Mississippi Highway 15

MS Highway 15
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Route information
Maintained by MDOT
Length:	323.949 mi (521.345 km)
Existed:	1932 – present
Southern segment
South end:	I-10 / I-110 in D'Iberville
North end:	MS 26 near Wiggins
Northern segment
South end:	US 98 near Beaumont
Major junctions:	I-59 / US 11 / US 84 in Laurel US 80 in Newton I-20 in Newton US 82 in Mathiston US 278 in Pontotoc I-22 / US 78 in New Albany US 72 in Walnut
North end:	SR 125 near Walnut
Location
Counties:	Harrison, Stone, Perry, Jones, Jasper, Newton, Neshoba, Winston, Choctaw, Webster, Oktibbeha, Chickasaw, Pontotoc, Union, Tippah
Highway system
Numbered Highways in Mississippi Interstate US State Unsigned ← MS 14 MS 16 →

Mississippi Highway 15 (MS 15) is a state highway in Mississippi. At almost 324 miles (521 km), it is the longest highway in the Mississippi Highway System. MS 15 is divided into two sections due to a large gap between Stone County and Perry County. The southern section begins at Interstate 10 (I-10) and I-110 in Biloxi and ends at a junction with MS 26 near Wiggins, and the northern section begins at a junction with U.S. Route 98 (US 98) near Beaumont and ends as a continuation as SR 125 near Walnut. It serves a total of 15 counties (Harrison, Stone, Perry, Jones, Jasper, Newton, Neshoba, Winston, Choctaw, Webster, Oktibbeha, Chickasaw, Pontotoc, Union, and Tippah).

Water flowing over Old Hwy 67 and Mississippi Highway 15 near their intersection in Harrison County on September 29, 1998 during the September 1998 flooding caused on the Tchoutacabouffa River by Hurricane Georges.

History

Prior to 1966, MS 15 was one continuous route through the entire state of Mississippi. The route formerly continued past I-10 and ran concurrent with I-110 to terminate at US 90.

