Mississippi Highway 3
Northern Terminus #1: |
At US 61 near Newport, DeSoto County |
Southern Terminus #1: |
At US 49 in Tutwiler, Tallahatchie county |
Northern Terminus #2: |
At US 49W in Sunflower, Sunflower County |
Southern Terminus #2: |
At US 49W near Inverness, Sunflower County |
Northern Terminus #3: |
At US 49W near Yazoo City, Yazoo County |
Southern Terminus #3: |
At US 61 in Redwood, Warren County |
Distance: |
~119 miles |
Counties Served: |
Warren, Yazoo, Sunflower, Tallahatchie, Quitman, Panola, Tate, Tunica, DeSoto |
Cities/Towns Over 5,000 Population: |
Yazoo City |
Highway Duplexes: |
MS 322? (not confirmed), MS 4 |
Freeway segments: |
None |
Multilane segments: |
Might be one in the vicinity of Yazoo City. |
National Highway System: |
None |
MDOT's Vision 21 System: |
Passing Lanes along entire length of all three segments. |
Average Annual Daily Traffic Ranges (2004)
Warren County: |
2,600 (SW of Ballground) 1,800 (W of Eldorado) |
Yazoo County: |
1,800 (N of Dixie Farm Rd) 1,700 (N of Satartia) 4,300 (S of MS 16/149) 4,200 (MS 16/149 to New US 49W) |
Sunflower County: |
1,200 (SW of Moorhead) 4,200 (in Moorhead S of Cherry St) 6,500 (in Moorhead between State St and Sunflower St) 5,400 (S of US 82) 1,600 (near the Quiver River) |
Tallahatchie County: |
1,500 (NE of Tutwiler) |
Quitman County: |
980 (S of Longstreet) 1,700 (N of MS 322 West) 3,300 (in Lambert S of MS 322 East) 5,100 (in Lambert N of MS 322 East) 5,200 (N of Lambert) 8,400 (S of Marks) 2,800 (N of MS 6) 2,200 (N of Darling) 2,300 (S of Sledge) 2,200 (MS 315 to Panola County) |
Panola/Tate |
2,500 (Near Quitman County) 2,700 (S of Crenshaw) 2,300 (N of Buxton) 2,600 (N of Sarah) 3,900 (N of MS 4 East) |
Tunica/DeSoto |
2,500 (N of MS 4 West) 2,900 (N of Prichard) 1,300 (S of US 61) |
Current/Upcoming Projects Listed in the STIP
Year: |
Location: | Type of Work: | Funding: |
2006 |
Yazoo River Cutoff to New US 49W in Yazoo City | ROW for 5-lane construction | $100,000 |
2007 |
Yazoo River Cutoff to New US 49W in Yazoo City | Widen to 5-lanes | $11.8 million |
Froggie's Notes:
- Based on the routing, MS 3 may have been an original route that got supplanted by US 49W. It may still have an unmarked presence along two segments of US 49W: Yazoo City to Inverness, and Sunflower to Tutwiler.
Froggie Suggests:
- Widen to 4 lanes between Lambert and Marks.
Terminus/Other Photographs:
No photographs available
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Last Updated: May 28, 2005
(C) 2005, 2004, Adam Froehlig