 Mississippi Highway 76 | ||||
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| Corridor V | ||||
 MS 76 highlighted in red | ||||
| Route information | ||||
| Maintained by MDOT | ||||
| Length | 10.7 mi[3][4] (17.2 km) | |||
| Existed | 2013–present | |||
| History | Completed on April 11, 2023[1][2] | |||
| Major junctions | ||||
| West end |  MS 25 near Fulton | |||
 MS 23 near Belmont | ||||
| East end |  SR 24 at the Alabama state line near Red Bay, Alabama | |||
| Location | ||||
| Country | United States | |||
| State | Mississippi | |||
| Counties | Itawamba | |||
| Highway system | ||||
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Mississippi Highway 76 (MS 76) is an east-west state highway in Itawamba County, Mississippi. It is a section of Mississippi's portion of Corridor V of the Appalachian Development Highway System. It branches off northeast from MS 25 northeast of Fulton and passes through the northeast quadrant of rural Itawamba County before connecting with Alabama's SR 24 section at the state line, just barely outside the city limits of Red Bay, Alabama.
MS 76 was proposed as a four-lane connection for SR 24 (and all of northeast Alabama) to Fulton, Tupelo, and I-22. Before April 11, 2023, it only extended 2.4 miles (3.9 km) from the state line to MS 23.[5] The remaining 8.3-mile (13.4 km) stretch from MS 23 to MS 25 opened on that day, and was the final segment on Corridor V to open, making the trip between I-55 in Batesville to I-24 west of Chattanooga, Tennessee entirely a four-lane divided highway.[1][2]
- ^ a b Carlisle, Zac (April 10, 2023). "Highway 76 extension opens Tuesday morning in Itawamba County". WTVA and WLOV-TV. Retrieved April 14, 2023.
- ^ a b Reed, Winston (April 11, 2023). "New stretch of highway opens in Itawamba County". WCBI-TV. Retrieved April 11, 2023.
- ^ Mississippi Department of Transportation Planning Division (December 31, 2010). Mississippi Public Roads Selected Statistics Extent, Travel, and Designation (PDF) (Report). Mississippi Department of Transportation. Retrieved October 2, 2022.
- ^ Mississippi Department of Transportation (November 23, 2021). "MDOT projects continue in northeast Mississippi" (Press release). Mississippi Department of Transportation. Retrieved October 2, 2022.
- ^ "Map of Mississippi Highway 76" (Map). Google Maps. Retrieved October 2, 2022.