Mississippi Highway 4
Route information | ||||
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Maintained by MDOT and Town of Tunica | ||||
Length | 159.8 mi[1] (257.2 km) (144.700 mi excluding concurrencies) | |||
Existed | 1935–present | |||
Major junctions | ||||
West end | Mississippi River levee in Fox Island | |||
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East end | ![]() | |||
Location | ||||
Country | United States | |||
State | Mississippi | |||
Counties | Tunica, Tate, Marshall, Benton, Tippah, Prentiss, Tishomingo | |||
Highway system | ||||
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Mississippi Highway 4 (MS 4) runs east–west from an intersection in the community of Fox Island west of Tunica, Mississippi, near the border with Arkansas, to MS 25 in Tishomingo County, Mississippi. It travels a distance of 159.8 miles (257.2 km), serving Tunica, Tate, Marshall, Benton, Tippah, Prentiss, and Tishomingo counties.
Route description
MS 4 begins in the
MS 3/MS 4 now pass through
MS 4 almost immediately has an intersection with
MS 4 now enters the foothills of the Appalachian Mountains as it leaves the National Forest and passes through the town of Snow Lake Shores (where it passes directly beside the Snow Lake Dam). The highway now enters the outskirts of Ashland, where it immediately becomes concurrent with MS 5 and they head southward through rural areas. MS 4 breaks off and winds its way east up the Tippah River valley to cross into Tippah County at Gravestown.
MS 4 heads east for a few miles to pass by Ripley Airport before entering Ripley and passing straight through downtown (entering town along Ashland Road, turning left onto Jackson Street, before turning right onto Spring Street to the roundabout at the Tippah County Courthouse square, where it comes out along Jefferson Street). The highway has an intersection (and extremely short concurrency) with MS 15 before leaving downtown and having an intersection with MS 370 in some outlying neighborhoods. MS 4 now leaves Ripley and has an intersection with MS 2 before winding its way through hilly areas for several miles, where it passes through Mitchell and crosses the Hatchie River, before crossing into Prentiss County.
MS 4 passes through
MS 4 passes northeast through hilly and wooded areas for several miles, where it has an interchange with the Natchez Trace Parkway, before entering the community of Dennis, where MS 4 comes to an end at an intersection with MS 25 at the center of town.[2]
Major intersections
County | Location | mi | km | Destinations | Notes |
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Tunica | Fox Island | 0.0 | 0.0 | Mississippi River levee | Western terminus; end of state maintenance |
Memphis | West end of US 61 overlap | ||||
US 61 south – Clarksdale | East end of US 61 overlap | ||||
| 16.7– 17.1 | 26.9– 27.5 | ![]() ![]() Memphis | West end of MS 3 overlap; interchange | |
Tate | | 19.6 | 31.5 | ![]() ![]() | East end of MS 3 overlap |
US 51 – Coldwater, Downtown Senatobia | |||||
35.1– 35.2 | 56.5– 56.6 | ![]() Memphis, Grenada | I-55 exit 265 | ||
| 43.3 | 69.7 | ![]() ![]() | Southern terminus of MS 305 | |
Marshall | | 52.9 | 85.1 | ![]() ![]() | Southern terminus of MS 309 |
| 65.4 | 105.3 | ![]() ![]() | West end of MS 7 overlap | |
Memphis, Tupelo | I-22/US 78 exit 30 | ||||
68.4 | 110.1 | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() | East end of MS 7 overlap; west end of MS 178 overlap | ||
68.6 | 110.4 | ![]() ![]() | East end of MS 178 overlap | ||
71.2 | 114.6 | Eddie Lee Smith Drive | Northern bypass of Holly Springs | ||
Benton | Ashland | 85.4 | 137.4 | ![]() ![]() | West end of MS 5 overlap |
| 91.7 | 147.6 | ![]() ![]() | East end of MS 5 overlap | |
Tippah | Ripley | 107.1 | 172.4 | ![]() ![]() | West end of MS 15 overlap |
107.2 | 172.5 | ![]() ![]() | East end of MS 15 overlap | ||
108.3 | 174.3 | ![]() ![]() | Western terminus of MS 370 | ||
| 109.6 | 176.4 | ![]() ![]() | Western terminus of eastern segment of MS 2 | |
Interchange | |||||
131.7 | 212.0 | ![]() | |||
133.2 | 214.4 | Tuscumbia Road - Tuscumbia | |||
135.0 | 217.3 | East Church Street - MS 30 | |||
| 137.0– 137.3 | 220.5– 221.0 | ![]() | Interchange | |
Hobo Station | 142.9 | 230.0 | ![]() ![]() | Northern terminus of MS 371 | |
Tishomingo | | 156.6 | 252.0 | ![]() | Interchange |
Dennis | 159.8 | 257.2 | ![]() | Eastern terminus | |
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi
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See also
Mississippi portal
- U.S. Roads portal
References
- ^ "Mississippi Public Roads Selected Statistics" (PDF). Mississippi Department of Transportation. 2008. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2010-12-03. Retrieved 2010-06-03.
- ^ Google (December 14, 2020). "Route of MS 4" (Map). Google Maps. Google. Retrieved December 14, 2020.
External links
Media related to Mississippi Highway 4 at Wikimedia Commons