Mississippi Highway 7

Mississippi Highway 7
Route information
	Maintained by MDOT
Length	139.482 mi[1] (224.475 km)
Major junctions
South end	US 49W / MS 3 / MS 12 in Belzoni
	US 82 from Itta Bena to Greenwood; US 49E in Greenwood; I-55 in Grenada; US 51 from Grenada to Hardy; I-55 in Hardy; US 278 / MS 6 in Oxford; I-22 / US 78 in Holly Springs; US 72 near Lamar;
North end	SR 18 at the Tennessee state line in Michigan City
Location
Counties	Humphreys, Leflore, Carroll, Grenada, Yalobusha, Lafayette, Marshall, Benton
Highway system

Mississippi Highway 7 (MS 7) runs generally north–south from the Tennessee state line in Benton County to Belzoni, Mississippi. It travels approximately 140 miles (230 km), serving Humphreys, Leflore, Carroll, Grenada, Yalobusha, Lafayette, Marshall, and Benton Counties. It runs nearly parallel to the rarely used Mississippi Central Railroad.

Points of interest

Highway 7 and rarely used Mississippi Central Railroad bridges over the Tallahatchie River at the Lafayette-Marshall county line. This sweeping bottomland, located approximately halfway between Holly Springs and Oxford, was the inspiration for fictional settings in several works by William Faulkner. This bridge was replaced and removed in 2015.[2]

Little Tallahatchie River bridge

Highway 7 north of Oxford

Florewood River Plantation State Park
University of Mississippi
Wall Doxey State Park

Locales on route

From north to south

Michigan City near the Tennessee state line (above which the highway becomes State Route 18)
Lamar
Holly Springs
Oxford
Water Valley
Grenada
Greenwood
Itta Bena
Morgan City
Belzoni

Major intersections

County	Location	Destinations	Notes
Humphreys	Belzoni	US 49W / MS 3 / MS 12 – Hollandale, Yazoo City, Indianola	Southern terminus
Leflore		US 82 west – Indianola, Mississippi Valley State University	South end of US 82 overlap
	Greenwood	US 49E north – Clarksdale	South end of US 49E overlap
		US 49E south / Main Street (MS 743 north) – Tchula, Yazoo City, Greenwood Business District	Interchange; north end of US 49E overlap
		MS 744 west	Eastern terminus of MS 744; no left turn northbound
		MS 430 east – Blackhawk	Western terminus of MS 430
		US 82 east – Winona	North end of US 82 overlap
Grenada	Holcomb	MS 8 west / MS 35 north – Minter City, Cleveland, Delta State University	South end of MS 8 / MS 35 overlap
	Holcomb	MS 35 south – Carrollton	North end of MS 35 overlap
	Grenada	I-55 south / MS 8 east – Grenada, Jackson, Grenada Lake	North end of MS 8 overlap; south end of I-55 overlap; MS 7 south follows exit 206
	Grenada	Papermill Road - North Grenada	I-55 exit 208
		I-55 north – Memphis To US 51 (MS 729 south)	North end of I-55 overlap; south end of MS 333 Scenic overlap; MS 7 north follows exit 211; northern terminus of unsigned MS 729
		MS 333 Scenic south / CR 156 north – Grenada Dam	North end of MS 333 Scenic overlap
Yalobusha	Coffeeville	MS 330 – Tillatoba, Coffeeville
		MS 32 / MS 315 south – Oakland, Bruce, South Water Valley	South end of MS 315 overlap
	Water Valley	MS 315 north – Batesville, Water Valley	North end of MS 315 overlap
Lafayette		MS 9W south – Bruce	Northern terminus of MS 9W
		MS 328 west – Taylor	Eastern terminus of MS 328
	Oxford	US 278 / MS 6 – Batesville, Pontotoc, University of Mississippi	Interchange; south end of freeway
		MS 314 (University Avenue) – Downtown Oxford	Interchange
		Sisk Avenue	Interchange
		MS 30 / Molly Barr Road – New Albany	Interchange; north end of freeway
	Abbeville	CR 108 / CR 215 (West Long Street) – Abbeville, Sardis Reservoir
Marshall		MS 310 west – Wyatt Crossing, Teckville, Sardis Reservoir	Eastern terminus of MS 310
		MS 4 west – Senatobia	South end of MS 4 overlap
	Holly Springs	I-22 / US 78 – Memphis, Tupelo	I-22/US 78 exit 30
		MS 4 east / MS 178 east (Van Dorn Avenue) – Ashland	North end of MS 4 overlap; south end of MS 178 overlap
		MS 178 west (Martin Luther King Jr. Drive) to US 78	North end of MS 178 overlap
		MS 311 north – Mount Pleasant	Southern terminus of MS 311
		To US 78 / Eddie Lee Smith Drive – Oxford, Ashland	Northern bypass of Holly Springs
		MS 313 south – Hudsonville	Northern terminus of MS 313
Benton		Lamar (MS 704 east)	Western terminus of MS 704
		US 72 – Memphis (Tennessee), Corinth
		Harris Chapel Road	Proposed MS 5 south
		Michigan City (MS 702 east)	Western terminus of MS 702
		SR 18 north – Grand Junction	Northern terminus at the Tennessee state line
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi Concurrency terminus Incomplete access

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.
"Generation of Ole Miss Students, Oxford Citizens Mourn Demise of Hwy. 7 Bridge Across Tallahatchie River". HottyToddy.com. February 25, 2015. Archived from the original on February 7, 2016. Retrieved February 26, 2016.

External links

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[MDOT-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] "Generation of Ole Miss Students, Oxford Citizens Mourn Demise of Hwy. 7 Bridge Across Tallahatchie River". HottyToddy.com. February 25, 2015. Archived from the original on February 7, 2016. Retrieved February 26, 2016.