Mississippi Highway 388

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Mississippi Highway 388
Mississippi Highway 388
MS 388 highlighted in orange
Route information
Maintained by MDOT
Length15.933 mi [1]  (25.642 km)
Existedc. 1957–present
Major junctions
West endAlt plate.svg
US 45.svgEllipse sign 852.svg US 45 Alt.  / MS 852 in Brooksville
 US 45.svg US 45 in Brooksville
East endAlabama 86.svg SR 86 near Pickensville, AL
Location
Counties Noxubee
Highway system
← Ellipse sign 385.svg MS 385 → Ellipse sign 389.svg MS 389

Mississippi Highway 388 (MS 388) is a state highway in eastern Mississippi. The route starts at the intersection of U.S. Route 45 Alternate (US 45 Alt.) and MS 852 in Brooksville, and it travels east to US 45 soon after. The route intersects MS 792 near Cliftonville, and it ends at Alabama State Route 86 (SR 86) at the Alabama–Mississippi state line. MS 388 was designated around 1957, from US 45 to a point west of the state line. The route was extended to Bigbee Valley and to the state line by 1974 and 1990, respectively.

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Route description

Traffic volume on Mississippi Highway 388
LocationVolume
East of US 45 Alt.1,400
East of Pilgrim Rest Road1,500
West of Sunny Lane Road980
West of Sandyland Road980
  • Data was measured in 2018 in terms of AADT
  • Source: [2]

All of MS 388 is located eastern in Noxubee County. [3] The route is legally defined in Mississippi Code § 65-3-3, [4] and all of it is maintained by the Mississippi Department of Transportation (MDOT), as part of the Mississippi State Highway System. [1]

The route starts at the intersection of US 45 Alt. and MS 852 in Brooksville, and it travels east to US 45. The road leaves the city limits of Brooksville east of the intersection, [5] and it travels south-southeast to Pilgrims Rest Road, where it turns east towards Deerbrook. [6] The road crosses over Bogue Chitto and passes through Deerbrook. West of Cliftonville, MS 388 intersects the southern terminus of MS 792. [3] Continuing through rural Noxubee County, the route turns northeast at Stevenson Road. At Togo Road, MS 388 turns eastward. After turning northeast at Fox Chase Road west of Bigbee Valley, the road enters into a forest and turns southeast at Clayton Road. At the Alabama–Mississippi state line, MS 388 ends and SR 86 continues east to Pickensville. [6]

History

By 1957, MS 388 was designated along an asphalt road from US 45 east of Brooksville to a gravel road leading to the Alabama–Mississippi state line. [7] [8] The western terminus was moved to the northeast of Brooksville one year later. [8] [9] By 1963, the gravel road east of the eastern terminus in Cliftonville was transferred from state maintenance to county maintenance. [10] [11] MS 388 was extended eastwards to Bigbee Valley by 1974. [12] [13] The route was widened and built up from Brooksville to Bigbee Valley in 1986, to improve access to a Weyerhaeuser paper mill. Improvements to the route east of Bigbee Valley were not completed, as it was owned by Noxubee County, and MDOT could not take ownership until the road was upgraded. This led to truck drivers taking longer routes to the mill, as their loads were above the legal limit for the route. [14] In March 1988, a Weyerhaeuser pulp mill was approved for construction, and Noxubee County received federal funding to rebuild the route. [15] MS 388 was extended to the state line by 1990, with all sections paved in asphalt. [16] [17]

Major intersections

MS 388 near the Alabama-Mississippi state line Mississippi Highway 388 Sign.jpg
MS 388 near the Alabama–Mississippi state line

The entire route is in Noxubee County.

Locationmi [6] kmDestinationsNotes
Brooksville 0.00.0Alt plate.svg
US 45.svg US 45 Alt.  – West Point, Macon 		Western terminus of MS 388
Ellipse sign 852.svg MS 852 south (Old US 45) – Brooksville Northern terminus of MS 852
0.40.64US 45.svg US 45  – Columbus, Macon
​7.912.7Ellipse sign 792.svg MS 792 westEastern terminus of MS 792
​15.925.6Alabama 86.svg SR 86 east – Pickensville Eastern terminus; Alabama state line
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi

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References

  1. 1 2 Mississippi Department of Transportation Planning Division (December 31, 2017). Mississippi Public Roads Selected Statistics Extent, Travel, and Designation (PDF) (Report). Mississippi Department of Transportation. p. 162. Retrieved April 7, 2020.
  2. ↑ Mississippi Department of Transportation (2017). "MDOT Traffic Count Application". Mississippi Department of Transportation. Retrieved April 7, 2020.
  3. 1 2 Mississippi Department of Transportation (2018). Noxubee County, Mississippi (PDF) (Map). c. 1:70,000. Jackson: Mississippi Department of Transportation. Retrieved June 13, 2020.
  4. ↑ Mississippi Legislature. "Sec. 65-3-3: State Highways Designated". Mississippi Code of 1972 as Amended. Mississippi Legislature. Retrieved March 24, 2019– via LexisNexis.
  5. ↑ Mississippi Department of Transportation (2011). Brooksville, Mississippi (PDF) (Map). c. 1:9,996. Jackson: Mississippi Department of Transportation. Retrieved Jun 13, 2020.
  6. 1 2 3 Google (January 11, 2019). "Mississippi Highway 388" (Map). Google Maps . Google. Retrieved January 11, 2019.
  7. ↑ Mississippi State Highway Commission (1956). Official Road Map State of Mississippi (PDF) (Map). Jackson: Mississippi State Highway Commission. Retrieved March 24, 2019.
  8. 1 2 Mississippi State Highway Commission (1957). Official Road Map State of Mississippi (PDF) (Map). Jackson: Mississippi State Highway Commission. Retrieved March 24, 2019.
  9. ↑ Mississippi State Highway Commission (1958). Official Road Map State of Mississippi (PDF) (Map). Jackson: Mississippi State Highway Commission. Retrieved March 24, 2019.
  10. ↑ Mississippi State Highway Commission (1962). Road Map State of Mississippi (PDF) (Map). Jackson: Mississippi State Highway Commission. Retrieved March 24, 2019.
  11. ↑ Mississippi State Highway Commission (1963). Official Road Map State of Mississippi (PDF) (Map). Jackson: Mississippi State Highway Commission. Retrieved March 24, 2019.
  12. ↑ Mississippi State Highway Department (1973). Official Highway Map (PDF) (Map). Jackson: Mississippi State Highway Department. Retrieved March 24, 2019.
  13. ↑ Mississippi State Highway Department (1974). Official Highway Map of Mississippi (PDF) (Map). Jackson: Mississippi State Highway Department. Retrieved March 24, 2019.
  14. ↑ Rabb, William; Maines, John (January 10, 1988). "Duplication hinders development". The Clarion-Ledger . Jackson, Mississippi. p. 16A. Retrieved July 13, 2020.
  15. ↑ Bonney, Joseph (March 18, 1988). "State to get $400 million pulp mill". The Clarion-Ledger. Jackson, Mississippi. p. 1A. Retrieved July 13, 2020.
  16. ↑ Mississippi State Highway Department (1989). Official Highway Map of Mississippi (PDF) (Map). Jackson: Mississippi State Highway Department. Retrieved March 24, 2019.
  17. ↑ Mississippi State Highway Department (1990). Official Highway Map of Mississippi (PDF) (Map). Jackson: Mississippi State Highway Department. Retrieved March 24, 2019.

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