Mississippi Highway 25

Mississippi Highway 25 (MS 25) runs from I-55 in Jackson, Mississippi to the Tennessee state line north of Iuka. The largely controlled-access part from Jackson to Starkville connects the state capital with the main campus of Mississippi State University.

Mississippi Highway 25
Route information
Maintained by MDOT
Length	221.142 mi[1] (355.894 km)
Major junctions
South end	I-55 in Jackson
	US 82 in Starkville US 45 Alt. in West Point US 45 in Aberdeen US 278 in Amory I-22 / US 78 in Fulton US 72 in Iuka
North end	SR 57 near North Crossroads
Location
Counties	Hinds, Rankin, Leake, Winston, Oktibbeha, Lowndes, Clay, Monroe, Itawamba, Tishomingo
Highway system
Mississippi State Highway System Interstate US State ← MS 24 MS 26 →

MS 25 as it runs through Rankin County, north of Jackson.

History

Failure of the Mississippi Highway 25 N/U.S. Route 45 S bridge over the Tombigbee River relief (Big Nichols Creek)/Tennessee-Tombigbee Waterway in Aberdeen, Mississippi, during the March 1955 floods.

The 1933 Road Map of Mississippi shows MS 25 running northward from Macon roughly along the 2019 alignment of U.S. Route 45 to Brooksville, then roughly along the 2019 alignment of U.S. Route 45 Alternate through Artesia and West Point to Muldon, where the 2019 alignment continues in a northeasterly direction.[2]

As of June 28, 2006, 150 miles (240 km) of continuous four-lane divided highway is open between Starkville, Mississippi, and Jackson, Mississippi. The last leg to open was the 11.9-mile (19.2 km), $27-million section from the intersection of Highway 19 north of Louisville, Mississippi, to Noxapater Creek in Winston County. This is one of the culminations of the 1987 Four-Lane Highway Program (commonly referred to as AHEAD Program) for improving Mississippi roadways.

On May 10, 2006 the next-to-last leg, a 10.1-mile (16.3 km), $23-million section, opened from the Oktibbeha County line west into Winston County.

Legally, Mississippi 25 is defined in Mississippi Code Annotated § 65-3-3, as follows: "Begins at or near Jackson, Hinds County, thence in a northeasterly direction to or near Carthage, Louisville and Starkville, thence along U.S. 82 to its intersection with U.S. 45A, thence along U.S. 45A to Muldon, thence to or near Aberdeen, Amory, Smithville, to U.S. 78, thence continuing to Belmont, Dennis, Tishomingo, Iuka and to the Mississippi-Tennessee state line north of Cross Roads, Tishomingo County."[3]

Future

All of Highway 25, except for the portion between West Point, Mississippi, and Fulton, Mississippi, will be an at least four-lane divided highway by the mid-2010s, per Mississippi House Bill 725 of the 1998 session.

Cities on the route

From south to north

• Jackson, Mississippi
• Flowood, Mississippi
• Carthage, Mississippi
• Louisville, Mississippi
• Starkville, Mississippi
• West Point, Mississippi
• Aberdeen, Mississippi
• Amory, Mississippi
• Smithville, Mississippi
• Fulton, Mississippi
• Belmont, Mississippi
• Tishomingo, Mississippi
• Iuka, Mississippi

