Mississippi Highway 304

Mississippi Highway 304 marker

Mississippi Highway 304
Route information
Maintained by MDOT
Length 14.404 mi[1] (23.181 km)
Major junctions
West end US 61 near Lake Cormorant
 
East end I-269 at the Tennessee state Line
Location
Counties DeSoto, Tunica
Highway system
← MS 302MS 305 →

Mississippi Highway 304 (MS 304) is a 14.404-mile-long (23.181 km) state highway in the northwestern part of the U.S. state of Mississippi. It consists of two routes:

MS 304 formerly traveled on a two-lane alignment south of the present routing from US 61 in Tunica Resorts (Tunica County) east to I-55 in Hernando. The western portion of the former route is now officially part of MS 713; the remainder of the route (except the portion that is part of the scenic route noted above) no longer has an official state designation, but a number of state highway markers still appear along the route and at intersections.

Route description

MS 304 begins at a trumpet interchange with US 61 east of Tunica Resorts in the floodplain of the Mississippi River. The four-lane freeway has a half-diamond interchange with MS 3 that allows access to and from the east. MS 304 crosses over a rail line and has a partial interchange with a stub of I-69 that leads to MS 713 at Banks; the interchange includes a flyover from the westbound direction of the freeway. Immediately to the east of the interchange, I-69/MS 304 leaves the Mississippi River floodplain. The freeway has diamond interchanges with MS 301, Fogg Road, and Tulane Road. I-69/MS 304 crosses another rail line and passes over US 51 with no access just west of the state highway's terminus at I-55 on the northern end of Hernando, where I-69 joins I-55 heading north toward Memphis. The highways meet at a full cloverleaf interchange with the easternmost ramps closed until MS 304 is extended eastward.

Future

East of Hernando, MS 304 is concurrent with I-269 continuing east to enter Marshall County near Byhalia to an interchange with I-22/US 78, then turning north to cross the Mississippi–Tennessee state line near Piperton. Tennessee would construct the remainder of the route north to existing SR 385. A section opened from I-269's proposed northern terminus to an interchange just south of the state line at MS 302 in October 2015, and furthermore to MS 305 in December 2017.

Exit list

The entire route is in De Soto County. All exits are unnumbered.

LocationmikmDestinationsNotes
Tunica Resorts0.0000.000 US 61 – Tunica, MemphisWestern terminus
​ MS 3Westbound exit and eastbound entrance
​ I-69 / MS 713 south – TunicaWestbound exit and eastbound entrance; west end of concurrency with I-69
​ MS 301
​Fogg Road
​Tulane Road
Hernando14.40423.181 I-55 / I-69 north / I-269 east to US 78 / I-22 – Jackson, Southaven, MemphisCurrent eastern terminus of western section; future southern terminus of I-269; I-55 exit 283
Getwell Road
Laughter Road
Craft Road
MS 305Current western terminus of eastern section; current western end of I-269 overlap
Red Banks Road
Byhalia I-22 east / US 78
MS 309
​ MS 302
​ I-269 north – TennesseeEastern terminus; 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. Archived from the original (PDF) on December 3, 2010. Retrieved June 3, 2010.
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