Mississippi Highway 6
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| Length: | 25.295 mi[1] (40.708 km) | |||
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| West end: |  MS 161 in Clarksdale |
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   US 49 / US 61 / US 278 in Clarksdale US 51 in Batesville I-55 in Batesville US 45 / US 278 in Tupelo US 45 / US 278 in Nettleton |
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| East end: | US 278 in Amory |
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| Counties: | Coahoma, Quitman, Panola, Lafayette, Pontotoc, Lee, Monroe | |||
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Numbered Highways in Mississippi
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→Mississippi Highway 6 runs east–west from MS 161 in Lyon, east to MS 25 near Amory. It travels approximately 136 miles (219 km), serving Coahoma, Quitman, Panola, Lafayette, Pontotoc, Lee, and Monroe Counties. West of Tupelo, it is concurrent with US 278.
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[edit] Controversy over parking on the highway shoulder
On September 4, 2004, a 19 year-old University of Mississippi student named Dustin Dill from Orlando, Florida struck and killed a fellow student, 23 year-old pharmacy major and Oxford native Amie Ewing (who was also intoxicated), on this highway. Dill had a 0.12 percent blood-alcohol level when his Honda Accord struck Ewing and sent her into a parked Oldsmobile Achieva.[2][3] Ewing had parked along the shoulder of Highway 6, then walked to Vaught-Hemingway Stadium to watch the Ole Miss Rebels football team play the University of Memphis Tigers and was killed when she crossed the westbound lane of the highway approximately 1,000 feet (300 m) east of Old Taylor Road while returning to her car.[4]
Mississippi state and Oxford city laws prohibit the use of state highway shoulders as parking lots;[5][6] however, this law went unenforced in Oxford on Saturdays when the Rebels played home games. Since this event, the 'no parking' laws along this highway have been enforced[7]. This highway is now also known as "Amie Ewing Memorial Highway".[8]
[edit] Points of interest
[edit] Locales on route
From east to west
[edit] Junctions
From east to west
Mississippi Highway 25
Mississippi Highway 371
Mississippi Highway 178
U.S. Route 45 (
U.S. Route 278 splits eastbound, joins westbound)
Mississippi Highway 145- Natchez Trace Parkway
Mississippi Highway 342
Mississippi Highway 338
Mississippi Highway 9
Mississippi Highway 336
Mississippi Highway 15
Mississippi Highway 76
Mississippi Highway 334
Mississippi Highway 7
Mississippi Highway 315
Interstate 55
U.S. Route 51
Mississippi Highway 35
Mississippi Highway 3
Mississippi Highway 316
U.S. Route 61 / U.S. Route 49 (U.S. 278 splits westbound, joins eastbound)
Mississippi Highway 161
[edit] External links
[edit] References
- ^ "Mississippi Public Roads Selected Statistics" (PDF). Mississippi Department of Transportation. 2008. http://www.gomdot.com/Divisions/IntermodalPlanning/Resources/Planning/pdf/HighwayStats.pdf. Retrieved 2010-06-03.
- ^ http://www.djournal.com/pages/archive.asp?ID=219173
- ^ http://www.oxfordeagle.com/archives/2004/0904/0906_0910/090704/news1.html
- ^ http://www.djournal.com/pages/archive.asp?ID=67864
- ^ http://www.michie.com/mississippi/lpext.dll/mscode/12c16/12d85/12f6b/12f71?f=templates&fn=document-frame.htm&2.0#JD_63-3-903
- ^ http://library4.municode.com/default/DocView/14308/1/119/134#TOC.1
- ^ http://oumits.olemiss.edu/articles/09172004.html
- ^ http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/2005/pdf/Senate_cmtes/HI.htm
