lane divided highway is open between Starkville, Mississippi and Jackson, Mississippi. The last leg to open was the 11.9-mile (19.2 km), $27-million section from the intersection of Highway 19 north of Louisville, Mississippi, to Noxapater Creek in Winston County. This is one of the culminations of the 1987 Four-Lane Highway Program (commonly referred to as AHEAD Program) for improving Mississippi roadways.

On May 10, 2006 the next-to-last leg, a 10.1-mile (16.3 km), $23-million section, opened from the Oktibbeha County line west into Winston County.

Future

All of Highway 25, except for the portion between West Point, Mississippi and Fulton, Mississippi will be an at least four-lane divided highway by the mid-2010s, per Mississippi House Bill 725 of the 1998 session.

Cities on the route

From south to north

• Jackson, Mississippi
• Flowood, Mississippi
• Carthage, Mississippi
• Louisville, Mississippi
• Starkville, Mississippi
• West Point, Mississippi
• Aberdeen, Mississippi
• Amory, Mississippi
• Smithville, Mississippi
• Fulton, Mississippi
• Belmont, Mississippi
• Tishomingo, Mississippi
• Iuka, Mississippi

Junctions

From south to north

Hinds County

• Interstate 55

Rankin County

• Mississippi Highway 475
• Mississippi Highway 471
• Mississippi Highway 43

Leake County

• Mississippi Highway 13
• Mississippi Highway 16
• Mississippi Highway 429
• Mississippi Highway 35
• Mississippi Highway 427

Winston County

• Mississippi Highway 19
• Mississippi Highway 15 ( joins northbound, splits southbound)
• Mississippi Highway 14

( joins southbound, splits northbound)

Oktibbeha County

• Mississippi Highway 12
• Mississippi Highway 182
• U.S. Route 82 ( joins northbound, splits southbound)
• Mississippi Highway 389
• Mississippi Highway 12 ( joins northbound, splits southbound)
• Mississippi Highway 182

Lowndes County

• U.S. Route 45 Alternate ( splits northbound, joins southbound / ALT joins northbound, splits southbound)

Clay County

• Mississippi Highway 50

( ALT joins southbound, splits northbound)

Monroe County

• Mississippi Highway 382
• U.S. Route 45 ( joins northbound, splits southbound)
• Mississippi Highway 8 ( joins northbound, splits southbound]]
• Mississippi Highway 145

( joins southbound, splits northbound)

( joins southbound, splits northbound)

• U.S. Route 278
• Mississippi Highway 6
• Mississippi Highway 23

Itawamba County

• U.S. Route 78 ( joins northbound, splits southbound)

( joins southbound, splits northbound)

• Mississippi Highway 178

Tishomingo County

• Mississippi Highway 366
• Mississippi Highway 4
• Natchez Trace Parkway
• Mississippi Highway 30
• Mississippi Highway 364
• U.S. Route 72
• Mississippi Highway 172
• Mississippi Highway 365
• Mississippi Highway 350

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. 

External links

• Magnolia Meanderings
• Mississippi Department of Transportation