Mississippi Highway 18

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US 61 in Port Gibson
Major intersections
East end CR 20 at Alabama border near Quitman
Location
Country
Clarke
Highway system
← MS 17→ MS 19

Mississippi Highway 18 (MS 18) is a

Clarke
.

Route description

MS 18 begins in

US 61, just across the Little Bayou Pierre from downtown. It heads east as a two-lane highway through neighborhoods before leaving Port Gibson at an interchange with the Natchez Trace Parkway. The highway travels through somewhat hilly terrain for the next several miles, where it passes through Hermanville and Carlisle, before entering Copiah County. MS 18 travels through the northwestern corner of the county, where it passes through Carpenter, crosses Bayou Pierre, and passes by the Utica campus of Hinds Community College, before entering Hinds County
.

I-20 eastbound at its first interchange with MS 18 in western Jackson (Exit 40)

MS 18 curves northeastward as it passes through the town of

Pearl River to leave both Jackson and Hinds County to enter Rankin County
.

US 80/MS 18 immediately enter

US 49 and MS 468 (Flowood Drive). MS 468 joins the concurrency and the highway passes a business district, where MS 468 splits off on Pearson Road, and US 80/MS 18 have an intersection with MS 475 (Airport Road) near Jackson–Medgar Wiley Evers International Airport before entering neighboring Brandon. The highway passes through some neighborhoods before entering a business district, where MS 18 splits off and heads south to have another interchange with I-20 (Exit 54) before narrowing to two-lanes. MS 18 bypasses downtown along its southern edge, passing through an extremely rural and wooded area for a few miles before passing through neighborhoods, where it has another intersection with MS 468 (Whitfield Road). The highway has an intersection with Louis Wilson Drive (Old MS 18) before leaving Brandon and traveling southeast through a mix of rural farmland and woodlands for the next several miles. MS 18 has an intersection with MS 43 before passing through Puckett, where it has an intersection with MS 13. The highway crosses a bridge over the Strong River to pass through Galilee, where it becomes concurrent with MS 541 before entering Smith County
.

Mississippi Highway 18 at its third and final intersection with Mississippi Highway 468 in the southern outskirts of Brandon

The highway passes through White Oak, where MS 541 splits off and heads north, and MS 18 travels east through woodlands (part of the Bienville National Forest) for several miles to enter Raleigh. MS 18 passes through neighborhoods and a business district before passing along the northern edge of downtown, where it has an intersection with MS 35. The highway now leaves Raleigh and travels through more woodlands to cross the Leaf River and have an intersection with MS 501 before passing through the village of Sylvarena. MS 18 now enters Jasper County.

MS 18 immediately enters Bay Springs at an junction with MS 531 and travels through some neighborhoods before passing through downtown, where it has an intersection with MS 15. It now leaves Bay Springs and heads northeast through a mix of farmland and wooded areas for several miles, where it has a short concurrency with MS 503, before passing through Rose Hill, where it has a junction with MS 513. The highway makes a sharp turn to the southeast for several miles to cross into Clarke County.

MS 18 travels through woodlands an interchange with

US 45. MS 18 now leaves Quitman and travels east through remote, wooded, and hilly terrain for the next several miles (part of the North Central Hills portion of the Appalachian Mountains) to come to the Alabama state line, where MS 18 ends and the road continues into the state towards Butler as Choctaw County Road 20 (CR 20).[2]

Major intersections

CountyLocationmikmDestinationsNotes
Grand Gulf State Park
Western terminus
​1.21.9 Natchez Trace ParkwayInterchange
Hermanville8.012.9Old Highway 18 #4To MS 548
8.413.5
 MS 819 south (Railroad Avenue)		Northern terminus of unsigned MS 819
Copiah
 No major junctions
HindsUtica27.043.5
 MS 27 south – Crystal Springs		Western end of MS 27 overlap
​28.445.7
 MS 27 north – Vicksburg		Eastern end of MS 27 overlap
Raymond44.671.8
 MS 467 north – Raymond, Edwards		Southern terminus of MS 467
Jackson53.5–
53.9		86.1–
86.7		 I-20 – Vicksburg, MeridianI-20 exit 40
54.387.4John R. Lynch Street / Morson RoadInterchange
54.788.0
US 80 west / MS 476 east – Clinton
Becomes unsigned; western end of US 80 overlap, western terminus of MS 476
55.1–
55.5		88.7–
89.3
US 49 – Vicksburg, Memphis
I-220 exits 1 A/B
58.894.6West StreetInterchange; no access from to West Street from westbound US 80/MS 18
59.1–
59.2		95.1–
95.3
US 49
 – Downtown		Interchange
US 49 – Richland
Northern terminus of unsigned Richland segment of MS 149
60.897.8
US 49 / I-20 / I-55 – Hattiesburg, Flowood
Module:Jct error: Invalid "to" argument		Western end of MS 468 overlap
61.999.6
 MS 468 east (Pearson Road) – Whitfield		Eastern end of MS 468 overlap
65.7105.7

 MS 475 (Airport Road) to I-20 / MS 25 – Jackson–Medgar Wiley Evers International Airport, Whitfield
US 80 east (West Government Street) – Pelahatchie
Becomes back signed; eastern end of US 80 overlap
68.2–
68.5		109.8–
110.2		 I-20 – Meridian, JacksonI-20 exit 54
71.8115.6 MS 468 – Whitfield, Brandon
Puckett88.8142.9
 MS 43 north – Pelahatchie		Southern terminus of northern segment of MS 43
90.4145.5 MS 13 – Morton, Mendenhall
​93.2150.0
 MS 541 south – Magee		Western end of MS 541 overlap
SmithWhite Oak96.2154.8
 MS 541 north – Polkville		Eastern end of MS 541 overlap
Raleigh106.7171.7 MS 35 – Forest, Mize
​114.3183.9
 MS 501 north – Forest		Southern terminus of MS 501
Sylvarena115.8186.4
 MS 917 north (Old 18 Drive)		Southern terminus of unsigned MS 917
JasperBay Springs120.4193.8
 MS 531 south – Taylorsville		Northern terminus of MS 531
122.0196.3 MS 15 – Newton, Heidelberg, Laurel
​138.8223.4
 MS 503 south – Paulding, Lake Claude Bennett		Western end of MS 503 overlap
​138.9223.5
 MS 503 north – Hickory		Eastern end of MS 503 overlap
Rose Hill143.1230.3
 MS 513 south – Enterprise		Northern terminus of MS 531
I-59 – Meridian, Laurel
I-59 exit 126
153.1246.4
 MS 512 west – Lake Eddins, Paulding		Western end of MS 512 overlap
153.3246.7 US 11 – Sandersville, Heidelberg, Enterprise
​155.6250.4
 MS 512 east		Eastern end of MS 512 overlap
​164.5264.7
 MS 145 south – Waynesboro		Western end of MS 145 overlap
Quitman166.8268.4

 MS 145 north / MS 512 west – Meridian, Pachuta		Eastern end of MS 145 overlap; eastern terminus of MS 512
168.0270.4
 MS 511 south – Archusa Creek Water Park		Northern terminus of MS 511
​170.1273.7
US 45 – Meridian, Waynesboro
Interchange
​185.5298.5
 CR 20 east – Butler		Alabama state line; eastern terminus
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi

References

  1. ^ "Mississippi Public Roads Selected Statistics" (PDF). Mississippi Department of Transportation. 2008. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2010-12-03. Retrieved 2010-06-03.
  2. ^ Google (January 26, 2021). "Map of Mississippi Highway 18" (Map). Google Maps. Google. Retrieved January 26, 2021.

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