Mississippi Highway 304
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East end | I-269 at the Tennessee state Line | |||
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Country | United States | |||
State | Mississippi | |||
Counties | DeSoto, Marshall | |||
Highway system | ||||
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Mississippi Highway 304 (MS 304) is an east-west
Route description
MS 304 begins at a
History
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MS 304 was originally designated back in 1950 along a narrow, rural, two-lane highway running from US 61 in what was then known as
The Mississippi Highway 304 Relocation project, completed in 2006,[3] and extended in 2018,[4] was a construction project that completely relocated the entire route of MS 304 onto a four-lane divided freeway, meant to connect the Tunica Resorts casino area to I-55. The I-69 designation was added to the project in 2000, with construction on the original portion (US 61 to I-55) being completed in 2006. When I-269 was given Federal approval in 2007, MS 304 was added to that project. When the Mississippi portion of I-269 was completed 2018, MS 304 was co-signed along the entire length of the Mississippi portion of I-269.
Exit list
County | Location | mi | km | Exit | Destinations | Notes | |
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Western terminus | |||||||
| 0.9 | 1.4 | MS 3 | Westbound exit and eastbound entrance | |||
| 2.9– 3.2 | 4.7– 5.1 | MS 713 south – Tunica | Westbound exit and eastbound entrance; west end of concurrency with I-69 | |||
| 4.9– 5.5 | 7.9– 8.9 | MS 301 | ||||
| 8.9– 9.4 | 14.3– 15.1 | Fogg Road | ||||
| 10.9– 11.5 | 17.5– 18.5 | Tulane Road | ||||
Hernando | 13.8– 14.7 | 22.2– 23.7 | 1 | I-55 / I-69 north / I-269 east – Memphis, Southaven, Jackson | I-55 exit 283, eastern end of I-69 concurrency, western end of I-269 concurrency, exit numbers follow I-269 | ||
| 17.1– 17.8 | 27.5– 28.6 | 3 | Getwell Road | |||
| 19.2– 19.8 | 30.9– 31.9 | 5 | Laughter Road | |||
| 21.3– 22.0 | 34.3– 35.4 | 7 | Craft Road | |||
| 23.4– 24.0 | 37.7– 38.6 | 9 | MS 305 – Olive Branch, Independence | |||
| 27.4– 28.0 | 44.1– 45.1 | 13 | Red Banks Road | |||
Western terminus of I-22; Signed as exits 16A (east) and 16B (west); I-22/US 78 exit 12 | |||||||
Marshall | | 31.9– 32.5 | 51.3– 52.3 | 18 | MS 309 – Byhalia | ||
Cayce | 37.6– 38.4 | 60.5– 61.8 | 23 | MS 302 – Southaven, Olive Branch | |||
| 40.4 | 65.0 | I-269 north – Collierville | Tennessee state line; eastern terminus; eastern end of I-269 concurrency | |||
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi
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Scenic route
Location | Coldwater - Hernando |
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Length | 31.4 mi (50.5 km) |
Mississippi Highway 304 Scenic (MS 304 Scenic) is a scenic route of MS 304, connecting the towns of
MS 304 Scenic begins in
MS 304 Scenic/MS 301 make a sharp left onto Pratt Road for a few miles, where they cross Cub Lake Bayou, before making a sharp right turn and traveling through a mix of farmland and wooded areas to the community of Eudora, where MS 304 Scenic splits off and heads east along Old Highway 304. MS 304 Scenic crosses an extremely swampy area, which is an extension of the northern part of Arkabutla Lake, before traveling through farmland for several miles to enter the Hernando city limits. It enters town along W Commerce Street and passes through a suburb, then a neighborhood, before entering downtown and having another intersection with US 51 via a roundabout around the De Soto County Courthouse. MS 304 Scenic leaves downtown along E Commerce Street and passes through a major business district for several blocks before coming to an end at another interchange with I-55 (exit 280).[5]
Prior to 2006, when mainline MS 304 was relocated onto its new four-lane divided freeway to the north, MS 304 Scenic previously actually met its parent route, with the two running concurrent with each other between Eudora and the I-55 interchange (exit 280) in Hernando, which served as the terminus for both highways.
County | Location | mi | km | Destinations | Notes |
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Tate | Coldwater | 0.0 | 0.0 | I-55 – Grenada, Memphis MS 306 east – Independence | Southern terminus; I-55 exit 271; southern end of MS 306 concurrency |
0.9 | 1.4 | US 51 north – Hernando MS 306 ends | Western terminus of MS 306; southern end of wrong-way US 51 concurrency | ||
1.7 | 2.7 | US 51 south – Senatobia E Central Avenue – Downtown | Northern end of wrong-way US 51 concurrency | ||
Arkabutla | 10.2 | 16.4 | MS 301 begins | Southern terminus of MS 301; southern end of MS 301 concurrency | |
De Soto | Eudora | 21.4 | 34.4 | MS 301 north – West Days Old Highway 304 west – Tunica Resorts | Northern end of MS 301 concurrency; MS 304 Scenic begins following former MS 304 |
| 25.4 | 40.9 | Fogg Road to I-69 / MS 304 – Days | ||
| 27.4 | 44.1 | Tulane Road to I-69 / MS 304 – Horn Lake | ||
Via roundabout around De Soto County Courthouse | |||||
31.4 | 50.5 | I-55 – Grenada, Memphis | Northern terminus; I-55 exit 280; road continues east as East Commerce Street | ||
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi
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See also
References
- ^ "Mississippi Public Roads Selected Statistics" (PDF). Mississippi Department of Transportation. 2008. Archived from the original (PDF) on December 3, 2010. Retrieved June 3, 2010.
- ^ Google (May 5, 2021). "Map of Mississippi Highway 304" (Map). Google Maps. Google. Retrieved May 5, 2021.
- ^ "WMC-TV: News, Weather, Traffic, Radar, and Sports for Memphis, TN; WMCTV.com | First Mississippi stretch of I-69 opens to the public". Archived from the original on September 27, 2007. Retrieved August 20, 2007.
- ^ "Last section of I-269 set to open Oct. 26, completing new loop around Memphis". The Daily Memphian. Retrieved 2018-10-11.
- ^ Google (August 11, 2021). "MS 304 Scenic" (Map). Google Maps. Google. Retrieved August 11, 2021.
External links
- Media related to Mississippi Highway 304 at Wikimedia Commons