Mississippi Highway 25

Highway in Mississippi

Mississippi Highway 25

MS 25 highlighted in red, unsigned extensions near I-22 highlighted in blue

Route information
Maintained by MDOT
Length| 260.816 mi[1] (419.743 km)
Existed| 1932–present
Major junctions
South end|  I-55 in Jackson
Major intersections|

* 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
Country| United States
State| Mississippi
Counties| Hinds, Rankin, Leake, Attala, Winston, Oktibbeha, Lowndes, Clay, Monroe, Itawamba, Tishomingo
Highway system

* Mississippi State Highway System

* Interstate
* US
* State

| ←  MS 24| | →  MS 26

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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.

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

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.

## History

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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

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County| Location| mi| km| Destinations| Notes

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Hinds| Jackson| 0.0| 0.0|  I-55 / Lakeland Drive west – McComb, Grenada| I-55 exit 98B; Southern terminus
0.8| 1.3| Lakeland Terrace - LeFleur's Bluff State Park| Access road into park
Rankin| Flowood| 2.7| 4.3|
MS 477 south (Treetops Boulevard)| Northern terminus of unsigned MS 477
4.4| 7.1|

MS 475 south to I-20 – USPFO, International Airport| Northern terminus of MS 475
​| 12.3| 19.8|

MS 471 south / MS 471 Bus. north – Brandon| Interchange; south end of MS 471 overlap; southern terminus of MS 471 Bus; south end of expressway
​| 19.5| 31.4|
MS 471 north – Goshen Springs| Interchange; north end of MS 471 overlap
Koch| 22.0| 35.4|  MS 43 – Canton, Sand Hill| Interchange
Leake| ​| 34.4| 55.4|

To MS 483 south – Leake County Water Park, Ludlow, Ross Barnett Reservoir Low Head Dam|
​| 42.3| 68.1|
MS 13 south – Lena, Morton| Northern terminus of MS 13
Wiggins, Leake County| 45.3| 72.9|  MS 16 – Canton, Carthage| Interchange
​| 50.6| 81.4|
To MS 429 – Thomastown|
Carthage| 58.1| 93.5|  MS 35 – Kosciusko, Carthage| Interchange
​| 72.6| 116.8| Remus Road| Proposed MS 427
Winston| Four Corners| 77.1| 124.1|  MS 19 – Kosciusko, Philadelphia, Meridian| Interchange
Louisville| 97.7| 157.2|
MS 15 south – Philadelphia| Interchange; south end of MS 15 overlap
98.6| 158.7|  MS 14 – Kosciusko, Downtown Louisville, Macon|
​| 100.8| 162.2|

MS 15 north / MS 758 west – Ackerman, Mathiston| Interchange; north end of MS 15 overlap; eastern terminus of MS 758
Oktibbeha| Starkville| 130.7| 210.3|  MS 12 – Starkville, Ackerman, Mississippi State University| Interchange
132.1| 212.6|  MS 182 – West Starkville| Interchange
132.7| 213.6|
US 82 west – Winona| Interchange; south end of US 82 overlap; south end of freeway; north end of expressway
134| 216|  MS 389 – Downtown Starkville|
​| 136.1| 219.0|
MS 12 west – Starkville, Mississippi State University| South end of MS 12 overlap
​| 140| 230|  MS 182 – Clayton Village, Starkville|
​| 142.6| 229.5| Hickory Grove Road|
Lowndes| ​| 144.3| 232.2|

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| 152.6| 245.6|  MS 50 – Downtown West Point, Waverley Plantation|
Monroe| ​| 160.3| 258.0|

US 45 Alt. north – Okolona, Tupelo| Interchange; north end of US 45 Alt. overlap
​| 168.4| 271.0|
MS 382 west – Prairie| Eastern terminus of MS 382
Aberdeen| 169.9| 273.4|

US 45 north / MS 8 west – Tupelo| South end of US 45 / MS 8 overlap
172.1| 277.0|
MS 145 north – Aberdeen| Southern terminus of MS 145
174.3| 280.5|
US 45 south – Columbus| Interchange; north end of US 45 overlap
​| 175.4| 282.3|
MS 8 east – Gattman| North end of MS 8 overlap
Amory| 186.1| 299.5|
US 278 east| South end of US 278 overlap
187.7| 302.1|
US 278 west – Tupelo| North end of US 278 overlap
188.8| 303.8|
MS 6 west – Nettleton| Eastern terminus of MS 6
Smithville| 197.2| 317.4|
MS 23 north| Southern terminus of MS 23
Itawamba| Fulton| 210.8| 339.2|

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
​| 215.8| 347.3|

I-22 east / US 78 east – Birmingham| North end of I-22 / US 78 overlap; MS 25 north follows exit 108
​| 216.8| 348.9|  MS 178 – Fulton, Tremont|
​| 221.8| 357.0|
MS 76 east – Russellville| Western terminus of MS 76
Tishomingo| ​| 231.8| 373.0| Tishomingo County 78| Proposed MS 767
Belmont| 232.2| 373.7|

MS 760 east to MS 366 – Golden, Red Bay| Western terminus of unsigned MS 760
233.8| 376.3|
MS 366 east – Golden, Red Bay| Western terminus of MS 366
Dennis| 237.8| 382.7|
MS 4 west – New Site| Eastern terminus of MS 4
​| 240.8| 387.5|  Natchez Trace Parkway| Interchange
​| 244.8| 394.0|  MS 30 – Paden Overlook, Crows Neck|
Midway| 249.8| 402.0|
MS 364 west – Holcut, Divide Section Wildlife Management Area Headquarters, Holcut Memorial| Eastern terminus of MS 364
Iuka| 254.8| 410.1|  US 72 – Corinth, Florence, AL| Interchange
255.2| 410.7|

MS 25 Bus. north (Battleground Drive)| Southern terminus of MS 25 Business
255.8| 411.7|  MS 172 – Iuka, Old Court House Museum|
256.8| 413.3| County Road 231 - Harmony|
​| 257.8| 414.9|

MS 25 Bus. south| Northern terminus of MS 25 Bus.
Cross Roads| 264.8| 426.2|
MS 365 south – Burnsville| Northern terminus of MS 365
​| 267.8| 431.0|
MS 350 west – Corinth| Eastern terminus of MS 350
​| 269.8| 434.2|
SR 57 west – Pickwick Dam| Tennessee state line; northern terminus
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi

*       Concurrency terminus

## Related route

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### Iuka business route

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Mississippi Highway 25 Business

Location| Iuka
Length| 2.7 mi[1] (4.3 km)

Mississippi Highway 25 Business (MS 25 Bus.) is an earlier alignment of MS 25. It is an unsigned highway called Battleground Drive. The southern terminus at MS 25 is just outside of Downtown Iuka, where it intersects with MS 172; the northern terminus is at MS 25 north of Iuka.

### Major intersections

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The entire route is in Iuka, Tishomingo County.

mi| km| Destinations| Notes

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0.00| 0.00|  MS 25| Southern terminus
1.0| 1.6|  MS 172|
2.7| 4.3|  MS 25| Northern terminus
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi

## See also

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* Mississippi portal
* U.S. roads portal

## References

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1. ^ a b "Mississippi Public Roads Selected Statistics" (PDF). Mississippi Department of Transportation. 2008. Archived from the original (PDF) on December 3, 2010. Retrieved June 3, 2010.
2. ^ "HWY Map 1933 Road Map of MS" (PDF). Retrieved April 29, 2019.
3. ^ "Mississippi Code § 65-3-3 (2013)". Retrieved April 29, 2019.

## External links

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