Mississippi Highway 8

Mississippi Highway 8 (MS 8) runs east–west from U.S. Highway 278 (US 278) northeast of Aberdeen, to MS 1 in Rosedale.

"MS 8" redirects here. MS 8 may also refer to Mississippi's 8th congressional district.

Mississippi Highway 8
Route information
Maintained by MDOT
Length	160.932 mi[1] (258.995 km)
Major junctions
West end	MS 1 in Rosedale
	US 61 / US 278 in Cleveland US 49W in Ruleville US 49E in Minter City I-55 in Grenada US 51 in Grenada US 45 Alt. in Gibson US 45 in Aberdeen
East end	US 278 in Greenwood Springs
Location
Counties	Bolivar, Sunflower, Leflore, Grenada, Calhoun, Chickasaw, Monroe
Highway system
Mississippi State Highway System Interstate US State ← MS 7 MS 9 →

Points of interest

Highway 8 in Grenada County

• Delta State University
• Great River Road State Park
• Grenada Lake
• Hugh White State Park
• Natchez Trace Parkway

Locales on route

From east to west

• Aberdeen
• Houston
• Vardaman
• Derma
• Calhoun City
• Grenada
• Ruleville
• Cleveland
• Pace
• Rosedale

Major intersections

County	Location	mi	km	Destinations	Notes
Bolivar	Rosedale			MS 1 – Greenville, Clarksdale, Great River Road State Park	Western terminus
	​			MS 817 south – Pace	Northern terminus of MS 817
	Cleveland			US 61 / US 278 – Clarksdale, Leland
Sunflower	Ruleville			US 49W – Drew, Indianola
Leflore	​			US 49E – Clarksdale, Greenwood
Grenada	Oxberry			MS 35 north – Charleston	West end of MS 35 overlap
	Holcomb			MS 7 south – Greenwood	West end of MS 7 overlap
				MS 35 south – Carrollton	East end of MS 35 overlap
	Grenada			I-55 / MS 7 north – Grenada, Jackson	East end of MS 7 overlap; I-55 exit 206
				US 51 – Duck Hill, Downtown Grenada, Airport
				MS 333 Scenic north – North Grenada Lake, Grenada Dam, State Park	Southern terminus of MS 333 Scenic
Calhoun	​			MS 9 south – Slate Springs, Eupora	West end of MS 9 overlap
	Calhoun City			MS 9 north – Pittsboro, Bruce, Oxford, Big Creek	East end of MS 9 overlap; traffic circle around city park
	Vardaman			MS 341 – Atlanta
Chickasaw	Houston			MS 15 – Pontotoc, Ackerman	Interchange
				MS 389 south – Starkville	Northern terminus of MS 389
	​			Natchez Trace	Interchange
	Trebloc			MS 47 – Buena Vista, McCondy
Monroe	​			US 45 Alt. – Okolona, West Point	Interchange
	Aberdeen			US 45 north – Aberdeen, Tupelo	Interchange; west end of US 45 overlap
				MS 25 south – West Point	West end of MS 25 overlap
				MS 145 north – Aberdeen	Southern terminus of MS 145
				US 45 south – Columbus	Interchange; east end of US 45 overlap
	​			MS 25 north – Amory	East end of MS 25 overlap
	Wise Gap			US 278 – Amory, Gattman, Sulligent	Eastern terminus
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi       Concurrency terminus

See also

• Mississippi Highway 335
• 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.