Mississippi Highway 4

Mississippi Highway 4
Mississippi Highway 4
Route information
	Maintained by MDOT
Length	144.700 mi (232.872 km)
Major junctions
West end	Mississippi River levee in Fox Island
	US 61 in Tunica; US 51 in Senatobia; I-55 in Senatobia; I-22 / US 78 in Holly Springs; US 45 in Booneville
East end	MS 25 in Dennis
Location
Country	United States
State	Mississippi
Counties	Tunica, Tate, Marshall, Benton, Tippah, Prentiss, Tishomingo
Highway system
	Mississippi State Highway System; Interstate; US; State;

Mississippi Highway 4 (MS 4) runs east–west from an intersection in the community of Fox Island west of Tunica, Mississippi, near the border with Arkansas, to MS 25 in Tishomingo County, Mississippi. It travels a distance of 144 miles (232 km), serving Tunica, Tate, Marshall, Benton, Tippah, Prentiss, and Tishomingo Counties.

Route Description

MS 4 begins in the Mississippi Delta region on a Levee of the Mississippi River, in Tunica County, at the community of Fox Island. It heads east as a narrow two-lane road through farmland for a couple miles to make a right turn onto Fox Island Road. The highway enters the Tunica city limits and immediately enters downtown, turning north along Main Street for a couple blocks before turning right onto River Road and heading east through neighborhoods. MS 4 now enters a business district and becoming concurrent with US 61. They head southward as a four-lane highway to leave Tunica and pass through rural areas for a few miles to the community of Evansville, where MS 4 splits off and heads east. MS 4 passes through White Oak as a two-lane to have an interchange and become concurrent with MS 3. The highway now crosses the Coldwater River into Tate County.

MS 3/MS 4 now pass through Savage before turning southward, with MS 4 breaking off and heading east shortly thereafter. MS 4 now climbs onto a plateau as it passes through Strayhorn before entering Senatobia. It enters some neighborhoods and turns left onto a two-lane northern bypass of the city, known as Wilson Drive. The highway heads through outskirts to a business district, where it has an intersection with US 51. MS 4 turns south through a mix of neighborhoods and businesses for a few blocks (along Norfleet Drive) before making a sharp left onto Main Street and immediately having an interchange with I-55 (Exit 265). The highway leaves Senatobia and and passes through the communities of New Town and Looxahoma before having an intersection with MS 305. MS 4 passes through Thyatira and Wyatte before crossing into Marshall County.

MS 4 almost immediately has an intersection with MS 309 before passing through Chulahoma and turning northeast through wooded areas for several miles to an intersection with MS 7. They become concurrent and head north to enter Holly Springs and immediately have an interchange with I-22/US 78 (Exit 30). MS 4/MS 7 become S Craft Street as they widen to a four-lane for a short distance through a business district before narrowing back to two-lanes and passing through neighborhoods. The highway now enters downtown and makes a sharp right onto W Van Dorn Avenue to come to an intersection with MS 178, with MS 7 heading north along MS 178 (Memphis Street), while MS 4 heads east along MS 178 (E Van Dorn Avenue). They pass through neighborhoods for a couple blocks before MS 4 breaks off along N Randolph Street. MS 4 heads north for several blocks before turning right onto Salem Avenue. The highway now leaves Holly Springs and has an intersection with Eddie Lee Smith Drive (a new northern bypass of the city) before heading eastward through the Holly Springs National Forest and crossing into Benton County.

From west to east^[2]

Major intersections

County	Location	mi	km	Destinations	Notes
Tunica	Fox Island	0.0	0.0	Mississippi River levee	Western terminus; end of state maintenance
	Tunica			US 61 north – Memphis	West end of US 61 overlap
	Evansville			US 61 south – Clarksdale	East end of US 61 overlap
				MS 3 north – Memphis	West end of MS 3 overlap
Tate				MS 3 south – Crenshaw, Marks	East end of MS 3 overlap
	Senatobia			US 51 – Coldwater, Downtown Senatobia
	Senatobia			I-55 – Memphis, Grenada	I-55 exit 265
				MS 305 north – Independence, Olive Branch	Southern terminus of MS 305
Marshall				MS 309 north – Byhalia	Southern terminus of MS 309
				MS 7 south – Oxford	West end of MS 7 overlap
	Holly Springs			I-22 / US 78 – Memphis, Tupelo	I-22/US 78 exit 30
				MS 7 north / MS 178 west (Memphis Street)	East end of MS 7 overlap; west end of MS 178 overlap
				MS 178 east (Van Dorn Avenue)	East end of MS 178 overlap
				Eddie Lee Smith Drive	Northern bypass of Holly Springs
Benton	Ashland			MS 5 north – Ashland	West end of MS 5 overlap
Benton				MS 5 south – Hickory Flat	East end of MS 5 overlap
Tippah	Ripley			MS 15 north	West end of MS 15 overlap
				MS 15 south – New Albany	East end of MS 15 overlap
				MS 370 east – Dumas	Western terminus of MS 370
				MS 2 east – Kossuth, Corinth	Western terminus of eastern segment of MS 2
Prentiss	Booneville			US 45 – Corinth, Tupelo	Interchange
				MS 145 (North Second Street) – Booneville, Northeast Mississippi Community College
				Tuscumbia Road - Tuscumbia
				East Church Street - Tishomingo, Downtown Booneville, Crows Neck Education Center	Former MS 30
				MS 30 – Tishomingo, New Albany	Interchange
	Hobo Station			MS 371 south – Marietta	Northern terminus of MS 371
Tishomingo				Natchez Trace Parkway	Interchange
Tishomingo	Dennis	144.7	232.9	MS 25 – Tishomingo, Iuka, Belmont	Eastern terminus
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi Concurrency terminus