Mississippi Highway 370 (MS 370) is a
state highway
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in northeastern
Mississippi
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. It is split into three distinct sections, with the first running from
Ashland at
MS 5 to
MS 15 at
Falkner, the second running from
MS 4 in
Ripley to
MS 30 in
Pleasant Ridge, and the third and final section running from MS 9 and MS 30 near
Jericho
Jericho ( ; ar, أريحا ; he, יְרִיחוֹ ) is a Palestinian city in the West Bank. It is located in the Jordan Valley, with the Jordan River to the east and Jerusalem to the west. It is the administrative seat of the Jericho Gove ...
to
Kirkville at
MS 371.
Route description
Western segment
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MS 370 begins in
Benton County in
Ashland at a large intersection with
MS 5. It heads straight through downtown along Ripley Avenue before leaving Ashland and winding its way east through wooded hilly terrain for several miles to cross into
Tippah County. The highway now enters farmland for a few miles before entering
Falkner, where it comes to an end at an intersection with
MS 15 just south of downtown.
Central segment
MS 370 begins again in Tippah County in the eastern outskirts of
Ripley at an intersection with
MS 4. It travels southeast through rural hilly areas to pass through
Dumas before entering
Union County and ending up at
Pleasant Ridge, where it comes to an end Aton intersection with
MS 30.
Eastern segment
MS 370 begins again in Union County just south of
Graham
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at an intersection with
MS 30 and
MS 9. While the middle and eastern sections of the highway are not connected, there is signage along MS 30 pointing to MS 4 south stating "To MS 370" but signage along the MS 4
concurrency itself indicating that it's part of mainline MS 370. MS 4 and MS 370 head south along Naaman Branyan Memorial Highway through a wooded/brush-lined area. MS 4 breaks off the concurrency leaving MS 370 to continue south as an
unsigned highway
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, though signage along the road indicates that it is maintained by the county as Union County Route 170 (CR 170). The road winds its way through wooded terrain to pass through
Jericho
Jericho ( ; ar, أريحا ; he, יְרִיחוֹ ) is a Palestinian city in the West Bank. It is located in the Jordan Valley, with the Jordan River to the east and Jerusalem to the west. It is the administrative seat of the Jericho Gove ...
.
In Jericho, MS 370 briefly travels southwest along CR 171 before the road turns due east onto a state-maintained road where signage for MS 370 resumes. It briefly crosses into
Prentiss County before crossing into
Lee County to pass through
Bethany
Bethany ( grc-gre, Βηθανία,Murphy-O'Connor, 2008, p152/ref> Syriac: ܒܝܬ ܥܢܝܐ ''Bēṯ ʿAnyā'') or what is locally known as Al-Eizariya or al-Azariya ( ar, العيزرية, " laceof Lazarus"), is a Palestinian town in the West B ...
. The highway now straddles the county line with Prentiss County for to enter
Baldwyn. Inside the city limits, a
diamond interchange
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Design
The freeway itself is grade-separated from the minor road, one crossing the other over a bridge. Approaching the ...
with
U.S. Route 45
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US 45 is notable for incorporatin ...
(US 45) is present. MS 370 now enters downtown, curves slightly to the south to fully reenter Lee County, and has a short concurrency with
MS 145 (4th Street). Along the concurrency, the two roads travel northeast into Prentiss County.
The highway now leaves Baldwyn along East Clayton Street. At first, the highway is city-maintained and travels southeast, then heads east along the Prentiss-Lee county line again. At East Street, state maintenance resumes. Continuing east, it has an intersection with
MS 366, where MS 370 turns southeast and later crosses into
Itawamba County. MS 370 now enters
Kirkville, where it comes to an end at an intersection with
MS 371, near that highway's intersection with the
Natchez Trace Parkway
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.
None of Mississippi Highway 370 is included in the
National Highway System.
Major intersections
References
External links
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Transportation in Benton County, Mississippi
Transportation in Tippah County, Mississippi
Transportation in Union County, Mississippi
Transportation in Prentiss County, Mississippi
Transportation in Lee County, Mississippi
Transportation in Itawamba County, Mississippi