Mississippi Highway 7

MS Highway 7
Route information
Maintained by MDOT
Length:	139.482 mi[1] (224.475 km)
Major junctions
South end:	US 49W in Belzoni
	US 82 from Itta Bena to Greenwood US 49E in Greenwood I-55 in Grenada US 51 from Grenada to Hardy I-55 in Hardy US 278 in Oxford I-22 / US 78 in Holly Springs US 72 near Lamar
North end:	SR 18 in Michigan City
Location
Counties:	Humphreys, Leflore, Carroll, Grenada, Yalobusha, Lafayette, Marshall, Benton
Highway system
Mississippi State Highway System Interstate US State Unsigned ← MS 6 MS 8 →

Highway 7 and rarely used Mississippi Central Railroad bridges over the Tallahatchie River at the Lafayette-Marshall county line. This sweeping bottomland, located approximately halfway between Holly Springs and Oxford, was the inspiration for fictional settings in several works by William Faulkner. This bridge was replaced and removed in 2015.^[2]

Mississippi Highway 7 runs generally north–south from the Tennessee state line in Benton County to Belzoni, Mississippi. It travels approximately 165 miles (266 km), serving Humphreys, Leflore, Carroll, Grenada, Yalobusha, Lafayette, Marshall, and Benton Counties. It runs nearly parallel to the rarely used Mississippi Central Railroad.

Points of interest

• Florewood River Plantation State Park
• University of Mississippi
• Wall Doxey State Park

Locales on route

From north to south

• Michigan City near the Tennessee state line (above which the highway becomes State Route 18)
• Lamar
• Holly Springs
• Oxford
• Water Valley
• Grenada
• Greenwood
• Itta Bena
• Morgan City
• Belzoni

Major intersections

County	Location	mi	km	Destinations	Notes
Humphreys	Belzoni			US 49W / MS 12 – Hollandale, Yazoo City, Indianola
Leflore	​			US 82 west – Indianola, Mississippi Valley State University	south end of US 82 overlap
	Greenwood			US 49E north – Clarksdale	south end of US 49E overlap
				US 49E south / Main Street (MS 743 north) – Tchula, Yazoo City, Greenwood Business District	interchange; north end of US 49E overlap
				MS 744 west	no left turn northbound
				MS 430 east – Blackhawk
				US 82 east – Winona	north end of US 82 overlap
Grenada	Holcomb			MS 8 west / MS 35 north – Minter City, Cleveland, Delta State University	south end of MS 8 / MS 35 overlap
				MS 35 south – Carrollton	north end of MS 35 overlap
	Grenada			I-55 south / MS 8 east – Grenada, Jackson, Grenada Lake	north end of MS 8 overlap; south end of I-55 overlap; MS 7 south follows exit 206
				Papermill Road - North Grenada	I-55 exit 208
	​			I-55 north (MS 729) – Memphis	north end of I-55 overlap; south end of MS 333 Scenic overlap; MS 7 north follows exit 211
	​			MS 333 Scenic south / CR 156 north – Grenada Dam	north end of MS 333 Scenic overlap
Yalobusha	Coffeeville			MS 330 – Tillatoba, Coffeeville
	​			MS 32 / MS 315 south – Oakland, Bruce, South Water Valley	south end of MS 315 overlap
	Water Valley			MS 315 north – Batesville, Water Valley	north end of MS 315 overlap
Lafayette	​			MS 9W south – Bruce
	​			MS 328 west – Taylor
	Oxford			US 278 / MS 6 – Batesville, Pontotoc, University of Mississippi	interchange; south end of freeway
				MS 314 (University Avenue) – Downtown Oxford	interchange
				Sisk Avenue	interchange
				MS 30 / Molly Barr Road – New Albany	interchange; north end of freeway
	Abbeville			CR 108 / CR 215 (West Long Street) – Abbeville, Sardis Reservoir
Marshall	​			MS 310 west – Wyatt Crossing, Teckville, Sardis Reservoir
	​			MS 4 west – Senatobia	south end of MS 4 overlap
	Holly Springs			I-22 / US 78 – Memphis, Tupelo	I-22 exit 30
				MS 4 east – Ashland	north end of MS 4 overlap; former MS 178 east
				To US 78 / Martin Luther King Jr. Drive	former MS 178 west
				MS 311 north – Mount Pleasant
				To US 78 / Eddie Lee Smith Drive – Oxford, Ashland	northern bypass of Holly Springs
	​			MS 313 south – Hudsonville
Benton	​			Lamar ( MS 704 east)
	​			US 72 – Memphis, Corinth
	​			Harris Chapel Road	proposed MS 5 south
	​			Michigan City ( MS 702 east)
	​			SR 18 north – Grand Junction	Tennessee state line
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi

See also

• Mississippi portal
• U.S. Roads portal

References

1. "Mississippi Public Roads Selected Statistics" (PDF). Mississippi Department of Transportation. 2008. Retrieved 2010-06-03.
2. "Generation of Ole Miss Students, Oxford Citizens Mourn Demise of Hwy. 7 Bridge Across Tallahatchie River". HottyToddy.com. February 25, 2015. Archived from the original on February 26, 2016. Retrieved February 26, 2016.