- Mississippi Highway 1
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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.
Contents
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
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
- ^ "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.
- ^ http://www.edenbrent.com/bio.html
- ^ http://www.fhwa.dot.gov/infrastructure/lyrics0811.cfm#l104
See also
- List of Mississippi state highways
Categories:- State highways in Mississippi
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