Mississippi Highway 8
Mississippi Highway 8 | ||||
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 MS 8 in red, unsigned but designated portion of MS 8 in Aberdeen in blue | ||||
| Route information | ||||
| Maintained by MDOT | ||||
| Length | 168.1 mi[1] (270.5 km) (160.932 mi excluding concurrencies) | |||
| Existed | 1932–present | |||
| Major junctions | ||||
| West end |  MS 1 in Rosedale | |||
| East end |  US 278 in Wise Gap | |||
| Location | ||||
| Country | United States | |||
| State | Mississippi | |||
| Counties | Bolivar, Sunflower, Leflore, Tallahatchie, Grenada, Calhoun, Chickasaw, Monroe | |||
| Highway system | ||||
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Mississippi Highway 8 (MS 8) is an east–west state highway in northern
Route description
MS 8 begins in the
MS 8 now curves to the east as it passes through Dockery, where it travels past the Dockery Plantation and crosses the Sunflower River, and Ruleville, where it narrows to two-lanes and has an intersection with US 49W (unsigned MS 3). The highway now crosses the Quiver River before entering Leflore County.
MS 8 continues east through farmland to pass through Minter City, where it has an intersection with US 49E and crosses an Oxbow of the Tallahatchie River, before entering Tallahatchie County. The highway now crosses the Tallahatchie and travels through Philipp and the Tallahatchie National Wildlife Refuge, where it passes through Wetlands and crosses another former alignment of the Tallahatchie, to enter Grenada County.
MS 8 travels through
MS 8 passes through Sabougla, bypassing Dentontown just to the north, to have a Y-Intersection and become concurrent with MS 9 and they immediately head northeast to cross Topashaw Creek. The highway then crosses the Yalobusha for the final time to enter Calhoun City, where MS 8 splits off to pass through Derma at a traffic circle in downtown (which is also where it meets the other end of Old Highway 8 (Veterans Avenue), which leads to the village of Big Creek). MS 8 heads east to pass straight through downtown Derma before leaving the Calhoun City-Derma area and passing northeast through farmland for several miles. It now passes through Vardaman, where it has an intersection with MS 341, before entering Chickasaw County.
MS 8 passes through Pyland before having an interchange with MS 15 and passing straight through downtown Houston, where it has an intersection with MS 389. The highway now leaves Houston and jogs southeast for a few miles to have an interchange with the Natchez Trace Parkway. MS 8 turns east again and passes through Trebloc, where it has an intersection with MS 47, before passing through a wooded as it crosses Tibbee Creek. The roadway enters Monroe County shortly thereafter.
MS 8 immediately has an interchange with
History
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Prior to the construction of
Major intersections
| County | Location | mi | km | Destinations | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bolivar | Rosedale | 0.0 | 0.0 |  MS 1 / Great River Road (Main Street) – Greenville, ClarksdaleState Park Road - Great River Road State Park | Western terminus; access road into park |
| | 6.2 | 10.0 | Malvina Road - Malvina | ||
| Pace | 9.5 | 15.3 | Symonds Road - Symonds | ||
| 10.7 | 17.2 |   MS 817 south (Jenny Washington Street) – Pace | Northern terminus of MS 817 | ||
| | 14.6 | 23.5 | Shaw-Skene Road - Skene, Shaw | ||
US 278 (Davis Avenue) – Clarksdale, Leland | |||||
US 49E – Clarksdale, Greenwood | |||||
| Tallahatchie | Philipp | 51.6 | 83.0 | Tippo Road – Macel, Tippo, Effie, Cowart | Former MS 325 |
| Grenada | Oxberry | 60.0 | 96.6 |   MS 35 north – Charleston | West end of MS 35 overlap |
| Holcomb | 63.7 | 102.5 |  MS 7 south – Greenwood | West end of MS 7 overlap | |
| 63.9 | 102.8 | MS 35 south – Carrollton | East end of MS 35 overlap | ||
| Grenada | 71.7– 72.0 | 115.4– 115.9 |  I-55 / MS 7 north – Grenada, Jackson   MS 333 Scenic begins | East end of MS 7 overlap; I-55 exit 206; southern terminus of MS 333 Scenic; west end of MS 333 Scenic overlap | |
| 74.2 | 119.4 |   | |||
| 76.4 | 123.0 |  Grenada Dam, State Park | East end of MS 333 Scenic overlap; southern terminus of unsigned MS 333; former MS 8 east | ||
| Calhoun | | 102.9 | 165.6 |  MS 9 south – Slate Springs, Eupora | West end of MS 9 overlap |
| Calhoun City | 106.5 | 171.4 | MS 9 north (Main Street) – Pittsboro, Bruce, Oxford Veterans Avenue - traffic circle around city park; Veterans Avenue is Old MS 8 west | ||
| Vardaman | 114.0 | 183.5 |  MS 341 (Main Street) – Atlanta | ||
| Chickasaw | Houston | 122.2– 122.5 | 196.7– 197.1 |  MS 15 – Pontotoc, Ackerman | Interchange |
| 124.3 | 200.0 |  MS 389 south (S Jackson Street) – Starkville | Northern terminus of MS 389 | ||
| | 128.3 | 206.5 |  Natchez Trace Parkway | Interchange | |
| Trebloc | 135.9 | 218.7 |  MS 47 – Buena Vista, McCondy | ||
US 45 Alt. – Okolona, West Point | Interchange | ||||
US 45 north – Tupelo | Interchange; west end of US 45 overlap | ||||
| 152.1 | 244.8 |  MS 25 south – West Point | West end of MS 25 overlap | ||
| 154.3 | 248.3 |  MS 145 north (E Commerce Street) – Aberdeen | Southern terminus of MS 145 | ||
| 156.2 | 251.4 |  US 45 south – Columbus | Interchange; east end of US 45 overlap | ||
| | 157.8 | 254.0 | MS 25 north – Amory | East end of MS 25 overlap | |
Sulligent | Eastern terminus | ||||
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi
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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.
- ^ "Bridging the Mississippi | National Archives". www.archives.gov. Retrieved 2024-04-29.
- ^ Google (December 22, 2020). "Route of Mississippi Highway 8" (Map). Google Maps. Google. Retrieved December 22, 2020.
External links
Media related to Mississippi Highway 8 at Wikimedia Commons
