Mississippi Highway 9
Signed portion of MS 9 in red, unsigned spurs of MS 9 in blue | ||||
Route information | ||||
Maintained by MDOT | ||||
Length | 115.9 mi[1] (186.5 km) (107.511 mi excluding concurrencies) | |||
Existed | 1932–present | |||
Major junctions | ||||
South end | ![]() | |||
North end | ![]() | |||
Location | ||||
Country | United States | |||
State | Mississippi | |||
Counties | Choctaw, Webster, Calhoun, Pontotoc, Union | |||
Highway system | ||||
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Mississippi Highway 9 (MS 9) in the Appalachian Foothills (aka North Central Hills) region of northeastern Mississippi, running north–south from MS 30 east of New Albany to MS 12 in Ackerman. It runs approximately 116 miles (187 km), serving Choctaw, Webster, Calhoun, Pontotoc, and Union counties. MS 9W veers off to the left in a curve just about 2 miles north of Bruce. It goes north north-west until it merges with MS 7 just south of Oxford.
Route description
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MS 9 begins in Choctaw County in Ackerman at an intersection with MS 12 just north of downtown. It heads north as a two-lane highway to leave Ackerman and pass through mostly woodlands, where it has intersections with MS 415 and MS 790, before passing by the TVA Ackerman Combined Cycle Plant (along with the Red Hills Power Plant and Mine). The highway passes through the community of Bywy, where it has an interchange with the Natchez Trace Parkway, before passing through a mix of farmland and wooded areas for several miles to cross the Big Black River into Webster County.
MS 9 immediately enters Eupora and has an interchange with US 82 before passing through a business district and neighborhoods to have an intersection with MS 182 in downtown. The highway passes north through more neighborhoods to pass by Whites Creek Lake before leaving Eupora and passing through rural areas for several miles. MS 9 travels through the village of Walthall, where it has an intersections with the MS 784 loop as well as MS 50, before traveling northwest through the community of Bellefontaine, where it has an intersection with MS 404, with MS 9 entering Calhoun County shortly thereafter.
MS 9 immediately passes through the village of
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MS 9 curves to the northeast again as it travels through the communities of
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MS 9 splits off the interstate at Exit 73B, near Toyota Motor Manufacturing Mississippi, heading north as a two-lane to immediately have an intersection with MS 178 before entering Blue Springs. The highway winds its way through town along Main Street, where it has an intersection with County Road 278 (CR 278, unsigned MS 764). MS 9 leaves Blue Springs and passes through hilly terrain for a few miles to enter farmland, where it has a long concurrency with MS 348 between the communities of Ellistown and Branyan. The highway travels through the community of Alpine before re-entering hilly terrain to have a junction with MS 370 before MS 9 comes to an end at an intersection with MS 30 at the community of Graham.[2]
Major intersections
County | Location | mi | km | Destinations | Notes |
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Choctaw | Ackerman | 0.0 | 0.0 | ![]() | Southern terminus |
| 1.3 | 2.1 | ![]() ![]() | Southern terminus of MS 415 | |
| 3.7– 3.8 | 6.0– 6.1 | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() | Western terminus of MS 790 | |
Bywy | 9.4 | 15.1 | ![]() | Interchange | |
Webster | Eupora | 15.8– 15.9 | 25.4– 25.6 | ![]() | Interchange |
17.0 | 27.4 | ![]() Downtown Eupora | |||
Walthall | 21.4 | 34.4 | ![]() ![]() | Southern terminus of MS 784 | |
21.6 | 34.8 | ![]() ![]() | Western terminus of MS 50 | ||
21.9 | 35.2 | ![]() ![]() | Northern terminus of MS 784 | ||
Bellefontaine | 25.3 | 40.7 | ![]() ![]() | Eastern terminus of MS 404 | |
Calhoun | | 38.0 | 61.2 | ![]() ![]() | South end of MS 8 overlap |
Calhoun City | 42.0 | 67.6 | ![]() ![]() W Veterans Avenue - traffic circle around city park; W Veterans Avenue is Old Highway 8 | ||
Downtown Bruce | |||||
| 54.1 | 87.1 | ![]() ![]() | Southern terminus of MS 9W | |
| 59.8 | 96.2 | ![]() ![]() | Southern terminus of MS 331 | |
Camp Yocona , South Pontotoc High School | Eastern terminus of MS 334 | ||||
| 80.3 | 129.2 | ![]() ![]() | Northern terminus of MS 341 | |
Pontotoc | 81.9 | 131.8 | ![]() ![]() MS 770 east (Spur Street) | South end of MS 338 overlap; western terminus of unsigned MS 770 | |
82.2 | 132.3 | ![]() | |||
82.6 | 132.9 | ![]() ![]() | Eastern terminus of MS 336 | ||
83.3 | 134.1 | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() | Northern terminus of MS 41; north end of MS 338 overlap | ||
83.6 | 134.5 | ![]() ![]() | Southern terminus of MS 345 | ||
| 86.4– 86.7 | 139.0– 139.5 | ![]() ![]() | Interchange | |
| 93.0– 93.2 | 149.7– 150.0 | Endville Road - Endville, Chesterville | Interchange | |
| 96.2 | 154.8 | Magnolia Way ( MS 780 west) - trucks to Toyota plant | Eastern terminus of MS 780 | |
US 78 east – Tupelo 3rd Avenue - Sherman | South end of I-22 / US 78 overlap; MS 9 south follows exit 76; road continues north as 3rd Avenue | ||||
Memphis | North end of I-22 / US 78 overlap; MS 9 north follows exit 73B | ||||
| 100.3 | 161.4 | ![]() | ||
Blue Springs | 101.8 | 163.8 | ![]() | Eastern terminus of unsigned MS 764 | |
Ellistown | 105.9 | 170.4 | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() | South end of MS 348 overlap | |
Branyan | 108.4 | 174.5 | ![]() ![]() | North end of MS 348 overlap | |
| 114.6 | 184.4 | ![]() ![]() | Western terminus of southern segment of MS 370 | |
Graham | 115.9 | 186.5 | ![]() ![]() ![]() | Northern 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.
- ^ Google (December 30, 2020). "Map of Mississippi Highway 9" (Map). Google Maps. Google. Retrieved December 30, 2020.
External links
Media related to Mississippi Highway 9 at Wikimedia Commons