Mississippi Highway 3

Mississippi Highway 3 marker
Mississippi Highway 3
Map
MS 3 highlighted in red
Route information
Maintained by MDOT
Length191.8 mi[1] (308.7 km)
(119.401 mi excluding concurrencies)
Existed1932–present
Major junctions
South end US 61 in Redwood
Major intersections US 49W from Yazoo City to Inverness
US 82 in Moorhead
US 49W from Sunflower to Tutwiler
US 278 in Marks
North end US 61 in Lake Cormorant
Location
CountryUnited States
StateMississippi
CountiesWarren, Yazoo, Humphreys, Sunflower, Tallahatchie, Quitman, Panola, Tate, Tunica, DeSoto
Highway system
MS 2 MS 4

Mississippi Highway 3 (MS 3) is a north–south Mississippi state highway, located entirely within the Mississippi Delta region, running from Redwood to Lake Cormorant, both at an intersection with U.S. Route 61 (US 61). For much of its duration, MS 3 is overlapped (concurrent) with U.S. Route 49W (US 49W). It travels approximately 192 miles (309 km), serving DeSoto, Tunica, Tate, Panola, Quitman, Tallahatchie, Sunflower, Humphreys, Yazoo, and Warren counties.

  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.