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Mississippi Highway 510
MS 510 highlighted in pink
Route information
Maintained by MDOT
Length	11.259 mi (18.120 km)
Existed	c. 1957–present
Major junctions
West end	MS 145 near Shubuta
East end	Matherville–Frost Bridge Road near Matherville
Location
Country	United States
State	Mississippi
Counties	Wayne, Clarke
Highway system
Mississippi State Highway System Interstate US State
← MS 508 → MS 511

Mississippi Highway 510 (MS 510) is a state highway in eastern Mississippi. The route starts at MS 145 near Shubuta and travels eastward. The road turns southward near Matherville, and the route ends southeast of the unincorporated area. The road was constructed around 1957, and majority of the road was paved by 1967. A portion of the route east of Matherville was removed from the state highway system in 1999.

Route description

The route is located in northern Wayne and southern Clarke counties. MS 510 is legally defined in Mississippi Code § 65-3-3, and all of it is maintained by the Mississippi Department of Transportation (MDOT), as part of the Mississippi State Highway System.

MS 510 starts at a three-way junction with MS 145 south of Shubuta in Wayne County, and it travels northward towards the Wayne–Clarke county line. The road crosses the county line, and it turns east at County Road 612 (CO 612). The route enters a large area of farmland, and it crosses Carson Sand Creek. It curves northward until it reaches the Choctaw Base Line, where it begins travelling eastward again. Past CO 611, MS 510 crosses Dry Creek and Shiloh Creek. The road intersects CO 617, which leads to Langsdale. At CO 610, the route turns south towards the county line. MS 510 crosses the county line past CO 6101. The route turns southeast near L.B. Odom Drive in Matherville, and state maintenance ends southeast of the unincorporated area. The road continues as Matherville–Frost Bridge Road, which ends at U.S. Route 84 (US 84).

History

Around 1957, a gravel road was constructed from US 45 near Shubuta to US 84 near Waynesboro, and it was designated as MS 510. The eastern terminus was rerouted closer to the Mississippi–Alabama state line by 1962. In January 1965, a project to grade and add culverts to the road began, costing $386,157.67 (equivalent to $3,733,537 in 2023). By 1967, the majority of the route was paved, with a small section remaining in gravel near US 84. A section of the route from the beginning of the gravel section to US 84 became locally maintained by 1998, and it was removed from the state highway system by 1999. By 2001, US 45 was rerouted to a new bypass around Shubuta, with MS 510 still connected to US 45's old alignment.

Major intersections

County	Location	mi	km	Destinations	Notes
Wayne	​	0.000	0.000	MS 145 – De Soto, Waynesboro	Western terminus
Clarke	No major junctions
Wayne	​	11.259	18.120	Matherville–Frost Bridge Road	Eastern terminus
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi

References

1. ^ Mississippi Department of Transportation Planning Division (December 31, 2016). Mississippi Public Roads Selected Statistics Extent, Travel, and Designation (PDF) (Report). Mississippi Department of Transportation. p. 173. Archived from the original (PDF) on June 13, 2018. Retrieved July 29, 2018.
2. Mississippi Department of Transportation (2017). "MDOT Traffic Count Application". Mississippi Department of Transportation. Retrieved July 29, 2018.
3. ^ Mississippi Department of Transportation (2015). Wayne County, Mississippi (PDF) (Map). c. 1:63,360. Jackson: Mississippi Department of Transportation. Retrieved July 29, 2018.
4. ^ Mississippi Department of Transportation (2015). Clarke County, Mississippi (PDF) (Map). c. 1:63,360. Jackson: Mississippi Department of Transportation. Retrieved July 29, 2018.
5. Mississippi Legislature. "Sec. 65-3-3: State Highways Designated". Mississippi Code of 1972 as Amended. Mississippi Legislature. Retrieved July 29, 2018 – via LexisNexis.
6. ^ "Mississippi Highway 510" (Map). Google Maps. Retrieved July 29, 2018.
7. Mississippi Department of Transportation (April 2009). Begin/End State Maintenance (Traffic sign). Waynesboro: Mississippi Department of Transportation. Retrieved July 29, 2018 – via Google Street View.
8. Mississippi State Highway Commission (1956). Official Road Map State of Mississippi (PDF) (Map). Jackson: Mississippi State Highway Commission. Retrieved July 29, 2018.
9. Mississippi State Highway Commission (1957). Official Road Map State of Mississippi (PDF) (Map). Jackson: Mississippi State Highway Commission. Retrieved July 29, 2018.
10. Mississippi State Highway Commission (1960). Official Road Map State of Mississippi (PDF) (Map). Jackson: Mississippi State Highway Commission. Retrieved July 29, 2018.
11. Mississippi State Highway Commission (1962). Road Map State of Mississippi (PDF) (Map). Jackson: Mississippi State Highway Commission. Retrieved July 29, 2018.
12. "Contract Awarded For Construction on Highway 510". The Clarke County Tribune. Quitman, Mississippi. January 29, 1965. p. 1. Retrieved July 29, 2018 – via Newspapers.com.
13. Mississippi State Highway Commission (1965). Official Road Map State of Mississippi (PDF) (Map). Jackson: Mississippi State Highway Commission. Retrieved July 29, 2018.
14. Mississippi State Highway Department (1967). Official Road Map State of Mississippi (PDF) (Map). Jackson: Mississippi State Highway Department. Retrieved July 29, 2018.
15. Mississippi Department of Transportation (1996). Official Highway Map of Mississippi (PDF) (Map) (1996–1997 ed.). Jackson: Mississippi Department of Transportation. Retrieved July 29, 2018.
16. Mississippi Department of Transportation (1998). Official Highway Map of Mississippi (PDF) (Map). Jackson: Mississippi Department of Transportation. Retrieved July 29, 2018.
17. Additions to and deletions from State Highway System (531, Mississippi Code Annotated § 65-3-133). 1999. Retrieved July 29, 2018.
18. Mississippi Department of Transportation (2000). Official Highway Map of Mississippi (PDF) (Map). Jackson: Mississippi Department of Transportation. Retrieved July 31, 2018.
19. Mississippi Department of Transportation (2001). Official Highway Map of Mississippi (PDF) (Map) (2001–2002 ed.). Jackson: Mississippi Department of Transportation. Retrieved July 31, 2018.

• State highways in Mississippi
• Transportation in Wayne County, Mississippi
• Transportation in Clarke County, Mississippi