Mississippi Highway 46

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Mississippi Highway 46
Mississippi Highway 46
Route information
Maintained by MDOT
Length23.234 mi [1] (37.391 km)
Existedc.1944–present
Major junctions
West endMantee Road in Mantee
 
East endElongated circle 50.svg MS 50 west of West Point
Location
Counties Webster, Clay
Highway system
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US 45.svg
US 45 Alt.
Elongated circle 47.svg MS 47

Mississippi Highway 46 (MS 46) is a state highway located in the U.S. State of Mississippi. The western terminus of the route is at the western terminus of MS 782 in Mantee in Webster County and the eastern terminus is at MS 50 west of West Point in Clay County. Along the way, MS 46 intersects MS 15 in Mantee and then the Natchez Trace Parkway east of Mantee. [1]

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Route description

MS 46 at Natchez Trace Parkway NatchezTracePkwyNorth-MS46sign (31716448324).jpg
MS 46 at Natchez Trace Parkway

MS 46 begins in Webster County at the western edge of the Mantee village limits, at fork in the road between a private gravel road and Mantee Road. The highway heads east as a two-lane highway, known as Main Street, through a neighborhood before making a sharp left turn at an intersection with MS 782 in downtown. It passes north through downtown before curving back eastward to have an intersection with MS 15. The highway now leaves Mantee and heads east through farmland to cross into Clay County, just prior to its interchange with the Natchez Trace Parkway.

MS 46 now enters the Golden Triangle region as it passes through wooded areas for several miles before having an intersection with MS 389 and entering Montpelier. It makes a sharp right in the center of the community before leaving Montpelier and winding its way southeast through farmland for several miles to pass through Beasley, where the former central section of MS 389 (Pheba-Beasley Road) departs southward toward Pheba. The highway travels southeast through a mix of rural farmland and woodlands for several miles before MS 46 comes to an end at an intersection with MS 50 just five miles west of West Point. [2]

Future

Future plans call for MS 46 being extended west from Mantee into Calhoun County, where it will end at an intersection with MS 9.[ citation needed ]

Major intersections

CountyLocationmi [1] kmDestinationsNotes
Calhoun Ellipse sign 9.svg MS 9 Proposed
Webster Mantee 0.00.0Mantee RoadWestern terminus; end of state maintenance
1.32.1Ellipse sign 782.svg MS 782 east (Main Street)Western terminus of MS 782
1.62.6Ellipse sign 15.svg MS 15  Mathiston, Houston
Clay 2.74.3Natchez Trace Parkway Logo.gif Natchez Trace Parkway Grade-separated interchange
7.612.2Ellipse sign 389.svg MS 389 north Houston Southern terminus of northern section of MS 389
Beasley 11.518.5Pheba-Beasley Road - Pheba Former MS 389 south
23.237.3Elongated circle 50.svg MS 50  West Point, Maben Eastern terminus
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi
  •       Unopened

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References

  1. 1 2 3 Mississippi Department of Transportation Planning Division (December 31, 2018). Mississippi Public Roads Selected Statistics Extent, Travel, and Designation (PDF) (Report). Mississippi Department of Transportation. p. 161. Retrieved November 26, 2020.
  2. Google (January 8, 2021). "Map of Mississippi Highway 46" (Map). Google Maps . Google. Retrieved January 8, 2021.
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