Mississippi Highway 178 | ||||
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 MS 178 is highlighted in red | ||||
| Route information | ||||
| Auxiliary route of US 78 | ||||
| Maintained by MDOT | ||||
| Length | 119.1 mi[1] (191.7 km) (126.160 mi according to state mileage) | |||
| Existed | 1993–present | |||
| Western segment | ||||
| Length | 105.2 mi (169.3 km) | |||
| West end | Old Highway 78 at the Tennessee state line | |||
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| East end | Dirt road at the Tennessee Tombigbee Waterway | |||
| Eastern segment | ||||
| Length | 13.9 mi (22.4 km) | |||
| West end | Access Road in Fulton (at the Tennessee Tombigbee Waterway) | |||
| Major intersections | ||||
| East end | Dead end near the Alabama state line | |||
| Location | ||||
| Country | United States | |||
| State | Mississippi | |||
| Counties | Desoto, Marshall, Benton, Union, Pontotoc, Lee, Itawamba | |||
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Mississippi Highway 178 (MS 178), or simply "Old 78", is a 119.1-mile-long (191.7 km) east-west state highway across the northern portion of the state of Mississippi. It is the former alignment of U.S. Route 78 (US 78), used from the 1940s until the 1990s. With the exception of a break at the Tennessee-Tombigbee Waterway in Fulton, MS 178 is a complete route from Memphis, Tennessee, to the Alabama state line.
- ^ Mississippi Department of Transportation Planning Division (December 31, 2011). Mississippi Public Roads Selected Statistics Extent, Travel, and Designation (PDF) (Report). Mississippi Department of Transportation. Archived from the original (PDF) on May 14, 2014. Retrieved July 10, 2014.