Mississippi Highway 6

Mississippi Highway 6 (MS 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.

Looking eastbound in Lafayette County

Mississippi Highway 6
Route information
Maintained by MDOT
Length25.295 mi[1] (40.708 km)
Major junctions
West end MS 161 in Clarksdale
  Future 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 MS 25 in Amory
Location
CountiesCoahoma, Quitman, Panola, Lafayette, Pontotoc, Lee, Monroe
Highway system
← MS 5MS 7 →

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, 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
CountyLocationmikmDestinationsNotes
CoahomaClarksdale MS 161 – Clarksdale, LyonWestern terminus
Future I-69 / US 49 / US 61 / US 278 west – Memphis, GreenwoodInterchange; west end of US 278 overlap
Quitman​ MS 316 west – Belen, JonestownEastern terminus of MS 316
Marks MS 3 – Sledge, Lambert
PanolaBatesville MS 35 south – CharlestonWest end of MS 35 overlap
MS 725 north (Eureka Street) – Downtown BatesvilleSouthern terminus of MS 725
US 51 / MS 35 north – Sardis DamEast end of MS 35 overlap
I-55 – Memphis, GrenadaI-55 exit 243
​ MS 315 – Water ValleyInterchange
​Black Jack Road / Shady Grove Road - Coles Point, Shady Grove, John W. Kyle State Park
LafayetteOxfordWest Jackson Avenue - West Oxford, Clear Creek Recreation AreaFormer MS 6 east; at-grade intersection; west end of freeway
Chucky Mullins DriveFormer 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 AvenueProposed MS 738; former MS 6 west; at-grade intersection; east end of freeway
​ CR 251 / CR 431 – Lafayette SpringsProposed MS 336 east
Pontotoc​ MS 338 east (Veterans Highway West) – West PontotocWestern terminus of MS 338; former MS 6/US 278 east
​ MS 336 west – ThaxtonWest end of MS 336 overlap
​ MS 336 eastEast end of MS 336 overlap
Pontotoc MS 15 – Pontotoc, New AlbanyInterchange
​ MS 345 – Ecru, Pontotoc, Town Square Museum
​ MS 9 – Sherman, PontotocInterchange
​ MS 338 – Longview, East PontotocInterchange; former MS 6/US 278 west
​Trace State ParkInterchange; eastbound exit and westbound entrance; former MS 6/US 278 east
​ MS 342 – Black ZionWestbound entry to Trace State Park
Lee​Bissell RoadInterchange
​ Natchez Trace ParkwayInterchange
​Graham DriveInterchange
Tupelo MS 145 (South Gloster Street)
US 45 south / US 278 east – ColumbusInterchange; west end of freeway; east end of US 278 overlap; west end of US 45 overlap
Eason Boulevard
US 45 north / MS 178 west / Main Street – Corinth, Downtown TupeloInterchange; east end of freeway; east end of US 45 overlap; west end of MS 178 overlap; former MS 6/US 278 west
To US 78 / Veterans Memorial Boulevard – Elvis Presley Birth Place and Lake
MS 178 east (East Main Street) – FultonEast end of MS 178 overlap
Eason Boulevard - alternate truck route to MS 6 west / US 45
Lee–Monroe
county line		Nettleton To MS 145 / Main Street (MS 774 west)Eastern terminus of MS 774
Monroe​Old Highway 6Proposed MS 776
Bigbee MS 371 north – MoorevilleSouthern terminus of MS 371
Amory MS 25 – Smithville, Fulton, AmoryEastern terminus
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi

References
  1. "Mississippi Public Roads Selected Statistics" (PDF). Mississippi Department of Transportation. 2008. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2010-12-03. Retrieved 2010-06-03.
  2. http://www.djournal.com/pages/archive.asp?ID=219173%5B%5D
  3. http://www.oxfordeagle.com/archives/2004/0904/0906_0910/090704/news1.html%5B%5D
  4. http://www.djournal.com/pages/archive.asp?ID=67864%5B%5D
  5. http://www.michie.com/mississippi/lpext.dll/mscode/12c16/12d85/12f6b/12f71?f=templates&fn=document-frame.htm&2.0#JD_63-3-903
  6. http://library4.municode.com/default/DocView/14308/1/119/134#TOC.1%5B%5D
  7. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2008-08-29. Retrieved 2009-01-07.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  8. http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/2005/pdf/Senate_cmtes/HI.htm
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