Mississippi Highway 315

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Major intersections
North end
US 61 near Rich
Location
CountryUnited States
StateMississippi
CountiesLafayette, Yalobusha, Panola, Quitman, Coahoma
Highway system
← MS 314→ MS 316

Mississippi Highway 315 (MS 315) is an 80.4-mile-long (129.4 km)

US 61 near Rich in Coahoma County. Along the way, the highway passes over Sardis Dam east of the town of Sardis
. Though the two segments of MS 315 are signed north and south, they generally run in an east to westerly direction.

In addition, a signed

Sardis Dam
.

Route description

MS 7/MS 315 concurrency in Water Valley
MS 6/US 278 at their interchange with MS 315 in Panola County

MS 315 begins at

US 278/MS 6 in a rural section of the county. The state highway officially continues past the interchange to end about 300 feet (91 m) past the interchange at John Branch Road and Marshall Road.[3]

The northern segment of MS 315 begins at an intersection with US 278/MS 6 about 2.6 miles (4.2 km) east of the US 278/MS 6 interchange near the northern terminus of the other MS 315 segment. At this point, the state highway is not signed nor is it maintained by the state. The road heads north through a mostly wooded area until it reaches the

US 51.[4]

Mississippi Highway 3 northbound at its intersection with Mississippi Highway 315 in the town of Sledge, Located in the Mississippi Delta

As the road heads west through wooded areas, MS 315 exits the

US 61.[4]

The entire route of MS 315, excluding the concurrency with MS 7 (which is divided four-lane highway), as well as a short undivided four-lane section between US 51 and I-55 in Sardis, is a rural two-lane.

Major intersections

CountyLocationmi[2]kmDestinationsNotes
LafayetteParis0.0000.000
 MS 9W / MS 812 east / CR 428 – Oxford, Bruce, Paris		Southern terminus; western terminus of MS 812
YalobushaWater Valley12.25919.729
 MS 32 east (South Main Street) – Bruce		Southern end of MS 32 concurrency
​12.82320.637

 MS 7 south / MS 32 west – Oakland, Coffeeville		Northern end of MS 32 concurrency; southern end of MS 7 concurrency
Water Valley15.60325.111
 MS 7 north – Oxford, Water Valley		Northern end of MS 7 concurrency
Lafayette​20.87633.597
 MS 328 east		Western terminus of MS 328
US 278 / MS 6 – Batesville, Oxford
Interchange
​31.12950.097John Branch Road / Marshall RoadNorthern end of southern segment
Gap in route
​31.12950.097
US 278 / MS 6
 / Shady Grove Road		Southern end of southern segment
MS 315 Scenic
north		Southern end of MS 315 concurrency
36.67659.024
MS 315 Scenic
south – Cypress Point		Northern terminus of MS 35; northern end of MS 315 concurrency
38.78262.414
MS 315 Scenic
south		Southern end of MS 315 concurrency
MS 315 Scenic ends – Grenada, Memphis
Exit 252 (I-55), northern terminus of MS 315 Scenic
46.63475.050
US 51 – Batesville, Senatobia
QuitmanSledge63.683102.488 MS 3 – Sledge, Marks, Crenshaw
​67.366108.415MS 716 west (6 Mile Lake Road)Eastern terminus of MS 716
US 61 / Great River Road – Tunica, Clarksdale, Helena, AR
Northern terminus
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi

Scenic route

Scenic Route plate blue.svg

Mississippi Highway 315 Scenic marker

Mississippi Highway 315 Scenic

LocationBatesville - Sardis
Length17.394 mi[2] (27.993 km)

Mississippi Highway 315 Scenic (MS 315 Scenic) is a 17.4-mile-long (28.0 km) scenic route of MS 315 in

Sardis Dam
.

I-55 at its interchange with MS 315 and MS 315 Scenic (exit 252) in Sardis
MS 315 Scenic crossing Sardis Dam, as viewed from Arty R. Tapp Overlook

MS 315 Scenic begins at an interchange between

Sardis Dam. MS 315 Scenic now breaks off along its own path at another intersection and passes northwestward along the very top of Sardis Dam for a little over two miles, passing by the Arty R. Tapp Overlook, Beach Point Public Use Area, and the John W. Kyle State Park Lodge. MS 315 Scenic makes a sharp left turn at Spillway Road, which leads to the Mallard Pointe Golf Course and the Sardis Lake Field Office (as well as other portions of the state park), and winds its way down the side of the dam, parallel to its spillway, for about a mile to a wooded portion of the valley, where MS 315 Scenic comes to another intersection with MS 315. They become concurrent and wind their way west through hilly woodlands to leave the state park and enter the town of Sardis
, where they come to another interchange with I-55 (exit 252), where MS 315 Scenic ends and mainline MS 315 continues west (signed north) into downtown.

The entire length of Mississippi Highway 315 Scenic is a two-lane highway.[5]

The entire route is in Panola County.

Locationmi[2]kmDestinationsNotes
Batesville0.0000.000
 I-55 / MS 35 south – Grenada, Memphis, Batesville		I-55 exit 246; southern end of MS 35 concurrency
John W. Kyle State Park7.75112.474
 MS 315 north

 MS 35 ends		Northern terminus of MS 35; southern end of MS 315 concurrency
8.03712.934MS 315 south – OxfordNorthern end of MS 315 concurrency
11.04217.770
 MS 315 south – Lower Lake Recreation Area		Southern end of MS 315 concurrency
Sardis17.286–
17.394		27.819–
27.993		 I-55 – Grenada, Memphis

 MS 315 north (East Lee Street) – Sardis		I-55 exit 252; northern terminus
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi

References

  1. ^ Mississippi Department of Transportation Planning Division (2019). Mississippi Public Roads Selected Statistics Extent, Travel, and Designation (PDF) (Report). Mississippi Department of Transportation. Retrieved June 1, 2021.
  2. ^ a b c d e f "MS Highways". Mississippi Geospatial Data Catalog. Retrieved June 1, 2021.
  3. ^ Google (August 11, 2021). "MS 315 southern segment" (Map). Google Maps. Google. Retrieved August 11, 2021.
  4. ^ a b Google (August 11, 2021). "MS 315 northern segment" (Map). Google Maps. Google. Retrieved August 11, 2021.
  5. ^ Google. "MS 315 Scenic" (Map). Google Maps. Google.

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