Exceptions To The Numbering Scheme
There are several state highways that are out of place; they do not fit the numbering scheme:
- MS 22 runs between MS 16 and MS 18.
- MS 23 runs east of MS 25.
- MS 27 runs between MS 33 and MS 35.
- MS 28 runs between MS 18 and MS 24, but it was MS 20 before I-20 was built.
- MS 29 runs between MS 37 and MS 39.
- MS 46 runs between MS 32 and MS 42.
- MS 50 runs between MS 32 and MS 42, but it was MS 10 before I-10 was built (this fit into the grid, between MS 8 and MS 12).
- MS 67 runs between MS 53 and MS 57, but it was MS 55 before I-55 was built.
- MS 76 was the number given to the Pontotoc bypass in place of MS 6; this may be the number for the entire Corridor V of the Appalachian Development Highway System The bypass was recently renamed MS 6/US 278 after the completion of the corridor portion that reconnects west of Tupelo.
Read more about this topic: List Of State Highways In Mississippi
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