Mississippi Highway 18

Mississippi Highway 18
Route information
Maintained by MDOT
Length	177.654 mi (285.906 km)
Major junctions
West end	Grand Gulf
Major intersections	US 61 in Port Gibson I-20 in Jackson US 80 in Jackson US 80 in Brandon I-59 in Pachuta US 11 in Pachuta US 45 in Quitman
East end	CR 20 at Alabama border near Quitman
Location
Country	United States
State	Mississippi
Counties	Claiborne, Copiah, Hinds, Rankin, Smith, Jasper, Clarke
Highway system
Mississippi State Highway System Interstate US State
← MS 17 → MS 19

Mississippi Highway 18 (MS 18) is a state highway in Mississippi. It runs from east to west for 177.654 miles (285.906 km), serving 7 counties: Claiborne, Copiah, Hinds, Rankin, Smith, Jasper, and Clarke.

Locales on route

From East to West

• Quitman
• Pachuta
• Bay Springs
• Sylvarena
• Raleigh
• Puckett
• Brandon
• Raymond
• Port Gibson

Major intersections

County	Location	mi	km	Destinations	Notes
Claiborne	​			US 61 – Port Gibson, Natchez, Vicksburg, Grand Gulf State Park
	​			Natchez Trace	interchange
	Hermanville			Old Highway 18 #4	to MS 548
				MS 819 south
Hinds	Utica			MS 27 south – Crystal Springs	west end of MS 27 overlap
	​			MS 27 north – Vicksburg	east end of MS 27 overlap
	Raymond			East Main Street - Raymond	to MS 467
	Jackson			I-20 – Vicksburg, Meridian	I-20 exit 40
				US 80
Gap in route
Rankin	Brandon			US 80 (West Government Street)
				I-20 – Meridian, Jackson	I-20 exit 54
				MS 468
	Puckett			MS 43 north – Pelahatchie
				MS 13 – Morton, Mendenhall
	​			MS 541 south – Magee	west end of MS 541 overlap
Smith	White Oak			MS 541 north	east end of MS 541 overlap
	Raleigh			MS 35 – Forest, Mize
	​			MS 501 north – Forest
	Sylvarena			Old 18 Drive	proposed MS 917
Jasper	Bay Springs			MS 531 south – Taylorsville
				MS 15 – Newton, Heidelberg, Laurel
	​			MS 503 south – Paulding, Lake Claude Bennett	west end of MS 503 overlap
	​			MS 503 north – Hickory	east end of MS 503 overlap
	Rose Hill			MS 513 south – Enterprise
Clarke	Pachuta			I-59 – Meridian, Laurel	I-59 exit 126
				MS 512 west
				US 11 – Meridian, Laurel
	​			MS 512 east
	​			MS 145 south – Waynesboro	west end of MS 145 overlap
	Quitman			MS 145 north / MS 512 west – Meridian, Pachuta	east end of MS 145 overlap
				MS 511 south – Archusa Creek Water Park
	​			US 45 – Meridian, Waynesboro	interchange
	​			CR 20 east – Butler	Alabama state line
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi

References

• Magnolia Meanderings
• Google Earth