Mississippi Highway 7 runs generally north–south from the Tennessee state line in Benton County to Belzoni, Mississippi. It travels approximately 168 miles, serving Humphreys, Leflore, Carroll, Grenad
Highway 7 north of Oxford
Highway 7 and rarely used Mississippi Central Railroad bridges over the Tallahatchie River at the Lafayette-Marshall county line. This sweeping bottomland, located approximately halfway between Holly Springs and Oxford, was the inspiration for fictional settings in several works by William Faulkner. This bridge was replaced and removed in 2015.
The new Tallahatchie River bridge that was built in 2015
Mississippi Highway 6 runs east–west from MS 161 in Lyon, east to MS 25 near Amory. It travels approximately 139 miles, serving Coahoma, Quitman, Panola, Lafayette, Pontotoc, Lee, and Monroe Counties.
Mississippi Highway 7
…has an intersection with MS 328 before entering the Oxford city limits and passes through neighborhoods for a few miles to an interchange with US 278/MS 6, which provides access to the main campus of the University of Mississippi (Ole Miss). The highway now widens to a four-lane divided freeway to bypass…
A stretch of Mississippi Highway 6/U.S. Highway 278 in the Mississippi Delta
US 49/US 61 (Future I-69) northbound at their interchange with MS 6/US 278 in Clarksdale
MS 6/US 278 at their intersection with MS 3 in Marks
MS 6/US 278's former bridge over bridge over the Tallahatchie River. It has since been replaced with a new span.