Mississippi Highway 302 (MS 302), also known as Goodman Road, is the main east-west highway in
DeSoto County, Mississippi
DeSoto County is a county located on the northwestern border of the U.S. state of Mississippi. As of the 2010 census, the population was 161,252, making it the third-most populous county in Mississippi. Its county seat is Hernando.
DeSoto Cou ...
, extending into
Marshall County to the east. It runs approximately south of the
Mississippi
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/
Tennessee
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state line, from a western terminus at
Mississippi Highway 161
Mississippi Highway 161 (MS 161) is a state highway designation for three highways in the U.S. state of Mississippi, consisting of old alignments of U.S. Route 61 (US 61). Totaling at , the three sections are located in Bo ...
(old
U.S. Route 61
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or US 61) in
Walls
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*The plural of wall, a structure
* Walls (surname), a list of notable people with the surname
Places
* Walls, Louisiana, United States
*Walls, Mississippi, United States
* Walls, Ontario, neighborhood in Perry, Ontario, C ...
to
US 72 just west of
Mount Pleasant.
Route description
MS 302, along with Goodman Road, begins at the northern edge of the
Mississippi Delta
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region in DeSoto County in the town of Walls at an intersection with MS 161. It heads due east as a four-lane divided highway to have an interchange with
US 61
U.S. Route 61 or U.S. Highway 61 (U.S. 61) is a major United States highway that extends between New Orleans, Louisiana and the city of Wyoming, Minnesota. The highway generally follows the course of the Mississippi River and is designated ...
before leaving Walls, climbing out of the Delta, and narrowing to an undivided four-lane as it passes through the neighboring community of
Lynchburg, where it has an intersection with
MS 301. The highway now enters the city of
Horn Lake and travels through suburban areas, as well as the city's main business district, before having an interchange with
Interstate 55
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(I-55) and
I-69
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(exit 289), where the highway crosses into neighboring
Southaven
Southaven is a city in DeSoto County, Mississippi, United States. It is a principal city in Greater Memphis. The 2020 census reported a population of 54,648, making Southaven the third-largest city in Mississippi and the second most populous ...
. MS 302 travels a large business district, then suburbs, for a few miles before crossing into neighboring
Olive Branch
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and having an interchange with
US 78
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(exit 2) and becoming an
expressway
Expressway may refer to:
* Controlled-access highway, the highest-grade type of highway with access ramps, lane markings, etc., for high-speed traffic.
* Limited-access road, a lower grade of highway or arterial road.
*Expressway, the fictional s ...
. The highway immediately splits from Goodman Road as it bypasses downtown along its northern side, where it has a rather large interchange serving both
MS 305 and
MS 178, before rejoining Goodman Road to leave the city of Olive Branch, passing through the small community of
Handy Corner before crossing into
Marshall County.
MS 302 now travels through rural farmland for the next several miles as it passes through the communities of
Barton, where it has an intersection with
MS 309, and
Cayce, where it has an interchange with
I-269/
MS 304 (exit 23), before coming to an end at an interchange with
US 72
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at the very western edge of the community of
Mount Pleasant.
The entire length of Mississippi Highway 302 is at least four lanes wide.
Major intersections
See also
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References
External links
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Transportation in DeSoto County, Mississippi
Transportation in Marshall County, Mississippi