Mississippi Highway 25
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.
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Maintained by MDOT | ||||
Length | 221.142 mi[1] (355.894 km) | |||
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Counties | Hinds, Rankin, Leake, Winston, Oktibbeha, Lowndes, Clay, Monroe, Itawamba, Tishomingo | |||
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History

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]
Future
All of Highway 25, except for the portion between West Point, Mississippi, and Fulton, Mississippi, will be an at least four-lane divided highway by the mid-2010s, per Mississippi House Bill 725 of the 1998 session.
Cities on the route
From south to north
Major intersections
County | Location | mi | km | Destinations | Notes |
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Hinds | Jackson | ![]() | I-55 exit 98B; Southern terminus | ||
Rankin | Flowood | Treetops Boulevard | proposed MS 477 | ||
![]() ![]() | Northern terminus of MS 475 | ||||
| ![]() | Interchange; south end of MS 471 overlap | |||
| ![]() | Interchange; north end of MS 471 overlap | |||
Koch | ![]() | Interchange | |||
Leake | | ![]() | |||
| ![]() | Northern terminus of MS 13 | |||
Wiggins | ![]() | Interchange | |||
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Carthage | ![]() | Interchange | |||
| Remus Road | proposed MS 427 | |||
Winston | Four Corners | ![]() | Interchange | ||
Louisville | ![]() | Interchange; south end of MS 15 overlap | |||
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| ![]() | Interchange; north end of MS 15 overlap | |||
Oktibbeha | Starkville | ![]() | Interchange | ||
![]() | Interchange | ||||
![]() | Interchange; south end of US 82 overlap; south end of freeway | ||||
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| ![]() | South end of MS 12 overlap | |||
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| Hickory Grove Road | ||||
Lowndes | | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() | Interchange; north end of US 82 overlap; south end of US 45 Alt. overlap; north end of freeway | ||
Clay | West Point | ![]() | |||
Monroe | | ![]() ![]() | Interchange; north end of US 45 Alt. overlap | ||
| ![]() | Eastern terminus of MS 382 | |||
Aberdeen | ![]() ![]() | South end of US 45 / MS 8 overlap | |||
![]() | Southern terminus of MS 145 | ||||
![]() | Interchange; north end of US 45 overlap | ||||
| ![]() | North end of MS 8 overlap | |||
Amory | ![]() | South end of US 278 overlap | |||
![]() | North end of US 278 overlap | ||||
![]() | Eastern terminus of MS 6 | ||||
Smithville | ![]() | Southern terminus of MS 23 | |||
Itawamba | Fulton | ![]() ![]() | South end of I-22 / US 78 overlap; MS 25 south follows exit 104 | ||
| ![]() ![]() | north end of I-22 / US 78 overlap; MS 25 north follows exit 108 | |||
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| ![]() | proposed | |||
Tishomingo | | Tishomingo County 78 | proposed MS 767 | ||
Belmont | ![]() | Western terminus of unsigned MS 760 | |||
![]() | Western terminus of MS 366 | ||||
Dennis | ![]() | Eastern terminus of MS 4 | |||
| ![]() | Interchange | |||
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Midway | ![]() | Eastern terminus of MS 364 | |||
Iuka | ![]() | Interchange | |||
![]() ![]() | Southern terminus of MS 25 Business | ||||
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County Road 231 - Harmony | |||||
| Old 25 - Business District | ||||
Cross Roads | ![]() | Northern terminus of MS 365 | |||
| ![]() | Eastern terminus of MS 350 | |||
| ![]() | Tennessee state line; northern terminus | |||
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi
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See also
- List of Mississippi state highways
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.
- "HWY Map 1933 Road Map of MS" (PDF). Retrieved 2019-04-29.
- "Mississippi Code § 65-3-3 (2013)". Retrieved 2019-04-29.
External links
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