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Title: Was MS 373 originally US 45?
Post by: cbalducc on July 26, 2012, 05:59:27 PM

MS 373 is an access road for Columbus Air Force Base, just north of its namesake Mississippi town. Its alignment makes me wonder if it was an old route for US 45 that was abandoned when the base was built. :hmmm:

http://goo.gl/maps/82h9

God bless,

CKB

Title: Re: Was MS 373 originally US 45?
Post by: usends on July 27, 2012, 09:30:37 AM

Certainly looks like you may be right. According to Wiki, the base opened in 1941. Historic MDoT maps indicate a possible alignment change between the 1946 and 1948 editions...
http://www.gomdot.com/Divisions/IntermodalPlanning/Resources/Maps/StateHighwayMapsArchive.aspx
...which may have been required for a runway expansion.

Title: Re: Was MS 373 originally US 45?
Post by: NE2 on July 27, 2012, 09:55:49 AM

From the 1940 (http://1940census.archives.gov/search/?search.county=Monroe%20County&search.page=1&search.result_type=map&search.state=MS) census (http://1940census.archives.gov/search/?search.county=Lowndes%20County&search.page=1&search.result_type=map&search.state=MS#searchby=location&searchmode=browse&year=1940):
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Looks like it was, though it was on Stinson Creek Road south of the base.

Title: Re: Was MS 373 originally US 45?
Post by: cbalducc on July 27, 2012, 05:29:41 PM

Thanks, NE 2! I never would have guessed to look where you did! :nod:

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