Mississippi Highway 346
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| Hurricane Road | ||||
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| Route information | ||||
| Maintained by MDOT | ||||
| Length | 9.644 mi[1] (15.521 km) | |||
| Existed | 1958–present | |||
| Major junctions | ||||
| West end | Hurricane Road near Esperanza | |||
 MS 355 in Esperanza | ||||
| East end |  MS 15 in Ecru | |||
| Location | ||||
| Counties | Pontotoc | |||
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Mississippi Highway 346 (MS 346), also known as Hurricane Road, is a 9.644-mile-long (15.521 km) west–east state highway in Pontotoc County, Mississippi, connecting the community of Esperanza with MS 15 and the town of Ecru. It is generally a narrow two-lane route.
Route description[]
MS 346 begins at the beginning of state maintenance just before Sand Springs Church, with the road continuing west as Hurricane Road to MS 336. It heads east past the church, and through farmland, to pass through the community of Esperanza, where it has an intersection with MS 355. The highway continues east to cross Cane Creek before paralleling the southern banks of the as it travels through farmland for the next several miles. MS 346 enters the town of Ecru city limits, immediately passing by the Ashley Furniture plant before coming to an end at an intersection with MS 15, just across the river from downtown.
The entire length of Mississippi Highway 346 is a rural, two-lane, state highway, located entirely in Pontotoc County.[2]
Major intersections[]
The entire route is in Pontotoc County.
| Location | mi[3] | km | Destinations | Notes | |
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| Esperanza | 0.000 | 0.000 | Hurricane Road | Continuation beyond end of state maintenance; western terminus | |
| 1.702 | 2.739 | MS 355 north (Esperanza Road) | Southern terminus of MS 355 | ||
| Ecru | 9.644 | 15.521 | MS 15 – Pontotoc, New Albany | Eastern terminus | |
| 1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi | |||||
References[]
- ^ Mississippi Department of Transportation Planning Division (December 31, 2017). Mississippi Public Roads Selected Statistics Extent, Travel, and Designation (PDF) (Report). Mississippi Department of Transportation. p. 161. Retrieved June 4, 2021.
- ^ Google (August 21, 2021). "Map of Mississippi Highway 346" (Map). Google Maps. Google. Retrieved August 21, 2021.
- ^ "MS Highways". Mississippi Geospatial Data Catalog. Retrieved June 1, 2021.
External links[]
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- State highways in Mississippi
- Transportation in Pontotoc County, Mississippi
