Mississippi Highway 713

Mississippi Highway 713 marker

Mississippi Highway 713
Route information
Maintained by MDOT
Length 7.085 mi[1] (11.402 km)
Major junctions
South end US 61 in Tunica Resorts
  I-69
North end I-69 north / MS 304 east, northeast of Tunica Resorts
Location
Counties DeSoto, Tunica
Highway system

Mississippi Highway 713 is a spur route in northwestern Mississippi that carries traffic between the relocated MS 304 and U.S. 61, serving as a bypass of the northern section of Tunica Resorts for traffic headed to the Casino Strip Resorts, the town of Tunica, and destinations further south along U.S. 61.

History

The northern portion of MS 713 runs mostly northsouth, coinciding with Interstate 69 and is a freeway constructed to Interstate highway standards; it opened to traffic December 18, 2006.[2] The remainder of the route replaces the former route of MS 304 between U.S. 61 and Banks, Mississippi, is a five-lane undivided highway with a center turn lane, and runs eastwest.

The portion of MS 713 in Tunica County was designated as the Martin Luther King, Jr., Memorial Highway by the Mississippi Legislature in 2003.[3]

Major intersections

CountyLocationmi[4]kmDestinationsNotes
TunicaTunica Resorts0.00.0 US 61
Banks4.06.4 MS 3
4.97.9
MS 304 Scenic east
Western terminus of MS 304 Scenic
5.28.4 I-69 beginsSouthern end of I-69 overlap
DeSoto8.313.4 I-69 north / MS 304 eastEastern terminus of MS 713, end overlap with I-69
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi

References

Route map:

KML is from Wikidata
  1. Mississippi Department of Transportation, "Mississippi Public Roads Selected Statistics Extent, Travel, and Designation", retrieved 4 September 2007. Archived February 5, 2007, at the Wayback Machine.
  2. Highway 713 to Open to Traffic on Monday Archived 2007-09-28 at the Wayback Machine., December 14, 2006.
  3. "HB1419". state.ms.us.
  4. Google (December 7, 2012). "Mississippi Highway 713" (Map). Google Maps. Google. Retrieved December 7, 2012.
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