Mississippi Highway 18

MS Highway 18
Route information
Maintained by MDOT
Length:	177.654 mi[1] (285.906 km)
Major junctions
West end:	Grand Gulf
	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
Counties:	Claiborne, Copiah, Hinds, Rankin, Smith, Jasper, Clarke
Highway system
Mississippi State Highway System Interstate US State Unsigned ← 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