Mississippi Highway 16

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Mississippi Highway 16
Route information
Maintained by MDOT
Length	186.4 mi[1] (300.0 km) (166.472 mi excluding concurrencies)
Existed	1932–present
Major junctions
West end	MS 1 in Grace
Major intersections	US 61 in Rolling Fork US 49 in Yazoo City I-55 in Canton US 51 in Canton US 45 in Scooba
East end	CR 30 to SR 17 at the Alabama state line near Giles
Location
Country	United States
State	Mississippi
Counties	Issaquena, Sharkey, Yazoo, Humphreys, Madison, Leake, Neshoba, Kemper
Highway system
Mississippi State Highway System Interstate US State
← MS 15 → MS 17

Mississippi Highway 16 (MS 16) is a

MS 16 begins in the Mississippi Delta region in Issaquena County at an intersection with Grace Road in the community of Grace, not even a half mile from that road's intersection with MS 1 (Great River Road). It heads southeast as a two-lane highway through rural farmland for several miles to enter Sharkey County.

The highway now crosses Deer Creek before making a sharp right turn at an intersection with Rolling Fork Road to enter the Rolling Fork city limits, where state maintenance ends. Former MS 16 heads south enter town along Martin Luther King Jr. Street before turning left onto Rosenwald Avenue just north of downtown. Former MS 16 follows Rosenwald Avenue through some neighborhoods before it became concurrent (overlapped) US 61 south/MS 14 west. They headed south along a three-lane boulevard through a business district before state maintenance restarts on MS 16, with it splitting off along McLaurin Street. MS 16 leaves Rolling Fork as a two-lane and passes southeast through farmland for a few miles to enter the Delta National Forest. It travels southeastward through the northern part of for several miles before leaving the forest and crossing the Sunflower River into Holly Bluff and Yazoo County.

MS 16 passes straight through the center of the village, where it makes a sharp left turn at an intersection with Satartia Road (connector to

History

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Until the 1990s, MS 16 was one continuous highway. The Martin Luther King Jr. Street and Rosenwald Avenue portions were turned over to the city of Rolling Fork, with the former concurrency with US 61/MS 14 being annulled at that time.

Until 2013 when the Canton Parkway was built, MS 16 did not bypass downtown Canton as it does today. It entered the area from the northwest along its current alignment to have an interchange with I-55 (Exit 124). The highway then followed Old Highway 16 to enter the city limits and become concurrent with US 51. MS 16/US 51 headed south along Liberty Street through neighborhoods to enter downtown, where MS 16 split off along E Peace Street at an intersection with MS 22 (W Peace Street). MS 16 headed east to leave downtown and pass through neighborhoods and a business district, where it had/has an intersection with MS 43 (Old Sharon Road). MS 16 then continued east along its current alignment toward Carthage.

County	Location	mi	km	Destinations	Notes
Issaquena	Grace	0.0	0.0	Grace Road To MS 1 – Mayersville, Greenville	Western terminus; leads only 0.4 mile west to MS 1
Sharkey	Rolling Fork	8.1	13.0	Rosenwald Avenue	East end of state maintenance
		Gap in route
		9.2	14.8	US 61 / MS 14 – Vicksburg, Leland
Yazoo	Holly Bluff	23.6	38.0	Sartaria Road - Lake George Wildlife Management Area	To MS 433
	​	35.2	56.6	MS 149 north – Silver City	West end of MS 149 overlap
	US 49 / US 49W	interchange
		48.9	78.7	MS 149 north	Southern terminus of MS 149; west end of US 49 overlap
	​	49.2	79.2	US 49 south – Jackson	East end of US 49 overlap
	​	57.0	91.7	MS 433 – Benton, Bentonia, Benton Academy
Madison	​	72.5	116.7	I-55 – Grenada	I-55 exit 124
	​	76.6	123.3	US 51 north (Liberty Street)	West end of US 51 concurrency
	Canton	77.6– 78.3	124.9– 126.0	MS 22 west (W Peace Street) – Canton, Flora	Eastern terminus of MS 22
		80.6	129.7	US 51 south to Nissan Parkway west / I-55 – Jackson, Grenada	East end of US 51 overlap
		83.4	134.2	MS 43 south – Sand Hill, Ross Barnett Reservoir	West end of MS 43 overlap
		84.6	136.2	MS 43 north / East Peace Street – Sharon, Downtown Canton	East end of MS 43 overlap
	Farmhaven	97.5	156.9	MS 17 north – Camden, Pickens	Southern terminus of MS 17
Leake	​	103.0– 103.4	165.8– 166.4	Natchez Trace Parkway	Interchange
	Wiggins	107.9– 108.2	173.6– 174.1	MS 25 – Louisville, Jackson	Interchange
	Carthage	113.9	183.3	MS 35 – Kosciusko, Forest, Walnut Grove
	MS 427 south – Madden	Northern terminus of MS 427
Neshoba	Philadelphia	138.1	222.3	MS 15 south / MS 21 south – Williamsville, Forest, Newton	West end of MS 15 / MS 21 overlap
		138.3	222.6	Cooper Williams Drive - Williamsville
		138.9	223.5	MS 15 north / MS 19 north – Kosciusko, Louisville	East end of MS 15 overlap; west end of MS 19 overlap; no access from MS 15/MS 19 south to MS 16 east/MS 21 north; no access from MS 16 west/MS 21 south to MS 15/MS 19 north
		139.2	224.0	MS 885 north To MS 15 north / MS 19 north – Kosciusko, Louisville	Southern terminus of unsigned MS 885
		140.7	226.4	MS 21 north (Pecan Avenue)	East end of MS 21 overlap
		140.8	226.6	MS 19 south (Holland Avenue) – Meridian	East end of MS 19 overlap
		141.4	227.6	MS 486 east	Western terminus of MS 486
		142.0	228.5	Williamson Avenue	Proposed MS 894
	​	144.4	232.4	MS 482 east	Western terminus of MS 482
	​	145.7	234.5	Road 547	Proposed MS 853
	MS 491 north	Southern terminus of MS 491
Kemper	​	155.8	250.7	MS 495 north	West end of MS 495 overlap
	​	156.3	251.5	MS 495 south	East end of MS 495 overlap
	​	157.9	254.1	Joe W. Williams Field	Proposed MS 493 north
	​	158.3	254.8	MS 493 south – Moscow, Meridian	Northern terminus of MS 493
	​	165.2	265.9	MS 397 north – Preston, Louisville, Lake Kemper County	Southern terminus of MS 397
	De Kalb	167.9	270.2	MS 39 north – Shuqualak	West end of MS 39 overlap
		168.1	270.5	MS 39 south (Main Avenue) – Downtown De Kalb, Meridian	East end of MS 39 overlap
	US 45 – Macon, Meridian
	​	186.4	300.0	CR 30 east to SR 17 – Geiger, Emelle	Eastern terminus; Alabama state line; runs only 2.9 miles east to SR 17
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi       Concurrency terminus       Incomplete access

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