Mississippi Highway 1

MS Highway 1
Route information
Maintained by MDOT
Length:	148.431 mi[1] (238.877 km)
Major junctions
South end:	US 61 in Onward
	US 82 / US 278 in Greenville
North end:	US 49 in Powell
Location
Counties:	Coahoma, Bolivar, Washington, Issaquena, Sharkey
Highway system
Numbered highways in Mississippi Interstates  • U.S. Routes • State highways Unsigned state highways ← MS 621 MS 2 →

For other uses of "MS-1", see MS-1 (disambiguation).

Mississippi Highway 1 runs south from U.S. Highway 49 near Lula to U.S. Highway 61 south of Cary, roughly paralleling the Mississippi River. It travels approximately 148 miles (238 km), serving Sharkey, Issaquena, Washington, Bolivar, and Coahoma Counties. Portions of its roadway are part of the Great River Road.

Attractions on route

• Great River Road State Park, Rosedale
• Winterville Site, Greenville
• Eden Brent's^[2] hometown of Greenville, Mississippi. Eden Brent has a blues song, "Mississippi Number One" in honor of highway MS-1^[3].

Locales on route

From north to south

• Rosedale
• Beulah
• Benoit
• Greenville
• Mayersville

Junctions on route

From north to south

• U.S. Highway 49
• Mississippi Highway 322
• Mississippi Highway 444
• Mississippi Highway 32
• Mississippi Highway 8
• Mississippi Highway 446
• Mississippi Highway 448
• Mississippi Highway 450
• U.S. Highway 82 / U.S. Highway 278
• Mississippi Highway 454
• Mississippi Highway 438
• Mississippi Highway 12
• Mississippi Highway 436
• Mississippi Highway 16
• Mississippi Highway 14
• Mississippi Highway 465
• U.S. Highway 61

References

1. ^ "Mississippi Public Roads Selected Statistics" (PDF). Mississippi Department of Transportation. 2008. http://www.gomdot.com/Divisions/IntermodalPlanning/Resources/Planning/pdf/HighwayStats.pdf. Retrieved 2010-06-03. 
2. ^ http://www.edenbrent.com/bio.html
3. ^ http://www.fhwa.dot.gov/infrastructure/lyrics0811.cfm#l104

See also

• List of Mississippi state highways