Mississippi Highway 315

MS Highway 315
Route information
Maintained by MDOT
Length:	78.174 mi[1] (125.809 km)
Major junctions
West end:	US 49 / US 61 near Rich
	MS 3 in Sledge US 51 in Sardis I-55 in Sardis MS 6 / US 278 in Panola County MS 7 in Water Valley
East end:	MS 9W in Paris
Location
Counties:	Coahoma, Quitman, Panola, Yalobusha, Lafayette
Highway system
Numbered Highways in Mississippi Interstate US State Unsigned ← MS 314 MS 316 →

Mississippi Highway 315 (MS 315) is a 78.174-mile (125.809 km) long state highway located in northern Mississippi. The western terminus of the route is at US 49/US 61 near Rich in Coahoma County while the eastern terminus is at MS 9W near Paris in Lafayette County. Along the way, the highway passes over Sardis Dam east of the town of Sardis. It is a very rare east-west odd-numbered state highway, but it is signed north-south. ^[2]

Route description

MS 315 begins at an intersection with US 49/US 61 near Rich in Coahoma County. The route heads east, intersecting MS 3 in Sledge and Interstate 55 in Sardis, Mississippi. The route then follows Sardis Dam over Sardis Lake and turns south, where eastbound traffic joins westbound traffic on MS 6/US 278 for a few miles before turning southeast to Water Valley where it intersects MS 7. The portion of the highway between Sardis Dam and the end of the concurrency with MS 6/US 278 is poorly signed. After leaving Water Valley, the highway travels east to end at an intersection with MS 9W near Paris.^[3]

Major intersections

Highway 315 crossing Sardis Dam

County	Location	mi[3]	km	Destinations	Notes
Coahoma		0.0	0.0	US 49 / US 61 / Great River Road – Tunica, Clarksdale, Helena Ark
Quitman		13.0	20.9	MS 716 (Six Mile Lake Road)
	Sledge	15.9	25.6	MS 714 (Quitman Street)
		16.6	26.7	MS 3 – Marks, Crenshaw
Panola	Sardis	33.6	54.1	US 51 – Como, Batesville
		35.2	56.6	I-55 – Memphis, Grenada	I-55 exit 252
		43.6	70.2	MS 35 – Batesville
		50.2	80.8	US 278 / MS 6 / Shady Grove Road – Batesville, Oxford
Lafayette		60.3	97.0	MS 328
Yalobusha	Water Valley	65.6	105.6	MS 7 / Wise Street – Water Valley, Oxford	Western terminus of MS 7 concurrency
		68.4	110.1	MS 7 / MS 32 – Coffeeville, Oakland	Eastern terminus of MS 7 concurrency; Western terminus of MS 32 concurrency
	Water Valley	69.0	111.0	MS 32 (Main Street) – Bruce	Eastern terminus of MS 32 concurrency
Lafayette	Paris	82.3	132.4	MS 9W / MS 812 – Oxford, Bruce, Paris
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi       Concurrency terminus

References

1. "Mississippi Public Roads Selected Statistics" (PDF). Mississippi Department of Transportation. 2008. Retrieved June 14, 2013.
2. http://azfoo.net/gdt/babs/images/US-Hwy61SignUS-Hwy49Sign.jpg
3. Microsoft; Nokia (December 25, 2014). "Mississippi Highway 315" (Map). Bing Maps. Microsoft. Retrieved December 25, 2014.

Route map: Bing / Google