Major intersections

County	Location	mi	km	Destinations	Notes
Harrison	D'Iberville	0.0	0.0	I-10 – Pascagoula, Mobile, Gulfport, New Orleans I-110 south – Biloxi	Southern terminus of southern segment; I-10 exits 46A-B; south end of MS 67 overlap; signed as exits 4A (east) and 4B (west); cloverleaf interchange.
		0.4	0.64	Sangani Boulevard / Promenade Parkway	Interchange
	​	2.5	4.0	MS 67 north – Hattiesburg	Interchange; north end of MS 67 overlap
Stone	Moore Crossing	32.8	52.8	MS 26 – Wiggins, Lucedale	Northern terminus of southern segment
Gap in route
Perry	​			US 98 west / MS 198 – Lucedale, New Augusta	Southern terminus of northern segment; interchange; eastern terminus of MS 198; south end of MS 198 overlap
	Beaumont			MS 198 west – New Augusta	North end of MS 198 overlap
	Richton			MS 42 west – Hattiesburg	South end of MS 42 overlap
				MS 42 east – State Line	North end of MS 42 overlap
	​			George Boutwell Road (MS 536)
Jones	Laurel			I-59 north / US 84 east /  – Meridian, Waynesboro	South end of I-59 / US 84 overlap; MS 15 south follows exit 96B
				4th Avenue / Masonite Road	I-59 exit 96A
				Beacon Street	I-59 exit 95C
				I-59 south /  – Hattiesburg, Hattiesburg-Laurel Regional Airport	North end of I-59 overlap; MS 15 north follows exit 95B
				US 84 west /  – Collins, Downtown Laurel, Veterans Memorial Museum	North end of US 84 overlap
	​			MS 537 south – Moss	Northern terminus of MS 537
Jasper	​			MS 533 south – Soso	Northern terminus of MS 533
	Bay Springs			MS 528 east – Heidelberg	Western terminus of MS 528
				MS 18 – Raleigh, Pachuta
Newton	​			MS 504 east – Hero	Western terminus of MS 504
	Newton			US 80 – Newton, Hickory, Mississippi Veterans Memorial Cemetery
				I-20 – Jackson, Meridian	I-20 exit 109
	Decatur			MS 503 south – Hickory	Northern terminus of MS 503
	Union			MS 494 east – Little Rock, Meridian	Western terminus of MS 494
				MS 492 – Sebastopol, House, Downtown Union
Neshoba	Good Hope			MS 485 south	Northern terminus of MS 485
	Philadelphia			MS 21 south to MS 488 – Sebastopol, Forest, Neshoba County Fairgrounds	South end of MS 21 overlap
				MS 16 west – Carthage, Casinos	South end of MS 16 overlap
				Cooper Williams Drive - Williamsville
				MS 16 east / MS 19 south / MS 21 north – Philadelphia, De Kalb, Meridian	North end of MS 16 / MS 21 overlap; south end of MS 19 overlap
				MS 19 north – Kosciusko, Airport	Interchange; north end of MS 19 overlap
Winston	Noxapater			MS 395 south / MS 400 east – Plattsburg, De Kalb, Nanih Waiya State Park	Northern terminus of MS 395; western terminus of MS 400
	Louisville			MS 25 south – Carthage	Interchange; south end of MS 25 overlap
				MS 14 – Kosciusko, Downtown Louisville, Macon
	​			MS 25 north (MS 758) – Starkville, Mississippi State University	Interchange; north end of MS 25 overlap
Choctaw	​			FR 967 (Choctaw Lake Road) – Choctaw Lake Wildlife Management	Proposed MS 768
	Ackerman			Ackerman (W Main Street/MS 759 south)	Northern terminus of unsigned MS 759
				MS 12 to MS 9 – Kosciusko, Starkville
	Williams			MS 790 west	Eastern terminus of MS 790
Webster	Mathiston			US 82 west / MS 403 north – Eupora, Winona, Wood Institute	South end of US 82 overlap
	​			US 82 east – Starkville, Columbus	Interchange; north end of US 82 overlap
	​			MS 50 east – West Point	South end of MS 50 overlap
	​			MS 50 west – Cumberland	North end of MS 50 overlap
	​			Natchez Trace Parkway	Interchange
	Mantee			MS 782 west (Mantee Road)	Eastern terminus of MS 782
				MS 46 – Mantee, Montpelier
Chickasaw	Woodland			MS 340 west – Atlanta, Woodland	Eastern terminus of MS 340
	Houston			MS 8 to MS 389 – Grenada, Houston	Interchange
	​			MS 32 east – Okolona	South end of MS 32 overlap
	Old Houlka			MS 32 west – Houlka, Davis Lake	North end of MS 32 overlap
Pontotoc	Algoma			MS 772 west (Algoma Road) – Algoma, Tanglefoot Trail	Eastern terminus of MS 772
	Pontotoc			MS 41 – Downtown Pontotoc, Troy, Okolona
				To MS 9 south (via MS 770) – Oxford
				MS 9 / MS 338 – Oxford, Tupelo
				MS 336 – Tupelo, Airport
				US 278 / MS 6 to MS 9 – Oxford, truck to MS 9 north	Interchange
	Ecru			MS 346 west – Hurricane	Eastern terminus of MS 346
				MS 345 south – Ecru	Northern terminus of MS 345
Union	​			MS 762 west – Ingomar, Tanglefoot Trail	Eastern terminus of MS 762
	New Albany			I-22 / US 78 / MS 30 west – Memphis, Tupelo	Interchange; south end of MS 30 overlap; I-22 exit 64
				MS 178 – Downtown New Albany
				MS 348 east – Center, Ellistown	Western terminus of MS 348
				MS 30 east – Booneville, Union County Museum, Northeast Mississippi Community College	North end of MS 30 overlap
Tippah	Blue Mountain			MS 2 west to MS 368 – Hickory Flat	Eastern terminus of MS 2
	Ripley			MS 4 east to MS 2 – Booneville	South end of MS 4 overlap
				MS 4 west – Downtown Ripley, Ashland, Airport	North end of MS 4 overlap
	​			MS 370 west – Ashland	Eastern terminus of MS 370
	​			CR 302	Proposed MS 369
	​			Main Street (MS 777 north) - Downtown Walnut	Southern terminus of unsigned MS 777
	Walnut			MS 354 east (Commerce Street) – Walnut Business District, Chalybeate	Western terminus of MS 354
				US 72 – Memphis, Corinth
	​			SR 125 north – Middleton	Tennessee state line; northern terminus of northern segment
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi       Concurrency terminus

External links

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