Major intersections

County	Location	mi	km	Destinations	Notes
Hinds	Jackson			I-55 / Lakeland Drive west – McComb, Grenada	I-55 exit 98B; Southern terminus
Rankin	Flowood			Treetops Boulevard	proposed MS 477
				MS 475 south to I-20 – USPFO, International Airport	Northern terminus of MS 475
	​			MS 471 south – Brandon	Interchange; south end of MS 471 overlap
	​			MS 471 north – Goshen Springs	Interchange; north end of MS 471 overlap
	Koch			MS 43 – Canton, Sand Hill, Rankin County, Sandhill	Interchange
Leake	​			To MS 483 – Leake County Water Park, Ludlow, Ross Barnett Reservoir Low Head Dam
	​			MS 13 south – Lena, Morton	Northern terminus of MS 13
	​			MS 16 – Canton, Carthage	Interchange
	​			To MS 429 – Thomastown
	Carthage			MS 35 – Kosciusko, Carthage	Interchange
	​			Remus Road	proposed MS 427
Winston	Four Corners			MS 19 – Kosciusko, Philadelphia	Interchange
	Louisville			MS 15 south – Philadelphia	Interchange; south end of MS 15 overlap
				MS 14 – Kosciusko, Downtown Louisville, Macon
	​			MS 15 north (MS 758) – Ackerman, Mathiston	Interchange; north end of MS 15 overlap
Oktibbeha	Starkville			MS 12 – Starkville, Ackerman, Mississippi State University	Interchange
				MS 182 – West Starkville	Interchange
				US 82 west – Winona	Interchange; south end of US 82 overlap; south end of freeway
				MS 389 – Downtown Starkville
	​			MS 12 west – Starkville, Mississippi State University	South end of MS 12 overlap
	​			MS 182 – Clayton Village, Starkville
	​			Hickory Grove Road
Lowndes	​			US 82 east / MS 12 east / US 45 Alt. south – Columbus, Meridian	Interchange; north end of US 82 overlap; south end of US 45 Alt. overlap; north end of freeway
Clay	West Point			MS 50 – Downtown West Point, Waverley Plantation
Monroe	​			US 45 Alt. north – Okolona, Tupelo	Interchange; north end of US 45 Alt. overlap
	​			MS 382 west – Prairie	Eastern terminus of MS 382
	Aberdeen			US 45 north / MS 8 west – Tupelo	South end of US 45 / MS 8 overlap
				MS 145 north – Aberdeen	Southern terminus of MS 145
				US 45 south – Columbus	Interchange; north end of US 45 overlap
	​			MS 8 east – Gattman	North end of MS 8 overlap
	Amory			US 278 west – Tupelo	South end of US 278 overlap
				US 278 east	North end of US 278 overlap
				MS 6 west – Nettleton	Eastern terminus of MS 6
	Smithville			MS 23 north	Southern terminus of MS 23
Itawamba	Fulton			I-22 west / US 78 west – Tupelo, Downtown Fulton, Jamie L. Whitten Historical Center, Itawamba Community College	South end of I-22 / US 78 overlap; MS 25 south follows exit 104
	​			I-22 east / US 78 east – Birmingham	north end of I-22 / US 78 overlap; MS 25 north follows exit 108
	​			MS 178 – Fulton, Tremont
	​			MS 76 east – Russellville	proposed
Tishomingo	​			Tishomingo County 78	proposed MS 767
	Belmont			To MS 366 east (MS 760 east) – Golden, Red Bay	Western terminus of unsigned MS 760
				MS 366 east – Golden, Red Bay	Western terminus of MS 366
	Dennis			MS 4 west – New Site	Eastern terminus of MS 4
	​			Natchez Trace Parkway	Interchange
	​			MS 30 – Paden Overlook, Crows Neck
	Midway			MS 364 west – Holcut, Divide Section Wildlife Management Area Headquarters, Holcut Memorial	Eastern terminus of MS 364
	Iuka			US 72 – Corinth, Florence, AL	Interchange
				MS 25 Bus. north (Battleground Drive)	Southern terminus of MS 25 Business
				MS 172 – Iuka, Old Court House Museum
				County Road 231 - Harmony
	​			Old 25 - Business District
	Cross Roads			MS 365 south – Burnsville	Northern terminus of MS 365
	​			MS 350 west – Corinth	Eastern terminus of MS 350
	​			SR 57 west – Pickwick Dam	Tennessee state line; northern terminus
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi       Concurrency terminus       Unopened

See also

• List of Mississippi state highways

References

1. "Mississippi Public Roads Selected Statistics" (PDF). Mississippi Department of Transportation. 2008. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2010-12-03. Retrieved 2010-06-03.
2. "HWY Map 1933 Road Map of MS" (PDF). Retrieved 2019-04-29.
3. "Mississippi Code § 65-3-3 (2013)". Retrieved 2019-04-29.

External links

• Magnolia Meanderings
• Mississippi Department of Transportation