Mississippi Highway 6
 Mississippi Highway 6 | ||||
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| Route information | ||||
| Maintained by MDOT | ||||
| Length | 25.295 mi[1] (40.708 km) | |||
| Major junctions | ||||
| West end |  MS 161 in Clarksdale | |||
      I-69 / US 49 / US 61 / US 278 in Clarksdale US 51 in Batesville I-55 in Batesville US 45 / US 278 in Tupelo US 45 / US 278 in Nettleton | ||||
| East end | US 278 in Amory | |||
| Location | ||||
| Country | United States | |||
| State | Mississippi | |||
| Counties | Coahoma, Quitman, Panola, Lafayette, Pontotoc, Lee, Monroe | |||
| Highway system | ||||
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Mississippi Highway 6 runs east–west from MS 161 in Lyon, east to MS 25 near Amory. It travels approximately 136 miles (219 km), serving Coahoma, Quitman, Panola, Lafayette, Pontotoc, Lee, and Monroe Counties. West of Tupelo, it is concurrent with US 278.
Controversy over parking on the highway shoulder
On September 4, 2004, a 19-year-old University of Mississippi student named Dustin Dill from Orlando, Florida struck and killed a fellow student, 23-year-old pharmacy major and Oxford native Amie Ewing (who was also intoxicated), on this highway. Dill had a 0.12 percent blood-alcohol level when his Honda Accord struck Ewing and sent her into a parked Oldsmobile Achieva.[2][3] Ewing had parked along the shoulder of Highway 6, then walked to Vaught-Hemingway Stadium to watch the Ole Miss Rebels football team play the University of Memphis Tigers and was killed when she crossed the westbound lane of the highway approximately 1,000 feet (300 m) east of Old Taylor Road while returning to her car.[4]
Mississippi state and Oxford city laws prohibit the use of state highway shoulders as parking lots;[5][6] however, this law went unenforced in Oxford on Saturdays when the Rebels played home games. Since this event, the 'no parking' laws along this highway have been enforced.[7] This highway is now also known as "Amie Ewing Memorial Highway".[8]
Points of interest
Locales on route
From east to west
Major intersections
| County | Location | mi | km | Destinations | Notes |
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| Coahoma | Clarksdale | MS 161 – Clarksdale, Lyon | |||
 US 49 / US 61 / US 278 west – Memphis, Greenwood | interchange; west end of US 278 overlap | ||||
| Quitman | |  MS 316 west – Belen, Jonestown | |||
| Marks |  MS 3 – Sledge, Lambert | ||||
| Panola | Batesville |   MS 35 south – Charleston | west end of MS 35 overlap | ||
  MS 725 north (Eureka Street) – Downtown Batesville | |||||
| US 51 / MS 35 north – Sardis Dam | east end of MS 35 overlap | ||||
| I-55 – Memphis, Grenada | I-55 exit 243 | ||||
| |  MS 315 – Water Valley | interchange | |||
| | Black Jack Road / Shady Grove Road - Coles Point, Shady Grove, John W. Kyle State Park | ||||
| Lafayette | Oxford | West Jackson Avenue - West Oxford, Clear Creek Recreation Area | former MS 6 east; at-grade intersection; west end of freeway | ||
| Chucky Mullins Drive | former Coliseum Drive | ||||
| Old Taylor Road - University of Mississippi | |||||
| Lamar Boulevard - Downtown Oxford | |||||
 MS 7 – Holly Springs, Water Valley, Bruce, New Albany | |||||
| |  MS 334 – East Oxford | ||||
| | University Avenue | proposed MS 738; former MS 6 west; at-grade intersection; east end of freeway | |||
| |   CR 251 / CR 431 – Lafayette Springs | proposed MS 336 east | |||
| Pontotoc | |   MS 338 east (Veterans Highway West) – West Pontotoc | former MS 6/US 278 east | ||
| |  MS 336 west – Thaxton | west end of MS 336 overlap | |||
| | MS 336 east | east end of MS 336 overlap | |||
| Pontotoc |  MS 15 – Pontotoc, New Albany | interchange | |||
| |  MS 345 – Ecru, Pontotoc, Town Square Museum | ||||
| |  MS 9 – Sherman, Pontotoc | interchange | |||
| | MS 338 – Longview, East Pontotoc | interchange; former MS 6/US 278 west | |||
| | Trace State Park | interchange; eastbound exit and westbound entrance; former MS 6/US 278 east | |||
| |  MS 342 – Black Zion | westbound entry to Trace State Park | |||
| Lee | | Bissell Road | interchange | ||
| |  Natchez Trace Parkway | interchange | |||
| | Graham Drive | interchange | |||
| Tupelo |  MS 145 (South Gloster Street) | ||||
| US 45 south / US 278 east – Columbus | interchange; west end of freeway; east end of US 278 overlap; west end of US 45 overlap | ||||
| Eason Boulevard | |||||
| US 45 north – Corinth, Downtown Tupelo | interchange; east end of freeway; east end of US 45 overlap; former MS 6/US 278 west | ||||
  To US 78 – Elvis Presley Birth Place and Lake | |||||
 MS 178 east (East Main Street) – Fulton | |||||
| Eason Boulevard - alternate truck route to MS 6 west / US 45 | |||||
| Lee Monroe | Nettleton | To MS 145 | |||
| Monroe | | Old Highway 6 | proposed MS 776 | ||
| Bigbee |  MS 371 north – Mooreville | ||||
| Amory |  MS 25 – Smithville, Fulton, Amory | ||||
| 1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi | |||||
External links
References
- ^ "Mississippi Public Roads Selected Statistics" (PDF). Mississippi Department of Transportation. 2008. Retrieved 2010-06-03.
- ^ http://www.djournal.com/pages/archive.asp?ID=219173
- ^ http://www.oxfordeagle.com/archives/2004/0904/0906_0910/090704/news1.html
- ^ http://www.djournal.com/pages/archive.asp?ID=67864
- ^ http://www.michie.com/mississippi/lpext.dll/mscode/12c16/12d85/12f6b/12f71?f=templates&fn=document-frame.htm&2.0#JD_63-3-903
- ^ http://library4.municode.com/default/DocView/14308/1/119/134#TOC.1
- ^ http://oumits.olemiss.edu/articles/09172004.html
- ^ http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/2005/pdf/Senate_cmtes/HI.htm