Mississippi Highway 25

Mississippi Highway 25
Mississippi Highway 25
	MS 25 in red, unsigned extensions near I-22 in blue
Route information
	Maintained by MDOT
Length	221.142 mi (355.894 km)
Existed	1932–present
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
Location
Counties	Hinds, Rankin, Leake, Winston, Oktibbeha, Lowndes, Clay, Monroe, Itawamba, Tishomingo
Highway system

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

MS 25 looking north in Winston County

MS 25 in Monroe County between West Point and Aberdeen

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.

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]

Major intersections[]

County	Location	Destinations	Notes
Hinds	Jackson	I-55 / Lakeland Drive west – McComb, Grenada	I-55 exit 98B; Southern terminus
Hinds	Jackson	Lakeland Terrace - LeFleur's Bluff State Park	Access road into park
Rankin	Flowood	Treetops Boulevard	proposed
	Flowood	MS 475 south to I-20 – , International Airport	Northern terminus of MS 475
		south – Brandon	Interchange; south end of MS 471 overlap; south end of expressway
		north – Goshen Springs	Interchange; north end of MS 471 overlap
	Koch	MS 43 – Canton, Sand Hill	Interchange
Leake		To – , Ludlow,
		MS 13 south – Lena, Morton	Northern terminus of MS 13
	Wiggins	MS 16 – Canton, Carthage	Interchange
		To – Thomastown
	Carthage	MS 35 – Kosciusko, Carthage	Interchange
		Remus Road	proposed
Winston		MS 19 – Kosciusko, Philadelphia, Meridian	Interchange
	Louisville	MS 15 south – Philadelphia	Interchange; south end of MS 15 overlap
	Louisville	MS 14 – Kosciusko, Downtown Louisville, Macon
		MS 15 north () – 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; north end of expressway
		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, , 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
	Belmont	MS 760 east to MS 366 – Golden, Red Bay	Western terminus of unsigned MS 760
	Belmont	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 – ,
	Midway	MS 364 west – Holcut, Headquarters, Holcut Memorial	Eastern terminus of MS 364
	Iuka	US 72 – Corinth, Florence, AL	Interchange
		north (Battleground Drive)	Southern terminus of MS 25 Business
		MS 172 – Iuka,
		County Road 231 -
		Old 25 - Business District
		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